refugees
Greece
Rescuers Make Christmas Tree of Life Jackets on Lesvos Island
Rescue guards made a Christmas tree of life jackets discarded by refugees on the coast of the island of Lesvos.
The symbolic act is a message of hope in the spirit of Christmas as the life jackets mean that the people...
Greece
18 Refugees, Including Six Children, Drown off the Turkish Coast
Eighteen people lost their lives on Thursday when a boat transporting migrants and refugees to Greece, capsized off the Turkish coast, Greek media reports.
Among the 18 casualties, there were six children. The boat was reportedly heading for the Greek island...
Greece
Turkish Envoy on Tackling Refugee Crisis: 'We do Our Best, and there is Room for Improvement'
Turkey is committing to proceed as agreed with what has been decided with the European Union to address the refugee crisis, the country’s ambassador to Greece Kerim Uras said on Wednesday during a press conference, noting that there is...
Greece
Refugee Crisis: Lesvos is Filling Up With Migrants; Frontex Staff on Holiday
Today hundreds of North African immigrants in Lesvos are being registered. In the middle of last week it was decided that immigrants such as these should not be granted the monthly permit which allows them to stay in Greece...
Greece
Greece 2015: The Doomed Year in Politics
Forty-one years after the restoration of democracy in Greece, 2015 saw the biggest political change in the history of the Hellenic Republic. It was also the year that Greece came closer than ever to be forced out of the...
Animals
Greek Cafe on Lesvos Offers Shelter to Stray Dogs
A cafe on the Mytilene port of Lesvos island is opening its doors at 3 am every night to offer stray dogs shelter from the cold.
The cafe - named Hott Spot, after the refugee registration center operating on the...
Greece
Greek NGO 'Agkalia' Awarded for 'Outstanding' Work with Refugees
The jury of the Council of Europe awarded the 2016 Raoul Wallenberg Prize to ‘Agkalia’, a Greek NGO operating on the island of Lesvos, for “outstanding achievements in providing frontline assistance to thousands of refugees irrespective of their origin...
Greece
Seven Children Among 13 Drowned in Another Migrant Tragedy off Greek Islet
Thirteen migrants drowned, with seven children among them, in yet another maritime tragedy off Greek islet of Farmakonisi.
Greek coastguard officials said that the incident took place earlier on Wednesday as a rescue mission saved another 15 people, 13 men...
Greece
Syrian Refugee Swims for 7 Hours to Reach Greece
Syrian refugee Ameer Mehtr braved to make the perilous journey from Turkey to the Greek island of Samos swimming, according to an Independent report.
Mehtr did not have the funds to pay smugglers to transport him to Greece after his...
Greece
Report: Over 800,000 Refugees Arrive in Greece by Sea in 2015
The International Organization for Migration says the number of migrants and refugees entering Europe in 2015 has gone over the one million mark, the largest influx of its kind since the end of World War II.
The Geneva-based organization issued...