refugees

The International Organization for Migration reports a sharp increase in the number of sub-Saharan Africans making the dangerous sea journey from Libya to Italy. But the organization says a deadly new trend is developing on board the boats that...

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon highlighted on Friday that the borders must remain open because "such border restrictions do not apply with the Convention of 1951 for the Status of refugees and the 1967 Protocol, because the individual definition...

According to ANA-MPA, the situation in Idomeni is still out of control as at least 5,500 refugees and migrants are trapped at the borders waiting to cross in the neutral zone of the FΥRΟΜ. In addition, 437 more refugees...

The United Nations refugee agency and U.N. children's fund are setting up 20 centers to support and protect children and families fleeing war and persecution as they move across Europe’s well-worn migration routes. The so-called Blue Dot hubs are intended...

Speaking on CBC’s radio show As It Happens, Greek journalist Marianna Karakoulaki who is in a refugee camp in Idomeni, Greece, described a situation of unbearable pain and anguish for thousands of refugees and migrants that are stranded on...

The NATO mission commenced its operation in the Aegean in order to stop the migrant flows incited by illegal traders. More specifically, the Canadian frigate HMCS-Fredericton is close to Lesbos. The German frigate fgs-bonn, which the NATO mission is under...

Greece has turned down a request by Austrian Interior Minister Johanna Mikl-Leitner to visit Athens for explanations over the recall of Greece's ambassador to Vienna. According to an Athens Macedonia News Agency report citing diplomatic sources, the Greek side turned down...

Greek Deputy Migration Minister Yannis Mouzalas said that Austria will soon recognize its big mistake in taking a hostile action against Greece. Mouzalas spoke to EurActive Greece, saying, "We think that Austria has made a very significant, very serious mistake, which...

A plan to decelerate the arrival of refugees from the islands to Greece's mainland has been confirmed by Shipping Minister Theodoros Dritsas. According to the "migrant delay plan," ferries will not be making their scheduled routes for three days, thereby...

European governments are preparing for a major humanitarian emergency in Greece over refugees amid panic that the European Union is at serious risk of a breakdown, says a Guardian report. EU interior ministers met in Brussels on Thursday in a...