Samos

Five passengers, four women and one child, were pronounced dead by authorities while five more are missing, when a boat carrying refugees trying to reach Samos island sank. The boat, coming from Turkey, capsized early Saturday morning. The Hellenic Coast...

Tomorrow's refugee and migrant refoulments from Chios island towards Turkey are up "in the air," as 166 people requested for asylum, which sets back the procedure at least one month. According to ANA-MPA, in Lesvos island, out of the 3,021...

The first deported migrants from Greece arrived at Dikili in western Turkey on Monday, the first day of the implementation of the relocation agreement between Ankara and the European Union. A total of 202 migrants from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh...

Kokkari is a very beautiful village in Samos, with approximately 1,000 citizens. It is located 10 km northeast the town of Samos. Built in the beginning of the 19th century, its name is widely claimed to derive from a kind...

According to the latest count released by the Greek authorities on Monday March 21, the total of refugees and migrants that are currently in Greece has exceeded 50,000 people for the first time since the beginning of the crisis. The...

The transfer of refugees from the Greek islands to the mainland started on Sunday as the implementation of the European Union-Turkey deal went into effect. However, on the first day of the program agreed, 1,650 refugees and migrants arrived at...

Five German police officers with two German ships, acting under FRONTEX, are trying to track down traffickers and save the live of refugees in the area of Samos island. The patrol ships of the German Coast Guard that normally supervise...

  According to police authorities, about 6000 identified refugees and migrants are in total on the islands of the North Aegean, whereas the refugee and migrant flows have decreased due to the strong southern winds that blow in the area. More...

Greece's tourism - one of the country's most core financial resources - is facing a great threat, as massive cancellations in reservations are occurring in touristic destinations where there are refugee and migrant flows. According to an interview in Kathemerini,...

Greece is rushing to complete the setting up of five migrant registration centers and two refugee camps amid violent reactions from local citizens. Only one of the five required migrant registration centers (hotspots) is completed while the Greek government has...