VIAL refugee camp
Crime
Chios Island: Six Migrants Charged for Stealing Vegetables from Greenhouse
Six migrants who broke into a greenhouse on the island of Chios to steal vegetables, were charged with a felony and a misdemeanor by a prosecutor on Monday.
Police arrested the six migrants as well as the owner of the...
Greece
Port of Greek Island of Chios Becomes Makeshift Migrant Camp (photos)
Images that were prominent during the height of the migrant crisis in 2016 reappeared on the Greek island of Chios, as hundreds of migrants and refugees camped at the main port.
Vial, the main migrant camp in Chios, is overcrowded...
Greece
Syrian Refugee Sets Himself Ablaze in Chios (video)
A Syrian refugee set himself ablaze shortly after 2 p.m. at the Vial refugee camp in Chios, in protest of being held on the Greek island with no examination of the asylum request he has submitted.
The 29-year-old refugee is...