At least 11 asylum seekers and 8 police officers were injured during clashes in the hot spot of Moria on the island of Lesvos on Wednesday evening. 200 women and children were evacuated in a nearby warehouse. Some 150 refugees and migrants in the Moria refugee camp staged a protest …
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15 injured and tents burned down when clashes break out in Moria camp
At least fifteen people were injured and transported to hospital and several tents turned to ashes when violent clashes between different ethnic groups of refugees and migrants broke out in the hot spot of Moria on the island of Lesvos on Tuesday night. The clashes started around 9:30 Tuesday night …
Read More »Lesvos: Violent clashes among young refugees & migrants in Moria hot spot
Violent clashes among young refugees and migrants broke out on Sunday night in the hot spot of Moria on the island of Lesvos. The clashes ended with the intervention of police and many injured youngsters. Five of them were hospitalized. According to local media, the clashes broke out Sunday midnight, …
Read More »Clashes among migrants in Moria: 15 injured, hot spot evacuated (picts, video)
Serious clashes among migrants and fires broke out in Moria hot spot on the island of Lesvos, leaving behind 15 people injured as well as serious damages in the camp that led to evacuation of hundreds of families. According to reports from the area, a brawl broke out between Afghans …
Read More »Opposition parties: Greek gov’t has huge responsibility for the Moria fire
Greek opposition parties sharply criticized the New Democracy government saying that it has huge responsibilities for the situation in the hotspot of Moria and the fire that destroyed it. “Today’s tragedy in Moria demonstrates the criminal responsibilities of (Prime Minister Kyriakos) Mitsotakis and (Migration Policy and Asylum Minister Notis) Mitarakis,” …
Read More »Moria: “Time bomb” exploded, burned down Hotspot & “European values”
It was short before Tuesday midnight when fires broke out in several parts in- and outside the Moria camp. The powerful winds quickly spread the flames around, through containers and tents. Total destruction. 13,000 people on the streets. The island of Lesvos has declared in “state of emergency.” Authorities investigate …
Read More »16-year-old Afghan boy stabbed to death in Moria camp
A 16-year-old Afghan teenager has died after he was stabbed by a 20-year-old compatriot outside the hotspot of Moria in the early morning hours of Wednesday. The severely injured boy was rushed to the hospital of Mytiline but died on the way there. Doctors could only pronounce him dead. The …
Read More »Moria asylum seekers stage protest, set fires, police fires teargas
Clashes between Moria asylum seekers and police erupted outside the town of Mytilini on the island of Lesvos on Monday morning, when approximately 2,000 people set to march to the port. Police fired teargas and sound flares against the men, women and children protesters. On their part, the asylum seekers …
Read More »Moria: Unaccompanied Afghan teenager stabs one dead, injures two
A juvenile refugee died and two others were injured after a 15-yea-old Afghan boy stabbed them in the ward of unaccompanied minors in the hot spot of Moria on Saturday night. It all started shortly after 10pm when groups of young refugees clashed with each other for unknown reason in …
Read More »Refugees protest poor conditions in hot spot Moria, Lesvos, and VIAL, Chios
Afghan refugees and migrants continued their protest also on Saturday after many of them spent the night outside the hot spot in Moria on the island of Lesvos. They demand better living conditions but also equal treatment in their asylum requests similar to those of Syrian refugees. Afghan refugees are …
Read More »A hell of a night for thousands fleeing fire: 60% of Moria hot spot infrastructure burned down (Updates)
It was a hell of a night for the some 4,000 refugees and migrants in Moria hot spot. Mothers carrying their babies in their arms, fragile elderly, disabled, children and men… they all started to run away from the fire that was sweeping through the tents and the prefabricated containers. …
Read More »Moria hot spot on fire – 4,000 evacuated, among them 150 unaccompanied minors
The hot spot in Moria was set on fire on Monday night after clashes between migrants and refugees groups of different nationalities. Some 3,000 to 4,00 people have been evacuated. Around 150 unaccompanied minors were brought in safety into a state nursery home. pictures via @ChiosMonitor The clashes started …
Read More »Clashes among migrants on Samos, dozens injured, detention center on fire (picts, video)
Clashes among migrants broke on Thursday night in the hot spot of Samos, Greek media speak of dozens injured. According to police, the clashes started when a scuffle broke out among Moroccan, Algerian and Pakistani migrants. Soon the situation got out of control, the angry mob started fires in several …
Read More »Relentless questions on killing of young Roma by Greek police remain unanswered
Relentless questions about the killing of the young unarmed Roma Nikos Sampanis remain unanswered still four days after the shootout in Perama late last Friday. Seven police officers involved in the shooting remain detained in the headquarters of the Greek Police as the communication between the police operation center and …
Read More »Newborn refugee baby Covid-19 positive; tension high in Kara Tepe
From the turbulent streets of Kara Tepe to the hospital in Mytilene: a 20-day-old refugee baby was transferred from the turbulent streets of Kara Tepe to the hospital in Lesvos’ capital Mytilene on Friday. The new born baby of Afghan origin developed fever and respiratory problems and was transferred to …
Read More »Lesvos: Navy ship to transfer new arrivals to “pre-deportation” camps
A ship of the Greek Navy arrived at the port of Mytilini in Lesvos on Wednesday morning. The ship will house hundreds of refugees and migrants who arrived on the island after March 1, but they are not allowed to submit asylum application following a recent government decision to temporarily …
Read More »East Lesvos to set up road blocks to enforce “border” to West Lesvos
Unbelievable decision: Local authorities on the island of Lesvos have decided to set up road blocks and enforce a “border” between the West and the East parts of the island. The decision was taken at an emergency meeting on Sunday, after more than 400 migrants and refugees arrived on the …
Read More »March to commemorate Pavlos Fyssas murdered by Golden Dawn member
Thousands of people, his parents, his friends gathered in Keratsini, Piraeus, on Wednesday to commemorate rapper Pavlos Fyssas who was stabbed to death by a member of the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn 6 years ago. Young and old marched to the small memorial installed in his memory chanting antifascist slogans. His …
Read More »One Afghan stabbed to death, three injured in brawl on the island of Lesvos
One man was stabbed to death and three others were injured in a clash that erupted among Afghans in the village of Pamfila on the island of Lesvos late Sunday evening. The brawl reportedly started in a house that was rented by Afghans some 4 km away from the Moria …
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