The Greek Coast Guard continues the Search and Rescue operation South off island of Crete Friday noon after a boat carrying migrants capsized and some 8 people are missing. 37 people have been rescued so far. for several people believed missing a day after a boat carrying dozens of migrants …
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One-year-old refugee child dies in Kara Tepe camp on Lesvos
An one-year-old refugee child was taken to the hospital of Mytilene from the camp of Kara Tepe on Wednesday, where doctors could only confirm its death. Tthe child had high fever and vomited and was not transported to the hospital in time, local media report. The child of a single-parent …
Read More »Giannis Antetokounmpo named NBA Most Valuable Player after leading Bucks to victory
Giannis Antetokounmpo has led the Milwaukee Bucks to their first NBA title since 1971 and was named was named the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player. on Tuesday. Powered by a masterpiece from the Greek Freak The Bucks won 105-98 over the visiting Phoenix Suns. With the victory, the Bucks clinched …
Read More »Work on Lesvos migrant camp yet to begin 9 months after fire
Almost 9 months after a fire gutted a refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesvos, work on a new reception center has still not begun despite pledges to have the facility built before next winter, Greece’s migration minister confirmed Wednesday. Greek authorities said the fires were started deliberately last …
Read More »Frontex border agency can’t fulfill its duties, say EU Court of Auditors
The European Union’s border and coast guard agency FRONTEX is being given additional tasks, like playing a greater role in the deportation of migrants, at a time when it is incapable even of fulfilling the duties it was ordered to carry out five years ago, the European Court of Auditors …
Read More »Vaccination in Greece’s migration camps on the islands started
The vaccination of asylum seekers, refugees and migrants in the camps on the islands and the mainland was launched on Thursday.Vaccinations are scheduled to take place twice a week. The vaccinations at the reception facilities at Kara Tepe on the island of Lesvos, VIAL on Chios and Vathy on Samos …
Read More »What Greece’s health experts say about the so-called “Athenian mutation”
Greece’s health experts have been talking about a new coronavirus mutation that has been detected in the center of Greek capital Athens. The experts speak of the strain as of the “Athenian mutation”, although it looks as if it is a variant of the stem from Nigeria. The detected mutation …
Read More »Greece proposes Frontex be allowed to operate beyond EU borders
Returning unapproved asylum seekers to their home countries could become an easier task if European border patrol agency Frontex could operate outside of European borders, Greek Migration Minister Notis Mitarakis said on Wednesday. Speaking virtually with German Deputy Minister for Migration Stephan Mayer, Mitarakis added that bilateral agreements with other …
Read More »Council of Europe fears virus measures hurting democracy
Europe’s leading human rights body warned Tuesday that threats to democratic rights and personal freedoms have worsened during the pandemic, with some governments using health restrictions as a pretext to advance undemocratic political agendas. In a 148-page report lamenting a state of “democracy in distress,” the Council of Europe said …
Read More »VIAL camp: Second refugee dies, woman gives birth on the road side
What is going on in VIAL refugee and asylum seekers camp on the island of Chios? One Iranian asylum seeker died in his tent on Sunday night and a woman from Somalia gave birth on the side of the road waiting for an ambulance. Together with her newborn the 25-year-old …
Read More »Horror in VIAL refugee camp: Mice eat flesh of dead asylum seeker
Horror in VIAL refugee camp on the island of Chios: The body of a Somali asylum seeker who died in his tent was discovered Tuesday covered by mice eating his flesh. According to local media astraparis, the 28-year-old man died in his tent at midnigh from Monday to Tuesday, most …
Read More »President Joe Biden recognizes the Armenian Genocide; Turkey furious
U.S. President Joe Biden on Saturday recognized the Armenian Genocide. The highly symbolic recognition coincides with Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day and comes 106 years after the beginning of the mass deportation of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire, which led to the deaths of up to 1.5 million people. “The American …
Read More »RSF Press Freedom Index: Greece among worst performers in EU
Greece is among the worst performers in press freedom issues withing the European Union, according to the annoual index 2021 published by watchdog Reporters without Borders (RSF) on Tuesday. Some European countries lead the world in respect for media freedom, yet the situation across the EU is growing increasingly heterogeneous. …
Read More »Migrant departures exceeded arrivals in first quarter of 2021, says Greek Migration Ministry
“A positive balance of departures relative to arrivals continued in the first quarter of 2021,” according to the monthly data released by the Migration and Asylum Μinistry on Friday. Ιn the period spanning January-March 2021, 3,072 migrants and refugees left Greece, while 1,597 arrived via the Aegean islands and Evros. …
Read More »Electronic surveillance network to safeguard Greece’s borders at Evros
An electronic surveillance network will safeguard Greece’s borders to Turkey at the region of Evros. Equipped with radars and cameras, the network installation is underway and will include eleven pillars along the Evros river in Greece’s North-East. The 11 pillars are along the river and the cameras have a range …
Read More »Turkye’s coast guard harass Greek coast guard, tries to push migrant dinghies (video)
Greece’s Migration Minister Notis Mitarakis accused Turkey of seeking to escalate tension afterthe Greek Coast Guard reported harassment by a boat of the Turkish Coast Guard and that it escorted boats carrying migrants into Greek territorial waters. The harassment took place on Friday morning in the sea area North-East of …
Read More »EU commissioner Johansson met with with protests while visiting camps on Lesvos and Samos
The visit of EU Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson on the island of Lesvos and Samos was met with protests by both locals and refugees. As the Commissioner visited the camps to discuss the new EU Pact on Migration and Asylum and funding to Greece, charities warned that the …
Read More »Biden invites PM Mitsotakis to WH, holds online event to honor 25. March
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and US President Joe Biden on Thursday night held their first phone call since the latter took office in January. The US President invited the Greek PM to the White House and held an online event replaceing the traditional reception to commemorate the Greek Independence …
Read More »Migration Minister jeered by far-right protesters over new migration camp (videos)
Chanting “traitors” and slogans with homophobic content, residents of Orestiada jeered Migration and Asylum Minister Notis Mitarakis earlier on Monday. The angry mob booed and threw waters bottles, crackers and eggs at the minister visiting the broader area of Evros in north-eastern Greece bordering Turkey. They were holding Greek flags, …
Read More »Migrant dies of cold when boat dumps a group of 28 at a beach on Lesvos
One migrant died when a boat from Turkey dumped a group of 27 people at a remote beach of the island of Lesvos in the early morning hours of Tuesday. The man from Somalia who had underlying health problems most likely died due to the icy cold. The boat reportedly …
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