June 13, 2022
Politics, Refugees
Greece’s Minister for Citizen Protection denied any involvement in an alleged incident where an Afghan national was killed inside Turkish territory by shots fired from within Greece in the area of the Evros river, the natural border between the two countries. Turkish media claimed on Monday, the incident took place …
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September 17, 2021
Uncategorized
“We need to think outside the box…because you learn more things outside the box. It’s like a cage, you need to be a free bird” says Arezu, an incredibly talented and eloquent Afghan refugee of just 12-years-old, currently living on Lesvos island in Greece. This week is the return to …
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September 9, 2021
Refugees
The EU is preparing for an influx of Afghans seeking asylum, whether or not people flee en masse from the new Taliban government, the chief of the EU border agency said, noting that millions are already displaced in neighbouring countries. In an interview, Fabrice Leggeri, director-general of border agency Frontex, …
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August 26, 2021
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
An incredible incident took place in Kalamata when a group of 13 Muslim tourists dressed in traditional costumes were touring the city in southern Peloponnese. They were detained following Islamophobic posts on social media claiming that Taliban had come to the city or that there was a secret plan for …
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August 26, 2021
Very Mix
An Afghan male tried to set himself on fire outside of the US Embassy in Athens, on Wednesday afternoon. The Greek police said that the man was at the corner of Petros Kokkalis and Gelonos Streets at 15:30 when he doused himself with a flammable liquid. However, policemen in the …
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August 24, 2021
Greece, Politics
Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Monday called on the EU to help countries neighbouring Afghanistan to stop a new influx of migrants into Europe from the Taliban-controlled country. The return of the hardline group to power in Kabul on 15 August has plunged the future of many Afghans into …
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August 16, 2021
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Greece joined 65 other countries in asking that Afghans and international citizens who wish to depart must be allowed to do so. The joint statement in fact asks the Taliban to allow these citizens leave the country. State broadcaster ERT reported on Sunday that the Greek Foreign Ministry was seeking …
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June 22, 2021
FEATURED, Refugees
Dutch journalist Ingeborg Beugel is being prosecuted for “facilitating illegal residence to an asylum seeker.” She provided accommodation in her home on the island of Hydra to an Afghan man, whose asylum application in ongoing. Police arrested the 61-year-old Dutch journalist Ingeborg Beugel on Sunday, June 13, on charges of …
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March 18, 2021
Refugees
A 25-year-old Afghan father and his young son attempted the perilous sea journey from Turkey to Greece to seek asylum in Europe. The boy died after their boat struck rocks. The father has been charged with child endangerment. If convicted he faces up to 10 years in prison. “The charges …
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April 8, 2020
Refugees
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 …
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January 20, 2020
Refugees
An 18-year-old Afghan woman is in critical condition after she was stabbed by a compatriot in the hot spot of Moria on the island of Lesvos in the early morning hours of Monday. The woman was attacked with a knife and suffered injuries in the chest and the abdomen.and she …
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December 5, 2019
Refugees
A 27-year-old Afghan refugee died in a fire Kara Tepe camp on the island of Lesvos early Thursday morning. The fire broke out inside the container where the woman lived with her 28-year-old husband and their three children aged 5, 2 and an infant. The 28-year-old husband passed out from …
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August 25, 2019
Refugees
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 …
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March 24, 2019
Refugees
Greek police has identified four of the five men who attacked a group of Afghan refugee minors in Konitsa, North Greece, a week ago. On of the attacker sis allegedly a member of a far-right extremist party. In a statement, the Greek Police said that the identified are one 30-year-old …
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March 20, 2019
Refugees
Greek police said that they are investigating a possible racist motive in the violent attack by a group of hooded men against a group of Afghan minors in the town of Konitsa, North-West Greece, last Sunday. Five men wearing hoods and armed with clubs attacked nine unaccompanied Afghan minors who …
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May 5, 2018
Refugees
A 20-year-old Afghan migrant died after suffering heavy injuries during serious clashes among migrants in the port area of Patras on Saturday night. The young man was found with heavy head injuries and was transferred to the hospital in the city in North-West Peloponnese where he passed away despite doctors’ …
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January 28, 2018
Very Mix
Greece’ anti-terror police has arrested a foreign national in procession of several detonators and identity cards in downtown Athens on Saturday night. According to local media, the man had in his back-bag seven electric and electronic detonators and several ID cards which police assume they were fake. The man is …
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November 27, 2017
Uncategorized
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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November 3, 2017
Refugees
It was a horror night for the family of 11-year-old Afghan boy Amir who gained publicity after he was not allowed to carry the Greek flag at the school parade on October 28th. Unknown assailants threw stones at the family home in Dafni suburb of south Athens and left a …
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August 11, 2017
Refugees
A migrant tried to ‘escape’ the island of Chios swimming to …unknown destination. Or was he trying to reach the mainland? The migrant from Afghanistan took an inflatable floaty and just started to swim. He was located on the rocky islet Venetiko in the south of the island by a …
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