July 4, 2024
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
Greece’s counter-terrorism units arrested a total of seven individuals over two separate cases of arson attacks in Athens, at a restaurant and a hotel of Israeli interests in May and at a Jewish synagogue in June, respectively. Early on May 15, two foreign nationals aged 46 and 36 and a …
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March 10, 2021
Refugees
Greece’s fire department says three migrants have been found dead following a fire in an abandoned building in the center of the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki. The three men, believed to have been from Algeria, had been living on the third floor of the abandoned building. Firefighters said the …
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November 12, 2018
Refugees
A total 5,786 Turkish citizens have applied for obtaining refugee status in Greece, since 2016’s failed coup attempt that was followed by a government crackdown, Turkish media reported on Sunday. According to a report by Diken attributed to the Greek Ministry of Immigration Policies, the number of Turks seeking asylum …
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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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October 21, 2017
Uncategorized
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 …
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October 5, 2017
Refugees
European governments have put thousands of Afghans in harm’s way by forcibly returning them to a country where they are at serious risk of torture, kidnapping, death and other human rights abuses, Amnesty International said today in a new report. In their determination to increase the number of deportations, European …
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September 1, 2017
Refugees
For three days, Afghan refugees occupied Sappho Square in the center of Mytilene on the island of Lesvos demanding to have their asylum procedures are accelerated,. Wearing t-shirts with the date of their arrival, they vowed they would not end their protest until they are given a decision on their …
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May 5, 2017
Politics, Refugees
105 refugees were rescued in two different incidents on Friday. A Romanian vessel of Frontex located and rescued 45 refugees and migrants in the sea region of Keramia off the island of Chios in the eastern Aegean Sea. In a second incident, 60 refugees and migrants were rescued in the …
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June 23, 2016
Refugees, Very Mix
It’s a tragedy for thousands, millions of children, for so-called ‘lost generations’ without access to education! Children refugees stay out of school for several months if not for years. Just two months ago I met a young Syrian boy who has not been to school for whole 5 years. When …
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June 21, 2016
Very Mix
Six Afghans aged between 15 and 17 were rescued in a half-freezing condition on Monday night in Western Greece. The six were hidden in refrigerator truck loaded with watermelons and were hoping to reach Slovenia. However, at some point the teenagers started to freeze and knock on the walls of …
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March 31, 2016
Refugees, Very Mix
Syrian and Afghan refugees delivered clashes on Wednesday night in the port of Piraeus. Greek media report that at least 300 people got involved in the clashes that left 7 injured and only the intervention of riot police after midnight managed to end the havoc at the port where more …
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February 24, 2016
Politics, Refugees
Austria and West Balkan countries agreed to put an eventual complete stop to the flow of refugees entering Europe. During the West Balkan Conference on Migration, four EU-members Austria, Slovenia, Croatia and Bulgaria as well as Albania, Bosnia Kosovo, Serbia, FYROM decided to implement new measures and also call the …
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February 22, 2016
Refugees, Very Mix
More than 5,000 refugees have been trapped in the ‘neutral zone’ at the borders northern borders of Greece, after FYROM closed its gates to Afghan refugees. The same has reportedly done by Serbia and Croatia. FYROM’s decision has a domino effect, as thousands of refugees arriving from the islands to …
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March 29, 2010
News, Politics
Bomb kills man, injures little girl in Athens/Greece A powerful bomb blast with one dead man and one injured ten-year old girl occurred a few minutes before 23:00 Sunday night near a public building in Kato Patisia suburb, some 7 kilometers from Athens down town. The blast occurred near the …
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