October 6, 2019
Refugees
A refugee toddler was found to have drowned in the sea outside the refugee camp at LM Village in Myrisini of the municipality Andravida-Kyllini on Sunday. Sharma, the child of a Syrian refugee family, was 2.5 years old. The body of the child was found to be floating in the …
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July 31, 2019
Social
A racist incident against children with multiple disabilities took place in North Greece, when a priest refused to give them the communion. The man claimed that these children “do not understand” and therefore “may spit the communion out.” The incident took place at a summer military camp in Leptokarya, West …
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May 10, 2019
Refugees
Pope Francis sent a cardinal to the refugee camp in Moria on the island of Lesvos on Thursday. The Vatican delegation was led by Cardinal Konrad Krajewski. According to catholic news service, the May 9 visit to the “unofficial” Moira camp, where more than 1,000 people live outside a government-established …
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April 20, 2019
Refugees
Negotiations have begun early Saturday morning between police officers and about 50 refugees who set up tents at Syntagma Square in downtown Athens on Friday afternoon. Families with small children have camped opposite the Greek Parliament with placards and card-boards with slogans reading “Why do you force us to stay …
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October 14, 2018
Refugees
Médecins Sans Frontières’ Greece Medical Coordinator Dr. Declan Barry told Newsweek that since mid-May, the organization has seen an average of one reported case of sexual assault per week, which adds up to at least 21 cases reported to MSF alone in less than five months. Barry said that those cases involved women, …
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December 20, 2017
Politics, Refugees
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 …
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June 7, 2017
Politics, Refugees
Living conditions at the provisional settlement for new arrivals on the island of Chios are appalling. Four hundred people, men, women, children and elderly, could soon find their tents in the sea. Sanitary facilities are absent. Dozens of rats jump around from rock to rock, from tent to tent. The …
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May 17, 2017
Refugees
Dozens of refugees and migrants from Souda camp on the island of Chios were transported to the hospital as of Tuesday afternoon. Local media report that “according to all indications, the poisoning was caused by the chicken meal they had for lunch.” Two local catering companies in contract with the …
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February 6, 2017
Politics, Refugees, Very Mix
Tension was high when Greek Migration Minister Yannis Mouzalas visited the Ellinikon refugee camp in Athens on Monday morning. As the minister was struggling to enter the occupied area, a policeman punched a refugee boy that was among the crowd of protesters. Mouzalas. wanted to speak with the refugees and …
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December 1, 2016
Very Mix
On this freezing winter day, December 1st 2016: A new born baby is wrapped in as many blankets as possible. The mother lays next to baby’s bed in a cold and wet tent. In Malakasa refugee camp, not far away from the Greek capital. The baby saw the light of …
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November 28, 2016
Refugees, Very Mix
A strong rainfall on the island of Chios left a couple of hundreds of refugees and migrants sitting in the mud. Rocks have been put at the tents basis to protect them from the next wind blow. Kids play in the mud. The camp of Souda has turned into a …
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November 23, 2016
Very Mix
Three children from the refugee camp in Filippiada in Epirus, North-Western Greece, have been found to have been infected with the hepatitis virus, type A. The children were hospitalized with symptoms in the Arta where laboratory tests showed that they were infected with Hepatitis A. The findings resulted into the …
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September 19, 2016
Very Mix
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 …
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June 6, 2016
Refugees, Very Mix
protesters in Souda refugee camp on the island of Chios have reportedly set garbage bins on fire on Monday afternoon. The fire spread around and caused damage and panic. Burned to a big extend are two tents belonging to the UN High Commission for Refugees and to non-governmental organizations operating …
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May 24, 2016
Refugees, Very Mix
All eyes are on Idomeni camp this morning, where the evacuation started in the morning. Buses keep coming empty and leave the area full with people, taking them to organized facilities. The first buses take the people in the broader area of Thessaloniki, in Northern Greece. With the help of …
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April 20, 2016
Very Mix
A 17-year-old migrant girl from Afghanistan died in the Intensive Care Unit of Laiko Hospital in Athens where she going undergoing treatment for five days. According to Greek media, the girl was suffering from severe abdomen and stomach pain and she was taken to the hospital. She was allegedly suffering …
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March 18, 2016
Politics
Interior Minister Panagiotis Kouroublis visited Idomeni and the camp that “hosts” some 12,000 people, with the majority of them living in appalling conditions. He described the camp as a “modern Dachau”. “I do not hesitate to say that this is a modern Dachau, result of the logic of closed borders. …
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March 9, 2016
Refugees, Very Mix
A refugee camp soaked in rain, sank in mud. It has been raining for the last two days and nights. More than 13,000 people, among them many children struggle for a piece of bread, a cup of hot tea, a pair of shoes, a dry t-shirt. Coughing and fever. Volunteers …
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February 10, 2016
Society
Tension is high on the agenda and escalation is highly possible as protesting farmers threaten to camp outside the Greek Parliament together with their tractors. The farmers plan to come to Athens on Friday and raise their voices protest against the planned social security contributions and tax hikes. Despite the …
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