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Saidu Kamara: Top refugee student will take part in the parade, then deported from Greece

March 24, 2022 FEATURED, Social, Society 2

Saidu Kamara from Guinea, arrived on the island of Kalymnos in 2019,. He survived a shipwreck as unaccompanied teenager. Today he is 18 years old and fully integrated in the Greek society. Saidu is an excellent student and he will be honored to carry the Greek flag at the parade …

Turkey arrests and deports chairman of Pan-Pontian Federation of Greece

August 13, 2021 FEATURED, Greece, Politics, Turkey-GR 1

Turkish authorities deported on Friday the head of the Pan-Pontiac Federation of Greece (POE), Giorgos Varythymiadis, who had travelled to the country to attend a special service performed by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew at the Panagia Sumela Monastery in Trabzon on Saturday. The federation had announced earlier that Varythymiadis had been …

“We don’t invite economic migrants to Greece,” says Gov’t spokesman

October 20, 2019 Greece, Politics 10

“We do not invite any economic migrant to come to the country” government spokesman Stelios Petsas said. “Those who will ‘invest’ money to traffickers to come to Greece will lose their money because they will be sent back,” he warned. Until the end of 2020, 10,000 migrants not entitled to …

Turkey seeks ‘deportation’ of two Turkish commandos who fled to Greece

March 2, 2017 Politics, Turkey-GR Comments Off on Turkey seeks ‘deportation’ of two Turkish commandos who fled to Greece

Turkey has requested the deportation of the two Turkish commandos suspected to be coup plotters assigned to assassination President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The two commandos fled to Greece by crossing the Evros River on February 15th and asked for asylum. The deportation request has been submitted to Greek authorities by …

Czech president Zeman: economic migrants to be deported to “uninhabited Greek islands”

October 4, 2016 Politics 5

Czech president Milos Zeman has proposed that economic migrants should be deported from Europe to “uninhabited Greek islands” or to “empty places” in North Africa. The spectacularly incredible president also proposed that the Greek debt should be progressively reduced in return for shouldering the cost of hosting hundreds of thousands …

Suspected Islamic militant to be deported to France after he rammed Greek police car

September 26, 2016 Very Mix 13

Α 49-year-old Frenchman rammed a police car in Asprovalta in Thessaloniki, Northern Greece, and set on alert the country’s police and intelligence service. There are a few question marks on the case as the policemen who arrested him allegedly said that he shouted “Allahu Akbar” after he had rammed the …

German Interior Minister, an ex asylum seeker, wants to deport refugees in Greece

September 4, 2016 Politics, Refugees 8

German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere wants to deport refugees from Germany to Greece claiming the Dublin Treaty will facilitate this. De Maiziere claimed that the EU did a lot to help improve the situation of refugees in Greece. At the same time, he blamed Greece for the increased numbers …

Greek court justifies escape of 15 migrants from police lockup, while awaiting deportation

January 15, 2013 Very Mix 1

A group of illegal immigrants was justified in escaping from a police lockup last year because of the miserable conditions in their overcrowded cell, which was filthy, ridden with disease and had no running water, a Greek court has ruled. The court in the northwestern city of Igoumenitsa said the …

What do 139 Greek policemen do in Santo Domingo?

March 10, 2011 Politics Comments Off on What do 139 Greek policemen do in Santo Domingo?

A charter flight with 73 illegal immigrants, 139 escorting Greek police officers and 2 doctors are leaving for the picturesque and exotic island of Santo Domingo in the Caribic today. Some time ago 19 men and 54 women crossed seas and oceans and covered a distance of 5605.5 Miles – 9021.3 Kilometers …

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