October 16, 2019
Refugees
Police on the island of Samos has arrested 12 foreign nationals aged 15-34 as responsible for the brawl and the attacks that left three people injured on Monday as well as for the fire in the hot spot. Seven of those arrested are charged for involvement in the incidents inside …
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October 14, 2019
Refugees
A fire broke out at the Reception and Identification Center of the islands of Samos late on Monday evening. According to initial media reports, the situation is serious, tents and buildings are burning down. A big force of firefighters is trying to extinguish the blaze. Thousands of refugees and migrants …
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January 23, 2018
Politics, Refugees
The director of identification and registration center in VIAL hot spot on the island of Chios has submitted his resignation. As the reason for his resignation, Theofilos Tsingalakis cited mounting pressure by local groups. He was hired to run the hot spot six months ago through an open job vacancy …
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November 18, 2016
Refugees, Very Mix
For second consecutive night, the hot spot of Souda on the island of Chios became the showplace of attacks, riots and damages, with migrants, refugees and residents to live in a state of constant fear. It was around 8 pm on Thursday, when two molotov cocktails bombs were hurled inside …
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November 17, 2016
Refugees, Very Mix
Alleged raging refugees and migrants set the hot spot Souda on the island of Chios on fire, threw fireworks to surrounding houses and damaged cars and shops around the camp. According to local media, everything started shortly after 11 o’ clock at night, when a group of migrants and refugees …
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November 2, 2016
Refugees, Very Mix
Two refugee children were suffered burn injuries when a fire broke out the family tent in a reception center in Oraiokastro by Thessaloniki in Northern Greece. The two children, an 8-year-old boy and an 9-year-old girl were taken to two different hospitals in Thessaloniki. The condition of the girl is …
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October 26, 2016
Very Mix
Clashes among refugees, garbage bins on fire, presence of riot police and EU asylum staff that left the hot spot of VIAL on the island of Chios. The incidents broke out after a group of refugee women protested the slow asylum procedures outside the mobile offices of EASO, the European …
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September 20, 2016
Very Mix
Fianlly! The European Commission found a solution for the Migration crisis in Greece and the Greek islands. During a press conference on Tuesday, the EC coordinating spokesperson, Natasha Bertaud, revealed the well-hidden plans: EU Commission spo Bertaud says migrants will remain on islands "as much as possible" #Greece #Lesvos pic.twitter.com/Vtj2MsxeKK …
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September 20, 2016
Very Mix
It was a hell of a night for the some 4,000 refugees and migrants in Moria hot spot. Mothers carrying their babies in their arms, fragile elderly, disabled, children and men… they all started to run away from the fire that was sweeping through the tents and the prefabricated containers. …
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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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September 5, 2016
Refugees, Very Mix
Violent clashes among young refugees and migrants broke out on Sunday night in the hot spot of Moria on the island of Lesvos. The clashes ended with the intervention of police and many injured youngsters. Five of them were hospitalized. According to local media, the clashes broke out Sunday midnight, …
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July 11, 2016
Very Mix
Tension went high on the island of Leros in the Eastern Aegean Sea, when a group of migrants protested the living conditions in the hot spot saying they were fearing for their lives. The protest got out of control when a small group went so far to attack the police …
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June 2, 2016
Refugees, Very Mix
Serious clashes among migrants and fires broke out in Moria hot spot on the island of Lesvos, leaving behind 15 people injured as well as serious damages in the camp that led to evacuation of hundreds of families. According to reports from the area, a brawl broke out between Afghans …
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February 16, 2016
Refugees, Very Mix
The first registration center (Hot Spot) for refugees and migrants opened its doors on the island of Chios on Tuesday. Seventy men, women and children who had entered Greece illegally were registered and their papers confirmed. “Executives of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees took the refugees and migrants to …
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February 9, 2016
Refugees, Very Mix
The city council on the island of Kos decided to have the people have a saying on whether they want to allow the establishment of a Refugees’ and Migrants’ registration center (Hot Spot). According to local media Aegeannews.gr, the majority of city counselors voted in favor of the mayor’s proposal …
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