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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June 13, 2016
Politics
The closure of the Balkan Route was more efficient than the EU Turkey Deal as it discouraged refugees and migrants to come to Greece. This is more or less what the EU’s border Agency Frontex says in a analysis that has not been published yet, but obtained by German daily …
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May 25, 2016
Refugees, Very Mix
Evacuation of Idomeni continues also on Wednesday although in slower pace than on Tuesday, the first day of the massive operation to have 8,500 refugees and migrants transferred to organized camps. From idomeni to Sindos camp – via @Antolalto Police tries to convince more and more people to leave …
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May 24, 2016
Refugees, Very Mix
Greek police released footage of the refugees and migrants evacuation from Idomeni camp. The footage was shot by police helicopters that have been monitoring the operation since Tuesday morning. Evacuation of 8,119 refugees and migrants started short after 6 a.m. on Tuesday. According to authorities schedule a total of 2,000 …
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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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May 23, 2016
Politics
Ten riot police squads left Athens this morning and are expected to take position at the refugees camp of Idomeni that will be evacuated from the 8.500 men, women and children living there since last February. Other police forces from Northern Greece will be deployed in the area for “as …
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May 5, 2016
Refugees, Very Mix
One hundred refugees and migrants from the camp in Idomeni attempted to set up a tent at the border fence between Greece and FYROM on Thursday. Greek riot police intervened to stop the action, and some protesters started to hurl stones at the policemen and chant “Open borders!”. Eventually the …
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April 21, 2016
Refugees, Very Mix
The Syrian refugee who was hit by a police van on Monday, died in Papageorgiou hospital in Thessaloniki Thursday noon. The man suffered severe injuries in the head, the doctors could not save him. Officially the Greek police says that it was an accident. According to Greek police, the man …
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April 18, 2016
Refugees, Very Mix
A Syrian man was transferred from Idomeni refugee camp to a hospital in nearby Kilkis and later to a hospital in Thessaloniki after he was most probably accidentally hit by a van of the Greek police. Immediately after the incident, refugees and migrants started to throw stones at the police …
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April 13, 2016
Refugees, Very Mix
Some 30 young men with their faces covered moved towards the border fence around 12 o’ clock on Wednesday and tried it bring it down. FYROM police fired stun grenades. Soon the situation escalated as more men joined the protest and FYROM police went over to fire tear gas. At …
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April 12, 2016
Refugees, Very Mix
Panagiota Vasileiadou is an 82-year-old granny. Her home in in the village of Idomeni, the village very close to the camp that has been hosting at times more than 12,000 refugees and migrants. Granny Panagiota has witnessed hundreds of refugees begging for food to feed their children or clean water …
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April 12, 2016
Politics
Sixteen volunteers have been briefly detained at Idomeni on Tuesday as Greek police tries to find out who incites refugees and migrants to cross the closed borders of neighboring FYROM. With enhanced controls on the roads leading to Idomeni camp, Greek police units have been doing paper controls and search …
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April 11, 2016
Politics
Greek Foreign Ministry complained with “two severe demarches” to FYROM about the “unacceptable incidents” on Sunday in Idomeni, where police forces and army units fired teargas and stun grenades against refugees and migrants for more than 4-5 hours. On its side FYROM put the blame on Greece complaining that Athens …
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April 10, 2016
Politics
At least 260 migrants were hurt on Sunday when police fired tear gas at crowds of people as they tried to break through the Greece-Macedonia border, medical charity MSF said. “Two hundred people were treated by our medical unit for breathing problems, 30 for wounds caused by plastic bullets and …
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April 10, 2016
Politics, Refugees
There has never happened before: that police of one country fires teargas on the soil of another country. FYROM police made extensive use of teargas and sound flares against refugees and migrants who are on Greece’s soil. The clashes started when a big crowd of refugees moved to the fence, …
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April 8, 2016
Refugees, Very Mix
Deportations to Turkey resumed on Friday morning amid protests and activists jumping in the water to prohibit the ship’s journey to Dikili. While almost 150 people were deported according to EU Turkey deal, another 149 arrived in the last 24 hours. In an emergency meeting, Turkish Parliament confirmed that Turkey …
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March 31, 2016
Refugees, Very Mix
A local farmer had enough from refugees and migrants in Idomeni, got on his tractor and started to plow his field amid tents, kids and adults. “I have waited long enough. I understand the people here, but I have to live,” farmer Lazaros Oulis told local media. He owes 72 …
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March 27, 2016
Refugees, Very Mix
Refugees have packed their things and wait … for the borders of FYROM to open. False rumors that borders would open have gone wild since Saturday with the effect that many refugees rushed to Idomeni from several reception centers. Others have laid on the rail tracks demanding “Open the Borders”. …
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March 25, 2016
Politics, Refugees
The first bus full of Syrian refugees left the Idomeni camp for a camp in Veroia at 5 o’ clock on Friday afternoon. A total of 20 buses hired by the Greek authorities have been waiting since the morning to take refugees and migrants to accommodation centers in the North …
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March 23, 2016
Politics, Refugees
The tension among the refugees and migrants stuck in Idomeni camp is growing higher and higher. It looks as if they are divided in two groups: those who insist on protesting and even go so far to enforce a hunger strike among the people, hoping that the borders will be …
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