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Corinth: Golden Dawn Clashes With Riot Police Over Immigrants’ Transfer to Army Camp (video)

August 23, 2012 Politics 68

Members of extreme-right party Chrysi Avgi (Golden Dawn) clashed with riot policeon over the transfer of 250-400 illegal immigrants to an army camp. The incidents started on Thursday morning when police vehicles transported detained illegal immigrants to the army camp of the 6th Infantry Regiment near Corinth, in Northern Peloponnese. Residents of …

Three People Dead While Trying to Escape FRONTEX Control

April 29, 2012 Very Mix 1

Three people found a horrible death and four were seriously injured after the car they were in got fire while trying to escape a FRONTEX control. Greek media report that local police for Illegal Immigration Enforcement and members of the European agency for the security of external EU borders FRONTEX had spotted a …

Migrants in Public Hospitals? The Bill Goes to Embassies

April 3, 2012 Very Mix 5

Greek Health Ministry will demand the expenditure for immigrants’ treatment in the public hospitals from the embassies, news portal Zougla reported. Many immigrants without legal documents find their way to the Polyclinic Hospital at Omonia Square in downtown Athens after being referred there by Non Governmental Organizations. According to latest …

“Modern Slaves” in Athens – Dozens Immigrants Work in Inhuman Conditions

March 23, 2012 Very Mix 1

Dozens of illegal immigrants were found to work under squalid conditions behind iron bars and under the surveillance of cameras in four clothing manufacturing companies in Athens. Police and social security fund IKA units raided the three companies in Patisia district and one in Nea Ionia suburb to find a total …

Selling Umbrellas on a Sunny Day ?!

November 21, 2011 Very Mix 3

I was walking at the beach with a friend on Sunday noon. The air was a bit chilly, full with the essences of the sea. The sun was shining with an extraordinary intensity for the season, covering the Saronic Gulf, the sand and the people with a sparkling and happy light. Young and old have have come …

Greek Songmaker: Send Migrants to Remote Islands, Declare Athens in State of Emergency

May 19, 2011 Society Comments Off on Greek Songmaker: Send Migrants to Remote Islands, Declare Athens in State of Emergency

Famous Greek musician Dionysis Savvopoulos dropped a bombshell in the middle of the debatte about of illegal immigrants and the worrying rise of violence and crime in Athens downtown. “Migrants should be transported to sparsely populated islands with low population under UN supervision, where they can cultivate land”, he said and added …

Tragedy with Immigrants off Preveza – One child dead, one missing

May 18, 2011 Very Mix 1

A man and an eight year old boy were recovered dead from the sea are of Nicopolis bay in Preveza, West Greece. Another boy, allegedly the twin brother of the dead has been missing. The Coast Guard had rushed to the area after being informed about an overturned boat. Twenty two people were rescued …

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 …

103 Migrants rescued from sinking boat off Lefkada island.

February 22, 2011 Very Mix Comments Off on 103 Migrants rescued from sinking boat off Lefkada island.

A drama with 103 illegal migrnats, among them 27 children, was averted at the last minute as their boat semi-capsized off the island of Lefkada, Greece. A group of 103 illegal migrants and three migrant-runners were rescued from a semi-capsized sailboat south of the island of Lefkada late Monday by …

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