May 4, 2017 Social
The total humanitarian crisis, poverty and despair: young mom who just gave birth to a child a couple of days ago. A baby just eleven days old and an older child aged fourteen months. They live in absolute poverty in a home without electricity and hot water on the island …
Read More » April 26, 2017 Politics, Refugees
Syrian refugees of Kurdish origin continue their hunger strike for sixth consecutive day in the hot spot of Moria on the island of Lesvos. The twelve men protest for long delays in the process of examining asylum requests by the secondary committees. Eleven of them launched the hunger strike last …
Read More » April 24, 2017 Refugees
At least seven people have drowned when a boat carrying refugees capsized in the Aegean Sea on Monday morning. Two women have been rescued, one of them is in advanced pregnancy. Unconfirmed reports speak of another four bodies to have been washed out on the Turkish coast. A Search and …
Read More » March 27, 2017 Society, Very Mix
A young and good looking woman called a locksmith and asked him to open the door to her home claiming she was locked out. The locksmith opened the door, got paid and left. The only problem was that the woman was not the real owner but a real and common …
Read More » March 20, 2017 Politics, Turkey-GR, World
Refugees and migrants flow from Turkey to Greece started to rise again. In last five days, a total of 566 people arrived to the Greek islands on boat coming form Turkey. Most affected are the islands of Lesvos, Chios and Samos. It is unclear whether the flow increase is due …
Read More » March 3, 2017 Politics, Refugees
Port guards on the island of Lesvos could not believe their eyes when they opened a suitcase and found an adult male inside. With the help of his mother, the Syrian refugee was trying to leave the Greek island and reach the port of Piraeus on the mainland. The suitcase …
Read More » February 7, 2017 Earthquake, Very Mix
Three earthquakes with magnitude around and above 5 on the Richter scale shook the island of Lesvos in the Eastern Aegean Sea on Monday, February 6th 2017. The first earthquake hit at 5.51 am with 5.2 R, the second at 12:58 on with 5.6R and the third at 1:45 pm …
Read More » January 31, 2017 Politics, Refugees, Very Mix
Three migrants died within a week at the Moria camp on the island of Lesvos, while a fourth was found dead at a camp on the island of Samos. The deaths have increased concerns about the living conditions of thousands of people who continue to live in tents, and cast …
Read More » January 29, 2017 Politics, Refugees, Very Mix
A Syrian refugee was found dead inside a tent at the refugee camp of Moria on the Greek island of Lesvos (Lesbos) on Saturday morning. the incident marks the second refugee death in Moria in a week. According to local media, the 46-year-old man was taken to the hospital of …
Read More » January 10, 2017 Refugees, Very Mix
At least one ship of the Greek Navy is to be dispatched to the island of Lesvos to help provide accommodation to refugees and migrants at the hot spot of Moria amid freezing temperatures and heavy snow falls. The ship is reportedly “fully equipped to receive any camp residents that …
Read More » January 9, 2017 Refugees, Very Mix
Who is responsible for the inhuman living conditions amid severe snow weather for thousands of refugees and migrants stuck on the islands of Lesvos? Everybody in charge – even thought all sides involved zealously exercise the famous Blame Game as the lives of thousands at the freezing-cold hot spot of …
Read More » January 8, 2017 Refugees, Very Mix
Literally buried in the snow were the tents providing shelter to several thousands of refugees and migrants in the camp of Moria. The snow weather stroke the island of Lesvos and neighboring islands of Chios and had the thousands living in tents desperately seeking protection and warmth. Many of the …
Read More » November 25, 2016 Refugees, Very Mix
Riots broke out at Moria detention camp on the island of Lesvos, when a cooking gas exploded killing an Afghan grandmother, 66, and her 5-year-old grandchild. Seriously injured were the mother, 25, and a sibling 4 years old; they were transferred to Athens for treatment with a C-120 helicopter. Another …
Read More » October 24, 2016 Very Mix
A fire broke out in the hot spot of Moria on the island of Lesvos on Monday morning after migrants launched a protest against the slow asylum procedures. According to preliminary information, the staff of EU’s Asylum Support Office (EASO) abandoned the hot spot when the protest started, the angry …
Read More » October 21, 2016 Very Mix
Several vehicles operated by international non-governmental organizations on the island of Lesvos have been seized by the Greek customs authorities. According to Athens News Agency, the vehicles had been violating Greek and European laws, according to which license plates should be changed if a vehicle operates for more than six …
Read More » October 19, 2016 Politics
Outdoing US President Barack Obama is scheduled to visit Greece November 14-15, Greek media report adding that high on the agenda in his meeting with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will be the debt relief. However, the visit has not be officially confirmed yet. The White House said yesterday it had …
Read More » October 9, 2016 Society
Parents of pupils in one of the elementary schools on the island of Lesvos put a padlock on iron door at the school entrance in order to prohibit refugee children attend classes. The upset parents briefly launched a sit-in protest and made clear to authorities that they will not allow …
Read More » September 28, 2016 Very Mix
Four Pakistani minors have been arrested for allegedly gang-raping a 16-year-old Pakistani boy in the hot spot of Moria on the island of Lesvos,Greek police said on Wednesday. According to a police statement, the incident occurred in the early morning hours of Saturday, the four minors were arrested on Sunday. …
Read More » September 22, 2016 Refugees, Very Mix
A local resident of the village of Moria on Lesvos grabbed a rifle and threatened to shoot at refugees and migrants standing outside the hot spot that was burned down on Monday evening. The incident occurred Wednesday afternoon, when the 84-year-old man appeared with his rifle in front of refugees …
Read More » 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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