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 …
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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. …
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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 …
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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
Hundreds of residents of Moria village and surrounding areas on the island of Lesvos took to the streets on Monday morning protesting the presence of refugees and migrants outside the hot spot of the same name. The protest rally turned really ugly when extremists from the ultra right-wing Golden Dawn …
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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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August 4, 2016
Very Mix
A dinghy loaded with refugees and migrants sank on Thursday morning two nautical mile off the island of Lesvos. A search and rescue operation was launched, the Greek Coast Guard managed to rescue 68 people who were on and around the boat in the sea. Later, two more people were …
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July 13, 2016
Very Mix
A girl, estimated between 4 and 6 years old, another child, a man and a woman were pulled dead from the sea area east off the island of Lesvos after a boat carrying refugees capsized. The plastic dingy had left the Turkish coast with eleven refugees on board. The shipwreck …
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June 29, 2016
Refugees, Very Mix
Three stars of the popular Game of Thrones series found their way to the island of Lesvos on Wednesday to express solidarity with the refugees. Sir Davos (Liam Cunningham), Arya Stark (Maisie Williams) and Cersei Lannister (Lena Headey) visited the camp Kara Tepe run by the municipality upon an invitation …
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June 29, 2016
Very Mix
This is a serious denouncement and it should be officially investigated as soon as possible. Humanitarian organization Médecins du Monde – Doctors of the World Greece reports of an incident of police violence towards 12 unaccompanied minors from Pakistan. The minors were in Moria Reception Center in Lesvos. They were …
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June 27, 2016
Very Mix
Tourism authorities in Lesvos closed down Hope Centre, a hotel turned into a shelter for refugees, on Monday in the presence of locals. Hope Centre is a former holiday hotel British expats couple Eric and Philippa Kempson leased for a good cause. Authorities ruled that the 20-room center can no …
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June 20, 2016
Politics
On June 9th, the Lawyers Association of Mitilini (Lesvos) sued the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) for obstructing access to asylum proceedings by its members. The lawyers claim that EASO officials and private security guards are prohibiting access to specific areas of the holding centers, also called hotspots, that host …
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June 16, 2016
Refugees, Very Mix
A boat carrying 80 refugees and migrants run aground in the sea area south-southwest off the island of Lesvos on Thursday morning. According to local media, the boat was a normal touristic boat and was carrying 100 people. Two fishing boats and two patrol boats of the Greek Coast Guard …
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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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April 26, 2016
Refugees, Very Mix
Greek police fired teargas against refugees and migrants in Moria camp on the island of Lesvos on Tuesday. According to local media, tension started when Migration Minister Yannis Mouzalas visited the camp and the refugees and migrants protested the living conditions by throwing plastic water bottles at the minister. the …
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April 25, 2016
Politics, Refugees
Queen Rania of Jordan visited the Kara Tepe refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos on Monday in her capacity as advocate for the humanitarian organization International Rescue Committee (IRC). She met with several refugees who told her their own personal stories of tragedy and despair. Stressing that this …
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April 25, 2016
Refugees, Very Mix
Thirty-five migrants will have to see their European dream ending forever. Tomorrow, Tuesday, April 26th 2016 they will be deported from the Greek island of Lesvos back to Turkey within the framework of the EU Deal with Turkey. According to local media, lesvosnews.net, the majority of these 35 migrants asked …
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April 24, 2016
Politics
Huh? A high-tech Migration Minister wanted to feel like a refugee on a capsized boat for a moment. And jumped in to the sea from a boat off the Greek island of Lesvos. Only problem for Norwegian Migration Minister Sylvi Listhaug is that refugees not only do not wear such …
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April 19, 2016
Politics, Refugees
Queen Rania, the wife of King Abdullah of Jordan will visit the island of Lesvos next week, following in invitation of international humanitarian organization In International Rescue Committee. The Queen has reportedly expressed the desire to visit the island that has been the gateway to Europe for hundreds of thousands …
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April 16, 2016
Politics
In a strong symbolic message to EU’s member countries, Pope Francis will leave the island of Lesvos with 10 refugees from the so-called vulnerable groups: sing-parent families, mothers with children, people with disabilities or health problems. the refugees have arrived in Greece before March 20th, when the EU Turkey Deal …
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