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
Politics, Refugees
What a self-deluding arrogance. The EU is apparently losing patience with Greece as “overcrowded refugee camps that turn violent” and Athens do not keep the terms of the EU Turkey deal to send refugees back to Turkey. Citing parts of the EU Commission progress report on Refugee Crisis in Greece, …
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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 …
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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
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 19, 2016
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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 11, 2016
Refugees, Very Mix
Drop by drop, slice by slice, tranche by trance. Another package of the much-praised and anticipated aid for refugees and migrants in Greece is underway. EU Commissioner for humanitarian Aids and Crisis Management Christos Stylianides announced that a total of 115 million euro will be given to non-governmental organizations to …
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September 8, 2016
Politics
Greek and Bulgarian police are to start joint patrols along the Greek-Bulgarian and Bulgarian-Turkish borders in a bid to prevent undocumented migrants from continuing their journeys via the so-called Balkan Route. Citizens’ Protection Minister Nikos Toskas discussed the matter with Bulgaria’s Interior Minister Rumiana Bachvarova during a recent visit to …
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August 23, 2016
Politics
Officers of the Greek Coast Guard fired at boats carrying refugees and migrants, documents of the European Border Agency Frontex show. One of the incidents described by online publication The Intercept, occurred two years in March 2014, when a small boat carrying 13 Syrian refugees was trying to reach the …
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August 19, 2016
Politics
Greece’s General Secretary for Human Rights made an unprecedented move: Kostis Papaioannou He collected the recent “hate” statements made by Bishop of Chios Markos and forwarded them to the prosecutor in charge of Racism Crimes. The prosecutor should investigate whether the Bishop has committed any offenses. The General Secretary allegedly …
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August 19, 2016
Refugees, Very Mix
A total of 261 refugees and migrants arrived in the eastern Aegean islands in the last 24 hours, that is from Thursday to Friday morning. According to the Greek Migration Coordination body 139 people arrived in Lesvos, 61 in Chios, 18 in Samos, 15 in Leros and 28 in Karpathos. …
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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 15, 2016
Very Mix
An man died and two others were hospitalized after a violent clash broke out among Afghans migrants on Thursday evening in the reception center of Elliniko in south Athens. The man stabbed and beaten during a fight with a group of fellow countrymen. He died a few hours later at …
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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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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 6, 2016
Refugees, Very Mix
protesters in Souda refugee camp on the island of Chios have reportedly set garbage bins on fire on Monday afternoon. The fire spread around and caused damage and panic. Burned to a big extend are two tents belonging to the UN High Commission for Refugees and to non-governmental organizations operating …
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June 5, 2016
Politics, Refugees
The head of Austria’s rightist Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz must be metaphorically exploding from the ideas going as expected by a politician of just 29 years old. The guy who looks like a member of arch-conservative student fraternity has left not detail out regarding solutions to stem the refugees and …
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June 2, 2016
Refugees, Very Mix
Clashes among migrants broke on Thursday night in the hot spot of Samos, Greek media speak of dozens injured. According to police, the clashes started when a scuffle broke out among Moroccan, Algerian and Pakistani migrants. Soon the situation got out of control, the angry mob started fires in several …
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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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May 30, 2016
Refugees, Very Mix
Hey! Don’t! Don’t look away! Right. The baby is not sleeping. The little one, probably less than a year old, half dressed in baby clothes, was pulled from the sea by the team of a German humanitarian organization operating a rescue boat between Libya and Italy on Friday. Rescuer Martin …
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