February 4, 2017
Politics, Refugees, Turkey-GR, Very Mix
Ankara alleges that Greece has forcefully sent more than 3,000 refugees migrants back to Turkey in the past months violating the Turkish-Greek readmission agreement and the EU Turkey Deal. According to Turkish officials, the migrants were sent back to Turkey through the Evros river (Maritsa in Bulgarian, Meric in Turkish), …
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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 …
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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 …
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January 27, 2017
Politics, Refugees, Turkey-GR
Turkey’s foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu threatens to cancel the refugees readmission deal with Greece although readmission of refugees and migrants in not a bilateral agreement but an EU Turkey deal. Ankara is furious about the Supreme Court decision to not extradite the eight Turkish officers to Turkey. Cavusoglu said on …
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January 19, 2017
Politics, Refugees, Very Mix
EU Migration Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos urged non-governmental organizations involved in the care of refugees and migrants to manage funds with more transparency. “NGOs must manage available funds with transparency,” Avramopoulos said on Wednesday and called on international organizations operating in the country “to step up their efforts to provide immediate …
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January 13, 2017
Refugees, Very Mix
Refugees and migrants at the hot spot of Moria seem reluctant to be provisionally hosted on bord of the Greek Navy ship deployed for his purpose or to move to hotels leased by the UN Refugees Agency UNHCR. So far, only 61 migrants, all males, have accepted the offer and …
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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 …
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December 28, 2016
Politics, Refugees, Very Mix
Greece’s Migration Minister Yannis Mouzalas vowed to improve living conditions in the overcrowded migrants camps especially on the islands of the eastern Aegean Sea. Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Yannis Mouzalas revealed a new phenomenon in the Migration: The Unaccompanied Brides These are minor girls married to adult refugees and …
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December 16, 2016
Very Mix
The EU border agency Frontex has been accusing non-governmental organizations and charities involved in sea rescue of collusion with migrant smugglers. According to confidential reports seen by the Financial Times, the Frontex charges open up a long-simmering dispute between EU officials and NGOs operating in the Mediterranean Sea over how …
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December 12, 2016
Very Mix
A brawl between Afghan and Algerian migrants ended with several people injured and a local man in police station. It all started Sunday noon, when Afghan and Algerian migrants started a brawl inside the bus taking them to a provisional accommodation center. At one point the bus was halted, and …
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December 9, 2016
Refugees, Very Mix
Four boats carrying 200 hundred migrants from African countries arrived on the island of Lesvos between 3 a.m. and 6 a.m. Friday, setting authorities and residents on alert. Does Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan makes his threats to ‘flood Europe with migrants’ come true? According to Greek media, the migrants …
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December 8, 2016
Politics, Refugees
Security forces should shoot at the boats of migrants trying to reach the European Union illegally, a member of parliament for the Danish government’s main political ally, the Danish People’s Party, suggested on national television. “The only efficient way is to turn the boats and say: ‘You cannot sail within …
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December 1, 2016
Refugees, Very Mix
Migrants and refuges in Malakasa accommodation center launched a protest demanding better the living conditions amid polar cold sweeping through out Greece. video: Malakasa – Children and adults collect fire wood in nearby forest Several groups moved tents out side the camp, set them on the road and threatened to …
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November 25, 2016
Politics, Refugees
“The damage will be multiple for the European Union,” Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim warned and threatened that “without the help of Ankara, EU member states may be flooded with waves of migrants.” In the same wave length, Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened that “if Europe goes too far, …
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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
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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