Tension dangerously rose at the port of Piraeus on Wednesday, when Greek officials went to inform the refugees and migrants camping there that they have to be transferred to “accommodation centers.” The refugees got angry and launched a sit-in in front of the officials and representatives of the Greek Coast …
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Greece’s New Legislation for Asylum Seekers – Summary in ENG
Below is a Summary of Greece’s New Asylum Legislation voted last week. The Legislation was approved by the Greek Parliament in order to facilitate the implementation of Eu Turkey Deal. The Bill contains important charges for asylum seekers. Summary in English Greece’s New Asylum Legislation: What Will Change? April 4, …
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UPD Pope Francis will visit Lesvos to express solidarity with refugees & migrants
The leader of Catholic Church, Pope Francis, will visit the island of Lesvos to express his solidarity with the refugees and migrants. The visit will be strictly unofficial and is expected to take place next Friday, April 15th 2016. Pope Francis and the head of Greek Orthodox Church, Archbishop of …
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Greece’s Migration Spokesman: “We are expecting violence” among refugees & migrants
Afghan migrants and Syrian refugees clashed several times at the port of Piraeus, some stabbed each other at Idomeni, several hundreds migrants and refugees broke out of the detention center on Chios and marched through the island. Refugees and migrants trapped in Greece are frustrated and most of them live …
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Doctors of the World leave Chios Hot Spot after clashes among refugees
Clashes between Syrian and Afghan refugees and migrants in the “detention center” on the island of Chios on Thursday night ended with two people stabbed and many with injuries in the legs and the head and severe damage at the facilities of humanitarian organization Doctors of The World that provides …
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Idomeni: Angry farmer plows field with tractor among refugee kids and tents (video)
A local farmer had enough from refugees and migrants in Idomeni, got on his tractor and started to plow his field amid tents, kids and adults. “I have waited long enough. I understand the people here, but I have to live,” farmer Lazaros Oulis told local media. He owes 72 …
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Vanessa Redgrave among refugees in Piraeus: “I’m ashamed for this Europe”
British actress and political activist Vanessa Redgrave visited the provisional camp at the port of Piraeus on Wednesday. She was shocked to see 5,815 children, women and men living in appalling conditions. She sharply criticized European Union for failing to deliver an adequate response to the Refugee Crisis and stressed …
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Clashes among refugees in Piraeus, 7 injured (video)
Syrian and Afghan refugees delivered clashes on Wednesday night in the port of Piraeus. Greek media report that at least 300 people got involved in the clashes that left 7 injured and only the intervention of riot police after midnight managed to end the havoc at the port where more …
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EU plan: Estonia receives 7 refugees from Greece, needs to take another 543!
This groundbreaking news must be trending worldwide. It is beyond any doubt a sign of European solidarity in times of refugees and Migration crisis. Estonia said it has received the first seven refugees from Greece: an Iraqi family of five, one man from Syria and another man from Yemen. Under …
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Refugees pay €1,000-€14,000 to smugglers in order to escape Greece
Migrants from Syria, Afghanistan and elsewhere, stuck in Greece, are turning to a barely disguised smuggling market for passage to other European countries. With borders to FYROM, Albania and Bulgaria closed, human traffickers promise new routes and new ways to take the desperate refugees and migrants all way to Germany …
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With Balkan Route closed, smugglers seek new routes to reach Italy
The EU-Turkey deal has allegedly started to bring results: the flow of refugees and migrants to Greece has dramatically decreased in the last four-five days. It is still unclear though, if this has to do with the bad weather conditions of last week or with the bitter reality that the …
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Greece considers to offer refugees & migrants “residence permit” for €250K real estate investment
It sounded really strange on Sunday morning. Deputy Foreign Minister Dimitris Mardas revealed a plan Greek government has under consideration to offer refugees and migrants “residence permission if they invest 250,000 euro in Greece.” Mardas told Skai TV, that the government is styding a project to examin ethe economic profile …
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Pope Francis was right. Happy Easter!
The Pope was right. But he is the Pope and he can say that what politicians do not dare to. Condemning the Brussels attacks, Pope Francis said on Maundy Thursday: “Behind that gesture (in Brussels) there are arms producers, arm dealers, traffickers who want blood, not peace. All of us …
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Veroia locals protest Refugees in reception center, throw pigs’ heads
A grisly scene. and a priest in bigotry crisis. Friday night in Veroia in Northern Greece a bus full with Syrian refugees arrives at the reception center. A group of locals has already gathered outside the camp to protest the arrivals. “If they touch even a hair of the nun …
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Greece deploys riot police squads near Idomeni refugees camp
The tension among the refugees and migrants stuck in Idomeni camp is growing higher and higher. It looks as if they are divided in two groups: those who insist on protesting and even go so far to enforce a hunger strike among the people, hoping that the borders will be …
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Idomeni: Two refugees set themselves on fire out of protest for Borders Closure
Two men poured gasoline on their clothes and set them on fire on Tuesday morning at the Idomei refugees camp. Other refugees who were standing by managed to extinguished the fire and save their lives. But both men suffered injuries and were transferred to hospitals in Kilkis and Thessaloniki, reports …
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Greek state ERT TV launches News Bulletin in Arabic, calls Refugees to leave Idomeni
Greece’s state broadcaster ERT TV launched a short news bulletin in Arabic today. The new bulletin was broadcast at the end of 3 o’ clock news, short before 4 p.m. The program ain Arabic but also Greek subtitles, aims to provides refugees trapped in Greece with useful information. However, the …
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Greece reaches EU cap: 50,411 refugees, new arrivals with fast-track asylum
Ships come and go and bring refugees and migrants from the islands in “accommodation centers ” in the mainland. At the same time, boats keep coming from the Turkish coast and bring new refugees and migrants to Greece. More than 1,700 people arrived in the last 24 hours. In a …
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EU-Turkey deal: Greece empties islands from refugees & migrants, “hot spots” turn into “detention centers”
Thousands of refugees and migrants are to be transported from the Greek islands ot mainland in new camps as the EU-Turkey deal goes in effect on midnight tomorrow, Sunday, March 20th 2016. The hot spots on the islands Lesvos, Chios, Samors, Leros and Kos in the eastern Aegean Sea will …
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Minister Kouroublis describes Idomeni camp as “modern Dachau”
Interior Minister Panagiotis Kouroublis visited Idomeni and the camp that “hosts” some 12,000 people, with the majority of them living in appalling conditions. He described the camp as a “modern Dachau”. “I do not hesitate to say that this is a modern Dachau, result of the logic of closed borders. …
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