March 18, 2016
Politics, Refugees
The day in Brussels started with a breakfast. European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, European Council president Donald Tusk, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and an army of assistants sat around the long table do discuss Refugees and Migrants. Juncker and Tusk present a draft of the EU-Turkey deal that they …
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March 17, 2016
Refugees, Very Mix
A brawl between Syrian and Afghan refugees broke out on Thursday evening in the premises of the port of Piraeus where more than 4,000 people are camping. Dozens of men fought against each other at the time when the dinner was about to be distributed. As there was no police …
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March 17, 2016
Politics, Refugees
The Euro leaders summit (EUCO) in Brussels started at 5 o’ clock Thursday afternoon. One by one the 28 Leaders entered the Summit hall and made statements in front of the press. Based on many of these statement, I can summarize my impressions: neither the 28 will agree with each …
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March 17, 2016
Refugees, Very Mix
Greek police arrested a retired high ranking officer of Civil Aviation and former town mayor and four other members of a smugglers gang for illegally transporting refugees from Greece to Italy. The arrests occurred at the small airport of Mesolongi, Western Greece, while the gang was about to take off …
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March 16, 2016
Politics
A load of papers has been produced by officials and commissioners and presidents and vice presidents in Brussels just a couple of hours before the EU Leaders Summit meet to find solutions for the Refugee and Migration. One of these documents is a Six Principles draft aiming to strike a …
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March 16, 2016
Politics
After all this fancy stuff – Angelina Jolie, Government Crisis – in the last few hours, I am supposed to write a post about the perspectives of European Union leaders and national interests to strike a deal with Turkey at the European Council Summit tomorrow, Thursday, and Friday. The official …
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March 16, 2016
Refugees, Very Mix
After several changes in her flight schedule, Hollywood star and Special Envoy for UNHCR Angelina Jolie landed in Athens on Wednesday morning. she immediately left for the port of Piraeus in order to take a first hand information about the living conditions of the several thousands refugees camping there. …
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March 15, 2016
Very Mix
An 8-year-old refugee boy was diagnosed to have been infected with Hepatitis A virus. The child was staying outdoors at the port of Piraeus. The boy was transferred to a Children’s Hospital in Athens on Sunday. Together with his family, the child was staying at the premises of the port …
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March 15, 2016
Refugees, Very Mix
Hollywood star and Good Will Ambassador and Special Envoy for the United Nations High Commission for Refugees, Angelina Jolie is expected to land on the Greek island of Lesvos on Tuesday evening and visit the refugees stranded there. According to local media Lesvospost.com, the private Lear Jet carrying Jolie and …
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March 14, 2016
Refugees, Very Mix
The March of Hope of the desperate. The march through hills and mountains, streams and rivers. Hundreds of refugees started to walk through a dangerous passage on Monday in order to enter the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM). Carrying their children and some luggage, men, women, young and elderly …
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March 11, 2016
Politics, Refugees
Germany apparently support the Turkish proposal that redamission of refugees and migrants will be valid after the final EU-Turkey agreement and they will not refer to the thousands of refugees and migrants already in Greece. The spokesman of German government, Steffen Seibert, said on Friday that the turkish readmission proposal …
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March 11, 2016
Politics, Society
Greek public opinion support Government’s handling of the Refugee Crisis. In a public opinion poll conducted by Palmos Analysis for daily Efimerida ton Syntakton, blames the international geopolitical developments for the Refugee Crisis and the increased refugee flows. 58% international geopolitical developments responsible 19% sees the Greek government as responsible …
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March 11, 2016
Refugees, Very Mix
The picture shocks! A woman and a man are bathing a tiny newborn naked baby outside a tent in Idomeni refugee camp in Greece’s borders to FYROM. They hold the baby above the mud that is covering the camp. The woman holds the baby with one hand and washes the …
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March 10, 2016
Politics, Refugees
According to the Refugees Crisis Management Coordination body, there are 41,973 refugees currently in Greece. According to data released on Thursday. If there is confusion about the numbers of the registration, please, note that the number are real registrations and that they lag behind arrivals by a day or two. …
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March 10, 2016
Politics, Refugees
The EU-Turkey deal is getting better day by day… Turkey will not take back migrants and refugees already on Greek islands under a deal proposed to European Union leaders at a crunch summit this week, Ankara’s EU affairs minister said Thursday. Minister Volkan Bozkir was quoted by the Anatolia news …
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March 9, 2016
Refugees, Very Mix
A refugee camp soaked in rain, sank in mud. It has been raining for the last two days and nights. More than 13,000 people, among them many children struggle for a piece of bread, a cup of hot tea, a pair of shoes, a dry t-shirt. Coughing and fever. Volunteers …
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March 8, 2016
Refugees, Very Mix
I have the feeling that everybody (Tusk, EU leaders, Institutions) is suffering from total confusion and is neither willing nor able to deal with the Refugee crisis and find sustainable solutions. They shake hands and pose for family photos and then go back to their countries proud of having stroke …
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March 8, 2016
Politics, Refugees
European Unions leaders needed 12 hours to buy the famous Turkish Carpet. Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu was in Brussels with a meter-long Wish List that he put on the table. Then… well.. we all know how a bargain in the bazar looks like: client asks for price, seller tells a …
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March 7, 2016
Politics, Refugees
European Union Leaders and Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu share a working lunch on a long table. Main dish: The Refugee Crisis. But the full cannot understand the hungry. A block consisting of 8 EU countries insists that the EU Summit Conclusions clearly states that the Balkan Route will be …
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March 7, 2016
Refugees, Society
Pasta, rice, biscuits, razor blades, tooth brushes, hygiene articles, drugs, sleeping bags, blankets, socks, raincoats, … estimated ten thousands Athenians passed by Syntagma Square on Sunday and brought bags full of goods for the refugees. “It was unprecedented, such a huge solidarity” the organizers of the action, the Social Solidarity …
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