November 5, 2020
Turkey-GR
Greek Coast Guard seized a fishing boat with dozens of Turkish and Kurdish dissidents seeking refuge from Erdogan’s regime in Europe. On board of “Nemo” were 65 people, also refugees from Afghanistan and Iraqi Kurdistan.. According to local news website ilialive, 20 Turkish police officers, 10 Kurds members of PKK, …
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October 9, 2020
Refugees
Dozens of tents were flooded and large parts of Kara Tepe refugee camp on the island of Lesvos came under water after a strong rainfall on Thursday, an expected development as many people warned about from the very first moment the camp was set up. the European Commission slogan “No …
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September 30, 2020
Politics, World
German Chancellor Angela Merkel praised Turkey for doing “remarkable work in hosting refugees” and criticized Greece for its treatment of refugees. In her speech in Germany ahead of the EU Summit, Merkel also hinted that Greece and Turkey came close to war two months ago, implying that the tension was …
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September 28, 2020
Refugees
Greek authorities have prepared a case file against 33 foreign nationals, members of four non-governmental organizations dealing with refugee issues on the island of Lesvos. The case file against the specific NGOs reportedly includes the offenses of forming and joining a criminal organization, espionage, violation of state secrets, as well …
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September 21, 2020
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, Refugees
A total of 243 confirmed cases of coronvirus have been detected among refugees and asylum-seekers of Kara Tepe tent city on the island of Lesvos, government spokesman Stelios Petsas said on Monday. The data that will be announced on Monday afternoon by the National Health Care Organization EODY, Petsas added. …
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September 17, 2020
Refugees
Police operation to move thousands of homeless refugees on the island of Lesvos to the new provisional tents camp in the military firing range of Kara Tepe is unfolding smoothly, local media report on Thursday. The operation started at 8 o’ clock in the morning with police officers urging refugees …
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September 16, 2020
Editor, FEATURED, Politics, Refugees
Questions arise as Greece’s Citizens Protection Minister has vowed to empty the island of Lesvos of all refugees by Easter.One main question is, of course, that if all 12,000 refugees leave in the next 6 months, why does Greece build a permanent camp on the island, expected to be in …
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September 15, 2020
Refugees
In a sudden change of course, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Interior Minister Horst Seehofer are planning to take in around 1,500 refugees from Lesvos and other Greek islands, German media reported on Tuesday. Those who will be relocated will be some 400 families with children, Greek Skai TV reported. …
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September 14, 2020
Refugees
A member of the National Guard on the island of Lesvos was dismissed after posting on social media that he was longing to fire against refugees and migrants. The lieutenant general of the Military Body responsible for the National Guard Battalion dismissed the man early Monday morning just hours after …
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September 12, 2020
FEATURED, Politics, Refugees
From the turbulent streets of Kara Tepe to the hospital in Mytilene: a 20-day-old refugee baby was transferred from the turbulent streets of Kara Tepe to the hospital in Lesvos’ capital Mytilene on Friday. The new born baby of Afghan origin developed fever and respiratory problems and was transferred to …
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September 11, 2020
Politics, Refugees
Germany and Switzerland are sending humanitarian aid to homeless refugees on the island of Lesvos after the fire burned down the Moria camp that hosted over 12,000 people. Humanitarian aid weighing 1.2 tons is expected to arrive in Greece from Switzerland on Friday afternoon in order to be distributed to …
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September 10, 2020
Politics, Refugees
The situation on the island of Lesvos remain tense on Thursday, with thousands of refugees and asylum-seekers to have spent the night on roadsides, fields and even cemeteries, waiting for aid and a provisional shelter. Led by the Mayor of Mytilene, locals have set blockades to hinder the government from …
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September 9, 2020
Refugees
Some 2,000 vulnerable refugees now homeless after the devastating fire in Moria camp, will be temporarily accommodated on board of a passenger ferry and two Navy landing ships, Migration and Asylum Minister Notis Mitarakis announce don Wednesday. The vessel, made available free of charge by the shipping company Blue Star …
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July 30, 2020
Refugees
A COVID-19 isolation centre set up on the island of Lesvos by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been forced to close, after local authorities imposed fines with potential criminal charges, related to urban planning regulations. The isolation center was the only place on Lesvos which provided a safe space …
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July 7, 2020
Greece, Politics
Three Greek ministers were grilled with a storm of questions at the European Palriament on Monday regarding pushbacks of illegal migrants at the land and the sea borders and cases of probable lethal shootings at the Evros border with Turkey. Minister for Citizen Protection Michalis Chrysochoidis, Migration Minister Notis Mitarakis, …
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July 6, 2020
Refugees
Some 150 recognized refugees were transferred from Victoria Square in downtown Athens to reception facilities in Skaramangas and Schisto in western Attica. Men, women and children had camped at the square after they were forced out of camps on the islands following due to the recent policy of Migration Ministry …
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July 5, 2020
Refugees
Greek authorities have extended the lockdown in all refugee camps for two more weeks, until July 19, 2020. The joint ministerial decision on Saturday comes more than two months after lifting restrictions for the general population and just four days after the country opened wide its gates to international tourists. …
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June 26, 2020
Refugees
Denmark will offer approximately three million euros to Greece to support unaccompanied refugee minors the funding will follow an agreement Alternate Minister of Migration and Asylum George Koumoutsakos and Danish Minister for Development Cooperation Rasmus Prehn signed on Friday According to the text of the agreement, “the decision to make …
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June 26, 2020
Refugees
A total of 1,843 recognized refugees who were provided with documents of free movement in Greece have left the island of Lesvos from June 5 to June 25, officials said on Thursday. The last 56 of the total boarded a ship to Piraeus on Thursday night. The process will be …
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June 17, 2020
Refugees
Only 18 out of 40 non-governmental organizations operating in migrants and refugees hosting structures have applied to register in the new registry and were granted the right to continue their work. The NGOs that were certified in the old registry of the Interior Ministry had a deadline to register again …
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