Greece’s Migration and Asylum Minister Notis Mitarakis dismissed reports by Turkish media claiming that a caravan of thousands of Syrian refugees is moving towards Greece and Europe. “A caravan of refugees has not yet been formed, and it has yet to be demonstrated that the efforts of those on social …
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105 refugees rescued in Eastern Aegean, tension in Chios hot spot
105 refugees were rescued in two different incidents on Friday. A Romanian vessel of Frontex located and rescued 45 refugees and migrants in the sea region of Keramia off the island of Chios in the eastern Aegean Sea. In a second incident, 60 refugees and migrants were rescued in the …
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Syrian refugees of Kurdish origin on hunger strike in Moria hot spot
Syrian refugees of Kurdish origin continue their hunger strike for sixth consecutive day in the hot spot of Moria on the island of Lesvos. The twelve men protest for long delays in the process of examining asylum requests by the secondary committees. Eleven of them launched the hunger strike last …
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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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Latest data: 42K refugees registered in Greece; 13K in Idomeni as Athens prepares to move them by Sunday
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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Bargaining at EUCO bazaar: Turkey wins, refugees lose
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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At least 10,000 Refugees stranded in Greece after FYROM closes borders to people without passport/ID
More than 5,000 refugees have been trapped in the ‘neutral zone’ at the borders northern borders of Greece, after FYROM closed its gates to Afghan refugees. The same has reportedly done by Serbia and Croatia. FYROM’s decision has a domino effect, as thousands of refugees arriving from the islands to …
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Lefkada: Eight adults, four children drowned when boat with immigrants capsizes right off shore
Twelve immigrants – among them four children – were drowned when their boat capsized off the island of Lefkada in the Ionian Sea, just a few meters away from the coast. Fifteen people manage to rescue themselves swimming to the shore. They have been transferred to hospitals in Lefkada, Preveza …
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UPD: Two cargo vessels collide off SW Greece, “PiriReis” sinks, 10 seamen missing
Two cargo vessels collided in the early morning hours of Monday with one of them to have sunk 78 nautical miles south west of Methoni, Peloponnese. Cargo ship “PiriReis” under Cook Islands flag with 17 Syrian seamen crew “sunk within 7 minutes” survivors said according to Greek media. Eight seamen …
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