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MEPs Call for Solidarity, New Measures to Prevent Coronavirus Outbreak in Refugee Camps
As Europe grapples with the challenges of the coronavirus crisis, concern is also growing over the living conditions of migrants and asylum-seekers living in camps on...
Individuals Attempt Escape From Quarantined Ritsona Refugee Camp
An unknown number of individuals who are currently living at the Ritsona migrant and refugee camp on the Greek island of Euboea attempted to...
MSF Says Greece's Moria Migrant Camp is a Coronavirus "Time Bomb"
The migrant camp at Moria, on the island of Lesvos, the largest in Greece, is a "time bomb" waiting to explode as the coronavirus...
Greece Quarantines Refugee Camp, Finds 119 Positive Cases on Ship off Athens
Greece's deputy Civil Protection Minister Nikos Chardalias announced on Thursday that a total of twenty-three asylum-seekers from the refugee camp of Ritsona on the...
Greek Migrant Camps Could Become Hotspots of Coronavirus Outbreak, MSF Warns
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has called for the immediate evacuation of migrant camps on Greece's islands, arguing that the conditions there provide “the perfect...
Greece Defends Borders as Erdogan Opens the Gates: Live Updates
Greek security forces are attempting to stop thousands of refugees and migrants from entering Greece after Turkey's declaration that it will no longer stem...
Athens Declares No Illegal Entries Will Be Tolerated As Turkey Opens Gates
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis made a short, forceful statement in English on his social media profiles on Friday afternoon, commenting on the recent...
UNCHR Calls for Relief of Greek Migrant Camps
The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNCHR) has asked the Greek government on Friday to accelerate plans for decongesting overcrowded reception and identification centers for...
Human Rights Groups Rebuke Greece Over Migrant Sea Barrier
Greece's plan to build a “floating protection system” in the Aegean Sea meant to curtail the huge influx of migrants arriving from the Turkish...
Asylum Seekers to Get Social Security Number in Greece in Apparent Policy U-Turn
Five key Greek ministries on Monday decided that the country will re-introduce the practice of granting a social security number to all migrants who...


