Samos

A Second World War-era bomb was successfully defused on the eastern Aegean island of Samos on Tuesday, just hours after hundreds of people had been evacuated from the surrounding area, officials said. Authorities had evacuated nearby homes and schools as...

The total number of refugees and migrants who reached Greece's Eastern Aegean islands during 2019 reached the astounding figure of 46,026, according to official data revealed on Thursday. According to the North Aegean Police Directorate of Greece, 27,148 refugees and...

Despite the ongoing severe weather conditions and freezing temperatures which have prevailed in Greece over the past several days, the influx of migrants from Turkey to the Eastern Aegean islands continues without a letup. At least 412 refugees and migrants...

The mayor of the Greek island of Samos took the law into his own hands on Tuesday by shouting at and pushing away refugees and migrants who attempted to occupy the central square of the capital town, Vathy. Mayor of...

Despite the severe weather conditions which prevailed in the country during most of last week, a total of 2,793 new migrants and refugees arrived on Greek shores from Turkey in the last seven days. According to official data released on...

Official data on the numbers of new arrivals of refugees and migrants on the islands of the Northern Aegean in Greece was made public on Friday, November 1. A staggering 6,868 new migrant arrivals were recorded in the region of...

According to official data from the Greek Ministry of Citizen's Protection, a total of 795 new migrants and refugees arrived on Greek shores on Tuesday, October 29 and Wednesday, October 30, until 12 o'clock noon, local time. Nearly all the...

A vessel of Frontex, the EU's coast guard and border agency, located and rescued this weekend eighty-one migrants and refugees that were on a dinghy in the sea region off the coast of Samos. At the same time, more than...

Greek authorities on Monday transported approximately 700 migrants from the island of Samos to Piraeus, while Samos' mayor appealed to islanders to join a demonstration calling on the central government to ease overcrowding at the Vathy migrant reception facility. The...

The situation on the Greek island of Samos is deteriorating as days go by, due to the huge number of refugees and migrants that have reached the island's shores over the last few months. Following the serious clashes that erupted...