Aegean Islands

On Wednesday the NPO Human Rights Watch (HRW) made statements criticizing the EU-Turkey deal, blaming it for the entrapment of migrants on the Greek Aegean islands known as "hotspots." "The EU-Turkey deal has trapped thousands of people in abysmal conditions...

The mayors of five Aegean islands are in Brussels invited by European Commissioner for Migration Dimitris Avramopoulos. The mayors of the islands of Lesvos Spyros Galinos, Samos Michalis Angelopoulos, Chios Manolis Vournous, Leros Michalis Kollias and Kos Giorgos Kyritsis will...

Another earthquake, the third in a row, shook the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos on Monday at 1:45p.m. According to the Athens Observatory Geodynamic Institute, which issued an announcement on behalf of the four bodies making up the National...

A total of 72 refugees and migrants arrived on the northern Aegean islands in the last three days. Twenty-two were recorded on the island of Lesvos , two on Chios and 48 on the island of Samos. According to...

Police said that as of Thursday 10,956 people that have applied for asylum remain stranded on the islands of Lesvos, Chios and Samos as their requests have been not examined yet. A total of 20 migrants and refugees arrived on Wednesday on...

One hundred and thirty migrants and refugees arrived on the northern Aegean islands in the last 24 hours; 102 reached the coasts of Lesvos and 28 on Chios. According to police, on Monday 10,780 people that have sought asylum and...

The extremely bad weather conditions prevailing in Greece in the last days prevented refugees from attempting to cross the Aegean. No arrivals were recorded on the northern Aegean islands in the last 48 hours. Police said that the number of refugees...

As Greece is struck by the winter cold, many refugees living in the migrant reception centers throughout the country are being forced to live in outdoor tents with no heat; a problem that the Greek governments says it will...

The Greek Coast Guard rescued 86 migrants and refugees in two incidents off the coasts of Chios on Wednesday. No arrivals were recorded on Samos and Lesvos. According to police, on Wednesday 11,096 migrants and refugees that have applied for...

An amendment suspending an increase in VAT for the islands of the northeast Aegean worst hit by the refugee crisis was passed with unanimous support from Greek lawmakers in Parliament on Wednesday, with 259 votes in favor. The amendment was...