balkan states

FYROM has closed its borders completely to migrants stranded in Greece after several Balkan states, including Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia announced they will not allow migrants to cross their borders, according to Daily Mail As reported in the Daily Mail,...

The Balkan route through which refugees can cross to northern Europe will close and migrants coming from Turkey will end up trapped in Greece, an Austrian newspaper says. Der Standard claims it has seen a rough draft of Monday's official statement...

The European Commission decided to allocate 700 million euros in financial aid for addressing the humanitarian crisis caused by dozens of thousands of migrants stranded in Greece. The EC proposal will switch 300 million euros this year from its 155-billion-...

Greece has filed a formal complaint with Austria over its decision to call a meeting of Balkan states on the migrant crisis. "Political Director of the Foreign Ministry, Ambassador Petros Mavroeidis, presented yesterday to Austrian Ambassador to Greece, Mrs. Andrea...

A seven-month-old Syrian baby temporarily staying with his/her family in a refugee registration camp on the island of Lesvos, Greece died today of natural causes. Health officials are trying to determine the exact cause of the baby's death. Lesvos,  is...