European refugee crisis
Economy
Pierre Moscovici: Greece Is on the Right Track to Receive Three Billion Euros
European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs Pierre Moscovici appeared optimistic about Greece's future, during an interview with French radio station Europe1.
Moscovici noted the country is moving forward with the implementation of necessary reforms that will give it the...
Europe
Report from Lesvos: without safe access to asylum, people will keep risking their lives in the Aegean
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By Heaven Crawley
I stood in the corner of a dusty cemetery on the Greek island of Lesvos and watched a mother bury her child. As the tiny body of a baby boy wrapped in a white sheet was lifted...
Europe
Europe Facing Largest Refugee Crisis Since World War II
Based on data released by Frontex on Tuesday, a total of 170,000 irregular migrants entered the European Union in the month of September and as a result yearly totals rose to 710,000 people.
According to Reuters, Europe appears to be...
Greece
First Migrant Hotspots to Start Operating in Greece
What exactly is a hotspot or what qualifies a hotspot? In relation to the intense and at times overwhelming migrant influx that has hit Greece, hot spots are being created to help migrants and refugees.
In 2015, significant and disproportionate...
Greece
Greek PM and Austrian Chancellor Visit the Island of Lesvos
Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann arrived at the Greek island of Lesvos on Tuesday to witness first hand the extent of the refugee crisis in Greece and how it is being managed.
Faymann was greeted by Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras upon his...
Ancient Greece
An Ancient Greek Wrote the Perfect Play to Reflect on the Refugee Crisis in Europe
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By: Laura Swift
Berlin recently agreed to curb the number of migrants it welcomed after a backlash against Angela Merkel’s suspension of EU rules limiting numbers. It followed previous scenes of crowds welcoming new arrivals, which commentators had suggested was...