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Greek Migration Minister Asks for Broad Cooperation in Refugee Crisis

Alternate Migration Policy Minister Yiannis Mouzalas called on all democratic parties to offer their cooperation on the refugees issue, on Wednesday. "We will all work together and we will win," he said. Mouzalas noted that Europe has recognised the problem as a...

Migrants and Refugees Transported from Victoria Square to a Gymnasium

The Greek government launched an operation on Thursday to move migrants away from the Victoria Square in the center of Athens to a closed facility, in order to protect them from the increasingly inclement weather conditions and to relieve...

Greek Migration Policy Minister: Two More Migrant Reception Centres to Open in Greece

Greek Alternate Migration Policy Minister Giannis Mouzalas announced that the Greek government will create two additional migrant reception and registration centres in Greece, Kathimerini newspaper reports. One of the alleged centres will be in Thessaloniki, Northern Greece. The other will be at...

Greek President Calls on Europe to Act on Refugee Crisis

Greece's President Prokopis Pavlopoulos met on Wednesday with caretaker Interior Minister Yiannis Mouzoulas at the presidential mansion. "It is time for Europe to prove that it has a policy on the war refugee issue," underlined Pavlopoulos adding that the huge...

Greek Minister Mouzalas: 'It Is High Time for Europe to Show Solidarity on Refugee Crisis'

Greece is making efforts to meet its responsibilities toward refugees but now it is high time for Europe to show its solidarity, Greece's caretaker Alternate Minister for Migration Policy Ioannis Mouzalas said here on Monday, in a doorstep statement...

Almost 30,000 Migrants and Refugees Have Left Lesvos In Less Than Five Days

The constant influx of migrants and refugees to the East Aegean Greek island of Lesvos has been well documented throughout the past four months. The island saw a massive exodus of some of these migrants and refugees during this past week, as...

4,500 Migrants and Refugees to Arrive in Piraeus by Thursday Evening

Approximately 4,500 migrants and refugees that were on the East Aegean island of Lesvos will arrive at the port of Piraeus during Thursday according to the Athens Macedonian News Agency. The Eleftherios Venizelos passenger ship is scheduled to arrive...

8,000 Refugees and Migrants to Leave Lesvos by Tuesday Evening

Greek Alternate Migration Minister Giannis Mouzalas had said on Monday morning that the East Aegean Greek island of Lesvos had between 15,000 and 17,000 migrants and refugees. That number looks to be significantly reduced by late Tuesday evening. Around 8,000 migrants and refugees...

Migrants and Refugees Protest in Large Numbers on the Island of Lesvos

Migrants and refugees on the East Aegean Greek island of Lesvos took to the island's streets on Monday to express their frustration with the current living conditions on the island. Migrants and refugees staying at the islands Kara Tepe reception...