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Greece
Greek Coast Guard Rescues Distressed Migrant Boat off Shores of Samos; 49 Migrants On Board
Greece's coast guard embarked on a search and rescue operation of a distressed migrant boat off the shores of the Greek island of Samos Tuesday morning, the AP reports.
The operation commenced following a distress call from a migrant on the boat to...
Greece
Young Migrants at Chios Camp Set Fire to Mattresses in Protest
As migrant camps grow more overcrowded on the Greek island of Chios, early Monday morning some young migrants set their mattresses and other bedding on fire in a protest of the living conditions and delays in the asylum seeking...
Greece
EU Pledges €115 Million in Aid for Migrants in Greece Before Winter
The AP has reported that the European Union (EU) has committed to providing an additional €115 million in humanitarian funding to help aid in the migrant crisis in Greece.
According to official reports on Saturday, the additional funding will be...
Greece
Authorities Report New Arrivals of 112 Migrants on Chios in Last 24 Hours
In the last 24 hours 112 migrants and refugees arrived on the island of Chios. No arrivals were reported on either of the islands of Lesvos and Samos.
According to police the number of migrants and refugees that are seeking asylum in...
Greece
2 Pakistani Migrants on Chios Find and Return Lost Wallet
According to reports from the ANA-MPA, on Thursday morning Michalis Galatoulas, a Chios resident, lost his wallet while in town. Shortly afterwards he received a phone call from a woman calling on behalf of two Pakistani migrant men who...
Greece
'Why are you Keeping me Here?': Human Rights Watch Reports Deplorable Living Conditions of Unaccompanied Migrant Children Detained in Greece
In a report released on Thursday, Human Rights Watch said that unaccompanied migrant children in Greece are living under deplorable conditions while being kept for prolonged detention periods that is in direct violation of international and Greek law.
The 27-page report...
Crime
Amidst Safety Fears Lesvos Mayor Pleads with Government to Arrange Transfer of Migrants to Mainland
The mayor of Lesvos asked for the transfer of a large number of refugees and migrants from the island to mainland Greece, warning that conditions in the centers are “particularly worrying and dangerous” in an urgent letter to the...
Greece
Spike in Migrants Attempting to Cross Greece-FYROM Border
Since FYROM closed their borders to migrants this past spring and bottlenecked tens of thousands of people in Greece the Greece-FYROM border has seen a decline in the amount of migrants trying to enter FYROM from Greece. Also the dismantling...
Greece
Sailboat Carrying 67 Migrants Found Near Greece's Cyclades Islands
The Greek Coast Guard found 67 migrants attempting to cross the Aegean Sea in a sailboat.
It appears to officials that the group was trying to make it all the way across the sea to to the mainland.
Usually groups of migrants...
Greece
Watch Greek Coast Guards Rescue 2 Refugees after Plastic Boat Carrying 70 Migrants Capsizes off Lesvos [video]
On Thursday around 10 a.m. local time, a plastic boat carrying 70 migrants crossing the Aegean to the Greek island of Lesvos sank off the coast of the island.
Initially, there were only 68 people accounted for, leaving the coast...