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19 NGOs Urge Greece and EU to Improve Conditions of Refugee Camps

Nineteen Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) have appealed to the EU and Greek authorities demanding the immediate improvement of conditions in Greece’s Refugee Camps and Hot Spots. The NGO that support refugees and migrants throughout the world claim in their joint announcement...

Local Authorities Say Migrants Urgently Need to Be Moved from Aegean Islands

The Aegean Islands have seen an increase of migrants from 10,349 earlier this year to 16,334 this summer. Local authoroities on Lesvos, Chios and Samos are once again calling for the central government to reduce the amount of migrants on...

Council of Europe Blasts Greece Over Conditions in Migrant Hot Spots

A report by a Council of Europe committee, has criticized Greece over the conditions prevailing in a number of temporary detention centers for migrants, and asylum seekers. A report by European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or...

NGOs Prepare to Hand Over Migrant Camps to Greek Gov't, Express Concerns

As NGOs prepare to hand over the responsibilities of running migrant camps on the Greek islands to the government of Greece on August 1, they have begun to express concerns over various issues. According to a joint statement by seven of...

Violence and Fires in the Chios Island Migrant Camp Repeated [video]

More fires broke out and new violent fights took place for the second night in a row at the Souda migrant camp on Chios island on Thursday night. The incidents started when two petrol bombs were hurled inside the camp...

Smugglers Find New Routes to Ferry Migrants to Greece

Traffickers have found new routes to carry migrants to Greece, as indicated by the large number of people who have entered the country from different spots, making registration procedures more difficult. In an attempt to circumvent the registration hot spots...

Refugee Hotspots in Greece Rapidly Nearing Capacity, Authorities Warn

As 34 more migrants reached the shores of the Greek Island of Lesvos on Monday, the hot spots for migrants are rapidly approaching capacity, official data from the reception centers reveals. With some 57,000 refugees currently living in Greece in...

Refugee Influx Sparks Rise in Crime as Situation Gets Desperate

The refugee flow to Greek islands from Turkey is continuing at a rapid pace, creating stifling conditions at hot spots. A total of 268 people have entered Greece from Friday until Tuesday. On Monday morning, 44 refugees and immigrants...

Defense Minister to Visit Hotspots in Lesvos, Chios, Leros on Tuesday

Defense Minister Panos Kammenos will visit Lesvos, Chios and Leros on Tuesday to inspect the registration and identification centers on the islands which are almost complete, the ministry said in a press release. Before his visit, he will hold a...

Thodoris Dritsas: Five Hot Spots By the End of the Month

  "The government is making big efforts and by the end of the month, I estimate that five hot spots will be working in the Aegean islands and in Schisto, Athens and in Sindos, Thessaloniki," assured the Minister of Shipping...