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Greece: Record 453 Covid Cases Monday; Six Deaths

Greek officials announced that health authorities had diagnosed a record 453 new cases of the corona virus in the country on Monday, along with six deaths associated with the virus. Out of this total, 195 cases were linked to known...

243 Migrants at Kara Tepe Camp Test Positive for Coronavirus

After testing all of the thousands of migrants who have now been resettled at the new Kara Tepe camp on Lesvos after being burned out of their former shelter at Moria, 243 of them have been found positive for...

Lesvos: 9,000 Refugees and Migrants Moved to New Camp

After a series of fires destroyed the Moria camp on Lesvos Island, home to over 12,000 migrants and refugees, the Greek government built a new emergency camp near Kara Tepe, where 9,000 refugees are now housed. The thousands of migrants...

Hundreds of Migrants Housed in New Facility on Greece's Lesvos Island

A total of 800 migrants and refugees who had been left without shelter after the fires that destroyed the Moria camp on Lesvos last week, were resettled at a new facility by Monday evening. The Greek Army built a temporary...

Greece Starts Relocation of Homeless Migrants at Lesvos

Greek authorities started to relocate on Saturday migrants and refugees who were left homeless after fire destroyed the Moria camp on the island of Lesvos. The new transitory camp set up at the island's Kara Tepe Army firing range can...

Over 2,000 Migrants Demand to Leave Lesvos as New Tents Arrive; US Pledges Support

According to reports in Greek media, over 2,000 migrants are gathering along the main road leading toward the now burned migrant camp of Moria on Friday. They are demanding to leave the island of Lesvos, chanting "Freedom, Freedom" to police...

Avramopoulos: Alleviating the Situation on the Greek Islands a 'Humanitarian Imperative'

All Greeks and Europeans have a humanitarian imperative to alleviate the situation on the Greek islands, for the migrants as well as for the islands' inhabitants, European Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos said on Wednesday...

Sailing Theater Troupe Tour Reaches Greece, Performs at Refugee Camp on Lesvos

Italian director Michele Losi, helped initiate a European Union-sponsored theater endeavor, to have a theater troupe sailing the Mediterranean, performing in various countries. Most recently they have performed for refugees on the Greek Island of Lesvos. For the past two summers, the...

Queen Rania Al-Abdullah of Jordan Visits Refugees on Lesvos Island

On Monday afternoon, Queen Rania Al-Abdullah of Jordan arrived on Lesvos island to visit the refugees and migrants in the camps. The Queen visited the Kara Tepe refugee camp and tweeted during her visit: "We need a collective and value-based response...

Queen Rania of Jordan to Visit Lesvos Next Week

Queen Rania, wife of King Abdullah II of Jordan, will visit Lesvos, Greece, in the beginning of Holy Week at an invitation of the international humanitarian organization International Rescue Committee. Her visit was confirmed by the Embassy of Jordan in...