Kos

Former deputy minister of immigration policy Tasia Christodoulopoulou said that locals on Greek islands make a lot of money out of the refugee overflow. This was yet another controversial statement made by Christodoulopoulou who also said that the real influx...

European Commission Vice President Frans Timmermans and EU Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos arrived on the Greek island of Kos on Friday in order to discuss the major migrant issue with local authorities. However, upon...

In a recent press release, Amnesty International spoke of "hellish" conditions for migrants and refugees on the Greek island of Kos, while the organization also condemned attacks against refugees and activists. "The refugees we met in Kos have fled war and persecution...

European Commission Vice President Frans Timmermans and European Commissioner for Migration Dimitris Avramopoulos visited Kos on Friday to be briefed on the volatile situation on the Aegean Sea island created by the increasing number of refugees. A meeting was held...

Relatives of the young refugee boys Aylan and Galip Kurdi whose bodies were found washed up on the shores of the Mediterranean have spoken for the first time, a Daily Mail report says. The three-year-old Aylan and his five-year-old brother...

Two boats sank after leaving the southwest coast of Turkey, traveling for the Greek island of Kos and according to Turkey’s Dogan news agency at least 11 migrants believed to be Syrians drowned during the incidents. The agency reported that...

The Vice-president of the European Commission, Frans Timmermans and Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship, Dimitris Avramopoulos will be in Greece for a two-day visit on Thursday to discuss the creation of a refugee ‘hot-spot’ in Piraeus that...

A Syrian refugee, named Mohamed, was rescued by a group of Greek vacationers on their way home from an excursion to the Greek isle of Pserimos, near Kos, after being stranded at sea for 13 hours, wearing only a life vest. At first,...

Residents on the Greek island of Kos cannot bear the situation any longer. Over the last month, thousands of undocumented migrants and refugees have arrived on the island, however there is no place where they can be accommodated. The crowd...

Tensions were high in the neutral zone on the border between Greece and FYROM, where hundreds of refugees and migrants are stranded, waiting to enter Greece’s neighboring country. According to Greek Police, FYROM's border guards used stun grenades to repel the crowd...