Lesbos

Turkish authorities arrested 181 foreign suspects in the state of Jnaq Castle, western Turkey. The detainees, carrying Syrian, Palestinian, Iraqi, Iranian and Eritrean nationalities, were trying to illegally reach the Greek island of Lesbos. Anadolu Agency (AA) quoted security sources as...

Despite the loss of tourism revenues on Greek islands where thousands of refugees arrive daily, some businesses seem to profit from the inflow. The number of tourists visiting certain islands has dropped significantly since the refugee crisis escalated in the...

"Greece has taken on more weight than it can handle and I don't think this is fair," said famous actress Susan Sarandon who spent Christmas at a refugee camp in Athens, Greece. Sarandon along with Greek Deputy Immigration Policy Minister...

Rescue guards made a Christmas tree of life jackets discarded by refugees on the coast of the island of Lesvos. The symbolic act is a message of hope in the spirit of Christmas as the life jackets mean that the people...

Eighteen people lost their lives on Thursday when a boat transporting migrants and refugees to Greece, capsized off the Turkish coast, Greek media reports. Among the 18 casualties, there were six children. The boat was reportedly heading for the Greek island...

Today hundreds of North African immigrants in Lesvos are being registered. In the middle of last week it was decided that immigrants such as these should not be granted the monthly permit which allows them to stay in Greece...

A cafe on the Mytilene port of Lesvos island is opening its doors at 3 am every night to offer stray dogs shelter from the cold. The cafe - named Hott Spot, after the refugee registration center operating on the...

"If the Turkish government wouldn't want us to do what we do, we wouldn't be able to pass a fly to Greece," said a Turkish migrant trafficker speaking to Anampa news agency. According to the report, a man identifying himself...

American Oscar-winner actress Susan Sarandon arrived in Skala Sykamnias in Lesbos, Greece in order to support the refugees that are currently staying on the island. The 69-year-old actress, who is also a Goodwill Ambassador for Unicef, was accompanied by...

As the European winter approaches, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees reports additional reception sites in Greece are urgently needed to accommodate the massive flow of refugees and migrants from Syria and other countries of conflict. The U.N. refugee...