Lesbos

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) reports that migrant deaths on the Mediterranean Sea routes to Europe are breaking all previous records. IOM confirmed 3,350 fatalities so far this year, surpassing the record-breaking death toll of 3,279 for all of...

The U.N. refugee agency is warning that Greece cannot cope with the flood of refugees and migrants landing on its shores because it lacks proper reception facilities to register and screen them. The backlog in processing is increasing tension, violence...

The U.N. high commissioner for refugees, Antonio Guterres, welcomed the start of a European Union relocation program with the departure of a first group of asylum seekers Friday from Italy to Sweden. The high commissioner said he hopes to...

As migrants streamed into the Karatepes registration camp Saturday on the Greek island of Lesbos, many smiled as they clutched bags, suitcases and the hands of small children. The camp was the first stop after what was for many a...

With scorching criticism against all those responsible for the "disgraceful" reception conditions greeting refugees on Greece's islands, the International President of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) - Doctors Without Borders Joanne Liu told the ANA-MPA that she was "deeply outraged"...

Greek authorities announced the arrest of seven alleged traffickers considered responsible for the fatal migrant crossing that ended in tragedy on Sunday morning, when the wooden sailboat used to transport upward of 100 refugees overturned due to bad weather...

Migrants are continuing to arrive on the Greek island of Lesbos, which has been overwhelmed with people making it to its shores. Aid agencies estimate that more than two-thousand people have arrived daily this month. For those making it to European...

Greek Coast Guard has rescued 1,417 migrants in 59 search and rescue operations near several Greek islands in the eastern Aegean Sea, authorities said on Monday. Tens of thousands of refugees and illegal migrants have arrived on Greek islands from...

The situation in several islands of the Aegean Sea is out of control as hundreds of refugees and irregular migrants arrive daily from the coasts of Turkey, creating grave problems to local communities. Refugees from war-torn Syria and irregular migrants...

According to a new BBC documentary, the Greek island of Lesbos used to be the Magaluf of its time. A place famous for its sex tourism and women were so beautiful that men just couldn't resist. Even though Lesbos has been...