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Greek NGO 'Agkalia' Awarded for 'Outstanding' Work with Refugees
The jury of the Council of Europe awarded the 2016 Raoul Wallenberg Prize to ‘Agkalia’, a Greek NGO operating on the island of Lesvos, for “outstanding achievements in providing frontline assistance to thousands of refugees irrespective of their origin...
Greece
Migrant Trafficker Claims Turkey Allows for Movement of Migrants into Greece
"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...
Greece
European Commission: Greece Lacks Plan to Tackle Migrant Inflow
Greece does not have a comprehensive strategy for the return of economic migrants to their country of origin and lacks sufficient detention centers in order to prevent their escape, says a European Commission report.
The report marks the progress on the response...
Greece
'Homeland' Actor Mandy Patinkin Visits Island of Lesvos
The Greek island of Lesvos, located in the East Aegean Sea has received more than 440,000 migrants and refugees this year, according to the latest available data by the United Nations Refugee Agency. As such, it is the single...
Greece
Greece to Accommodate Migrants at Vacant Army Camps
The Greek government has chosen seven vacant army camps in Thessaloniki to accommodate migrants in order to ease the overcrowded crossing at the Greece-FYROM border.
The camps are under renovation by the army and local authorities in order to temporarily...
Greece
Unauthorized Turkish Ship Enters Greek Waters
A Turkish hydrographic ship entered Greek waters in the Aegean without receiving permission from Greek authorities.
The Turkish hydrographic vessel "Cesme", accompanied by warship "Bodrum", was sailing on Saturday afternoon between the islands of Lesvos and Chios without proper authorization....
Greece
Migrant and Refugee Flow to Lesvos Revived as 1,700 Arrive on Tuesday
Following an extraordinary day on Monday, when there were not any reports of new arrivals on the East Greek island of Lesvos, thousands reached the island's shores on Tuesday.
The Athens Macedonian News Agency reports that 1,700 people arrived at Lesvos...
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There Have not Been Any Refugees Arrivals at the Island of Lesvos on Monday
Greek Police reported something that is difficult to believe for anyone paying attention to the ongoing refugee crisis these past few months: there has not been a single refugee or migrant arrival at the East Aegean island of Lesvos...
Greece
12 Arrests Made After Forged Document Ring Operating on Lesvos Island Was Discovered
Twelve people were arrested on the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos by police as suspected members of a criminal gang that supplied forged travel documents to third country nationals landing on several Greek islands from Turkey amid the ongoing...
Greece
Greek Authorities Step Up Refugee Identification Process
Greek authorities have started additional identity checks on migrants and refugees arriving at Piraeus Port after dismantling a ring that sold fake identity documents to migrants arriving on Lesvos island.
About 1,500 refugees who reached Piraeus Port on their way...