Lesvos

Approximately 4,500 migrants and refugees that were on the East Aegean island of Lesvos will arrive at the port of Piraeus during Thursday according to the Athens Macedonian News Agency. The Eleftherios Venizelos passenger ship is scheduled to arrive...

Α light earthquake measuring 4.7 on the Richter scale shook the Greek island of Lesvos on Thursday afternoon. According to the Geodynamics Institute of Athens, the quake's epicentre was located 40km southwest of Lesvos in the Aegean Sea. No...

The East Aegean Greek Island of Lesvos, which has a become a centre for migrants and refugees seeking to enter Europe, has gotten a significant breather in the past two days. Between Monday and Tuesday evening 10,000 migrants and refugees had left the...

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...

The increased inflow of refugees and migrants has seriously affected tourism on Lesvos island and other neighboring Greek islands. Tourist agent Ilias Pikoulos said to ANA-MPA that six cruise ship operators with approximately 5,000 passengers on-board each ship was expected...

Greek Alternate Migration Minister Giannis Mouzalas had said on Monday morning that the East Aegean Greek island of Lesvos had between 15,000 and 17,000 migrants and refugees. That number looks to be significantly reduced by late Tuesday evening. Around 8,000 migrants and refugees...

Watching the clash of civilizations sweeping across Europe with Sophoclean fury is unbearable for anyone with a shred of humanity left in them. Whether the masses of refugees arriving on Lesvos and Cos, the horror of Aylan Kurdi’s lifeless...

Migrants and refugees on the East Aegean Greek island of Lesvos took to the island's streets on Monday to express their frustration with the current living conditions on the island. Migrants and refugees staying at the islands Kara Tepe reception...

Passenger ferry Blue Star 1 along with a Hellenic Coast Guard boat rescued 61 refugees between Chios and Lesvos islands. According to the coast guard, Blue Star 1 and a coast guard patrol boat received a signal about people at...

The tension on the East Aegean Greek island of Lesvos continues to grow as the high number of migrants and refugees is overwhelming the island as well as the migrants and refugees themselves. Two 17 year-old males attacked refugee families with Molotov cocktails...