migrants
Cyprus
FT: Cypriot President Anastasiades Threatens to Torpedo EU-Turkey Deal
The proposed deal between European Union and Turkey to halt the influx of migrants to Europe “could be scuppered by Cyprus after the country’s president warned he would not accept a key element: restarting key parts of Turkey’s EU...
Greece
Refugee Woman Gives Birth on Greece-FYROM Border
The picture of a woman washing an infant that looks only days old is added in the tragic chronicle of the 14,000 refugees who are stranded on the Greece-FYROM border, uncertain of their future.
The plight of refugees and migrants...
Greece
Toskas Rules Out Police's Violent Intervention in Idomeni
Alternate Citizen Protection Minister Nikos Toskas ruled out the possibility of a violent intervention in Idomeni refugees’ camp and predicted that the condition will return to normal in 1-2 weeks.
Speaking to private MEGA TV on Friday he said that...
Greece
Europe Beefs Up Border Controls to Stem Migrant Inflow
European states raise fences, close borders and bring military forces to protect their borders from the massive refugee and migrant inflow.
On Thursday, about 200 Austrian soldiers and police officers conducted a joint operation on Austria's border with Slovenia in...
Greece
Mouzalas: Greece Asked EU to Activate Relocation, Readmission of Refugees
European Union interior ministers discussed the implementation of the EU-Turkey action plan during their meeting in Brussels on Thursday, Greek Alternate Minister for Migration Policy Yiannis Mouzalas after the meeting.
The minister said his EU counterparts also finally discussed after...
Europe
Bulgarian Civilian Turns Border Patrolman; Arrests Refugees
A Bulgarian man who lives close to the Turkish border has been patrolling the area on his spare time in order to stop migrants who enter his country illegally and boasts 25 arrests.
Dinko Valev patrols the border riding his...
Greece
EU Commissioner Avramopoulos: We Must Open a Safe and Legal Window to Refugees
We must discuss what we can do together to face the humanitarian crisis in Greece since there is danger to turn into a humanitarian disaster, stated European Commissioner For Migration Dimitris Avramopoulos upon his arrival to the EU Interior...
Greece
42,000 Migrants Stranded in Greece, More Arrive from Turkey
The number of refugees and migrants stranded in Greece has reached 42,000 while more arrive from Turkey daily, according to Greek authorities.
Head of the Coordinating Committee for the Management of the Refugee Crisis Giorgos Kyritsis said on Thursday morning on...
Greece
Migrant Situation in Greece Is Unsustainable Says German Chancellor Angela Merkel
Having already slammed several countries in the Balkans for shutting their borders on the thousands of refugees trying to head west, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said yesterday during a pre-election campaign in Rhineland-Palatinate that “Greece will not make it”...
Greece
Turkey Will Not Take Back Migrants Already on Greek Islands
Turkey has said it will not take back migrants already on Greek islands as part of the deal proposed to European Union leaders at Monday's European Union summit.
Ankara's EU affairs minister Volkan Bozkir said on Thursday that the refugees...