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German Chancellor Angela Merkel early on Tuesday referred to the negative impact of the continuing flow of refugees and migrants on Greece. "In today's summit of the 28 member states, we looked into ways to improve the humanitarian conditions in...

The European Union leaders did not come to any final decisions on the refugee crisis on Monday's summit with Turkey, but the Greek side appeared satisfied with the initial outcome. The final decisions will be taken on March 17-18, at...

Greece is to have 15 new refugee hosting areas with a total capacity of 17,400 people by Sunday, with four of them being in the Attica region. The four Attica camps will be at Malakasa (4,000 capacity), Afidnes (3,000 capacity), Agios...

The 28 European Union leaders finally decided to close the borders in the Balkans and Greece has agreed to it, according to a report in French newspaper Le Figaro. The report says that Greece has agreed to keep refugees and...

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras goes to the European Union summit on the refugee crisis on Monday with low hopes as several countries have essentially shut down the Balkan route for migrants. Tsipras will come face to face with Austria, Balkan...

The Balkan route through which refugees can cross to northern Europe will close and migrants coming from Turkey will end up trapped in Greece, an Austrian newspaper says. Der Standard claims it has seen a rough draft of Monday's official statement...

Another 100,000 migrants will arrive in Greece by the end of the month, European Commissioner on migration Dimitris Avramopoulos warned on Saturday. "Hundreds are arriving on a daily basis and Greece is expected to receive another 100,000 by the end...

Austrians living and working in Greece sent an open letter of protest to the government in Vienna, asking for a more responsible stance on the refugee crisis. Austria has imposed a cap on the number of refugees it would accept...

The picture of an elderly woman from the island of Lesbos bottle-feeding a refugee infant has made its rounds all over the world. Many felt Emilia Kamvysi should be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. But the elderly Greek woman was only one...

A top U.N. refugee official has criticized the leaders of the European Union for calling on migrants not to come to Europe. Speaking to reporters Friday in Brussels, UNHCR Europe Bureau Director Vincent Cochetel said that 91 percent of migrants...