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Migrants threw stones at Greek police on Monday after a Syrian man was accidentally injured by a police van in Idomeni. Refugees blocked the railway line again, for the 32nd consecutive day. According to Greek police, the refugee fell from...

Deputy Migration Minister Yannis Mouzalas on Monday admitted that the Greek government lost control of refugees at Idomeni and non government organizations did damage on migrant handling. Mouzalas returned to parliament after being hospitalized for a health problem. The deputy...

Only 615 out of 66,400 migrants had been relocated from Greece to other EU member states in 2015, according to a European Commission report released last week. Amnesty International has used these figures in a report entitled "Trapped in Greece:...

Former Greek Finance Minister and current head of the European institution DiEM, Yannis Varoufakis, was welcomed with cheers and clapping at the Place de la République in Paris on Saturday, in order to show his solidarity with the movement...

A freighter crew operating under instructions from the shipping ministry's Search and Rescue Coordination Center rescued 41 migrants and refugees in a wooden boat 95 nautical miles southwest of Pylos, on the west coast of the Peloponnese, Greece. They...

"The Greek people are responding with great generosity to the needs of the refugees, even though it is going through a tough period," highlighted Pope Francis, after his visit to the hotspot of Moria, in Lesvos. "We came here to draw...

"Piraeus Port will see the transfer of refugees and migrants to other areas by Easter, while at the same time the situation in Idomeni as well as in Elliniko, will begin to normalize," said Deputy Defense Minister, Dimitris Vitsas. Appearing...

An independent group of volunteers at Idomeni set up a school for children refugees and migrants. The sign outside the big tent set up by volunteers from different countries reads "Idomeni cultural centre" and the lessons are held every day....

"Refugees Mythybusters GR," in an attempt to offer a more accurate and realistic image to the readers regarding the refugee and migrant issue in Greece, has created an interactive map that contains all hoaxes that have been reported and...

A trilateral meeting between Greece, Italy and Albania will be held in Athens on Thursday to discuss plans to tackle the refugee crisis, according to the Greek foreign ministry. Top police and foreign ministry officials from the three countries will...