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Greece
Vanessa Redgrave Visits Refugees at Piraeus Port
British actress and activist Vanessa Redgrave on Wednesday visited the refugees that are temporarily hosted at Pireaus port.
Redgrave spoke with refugees and migrants and listened closely to their problems. Most of them said they want to go to Europe...
Greece
Tension Between Refugees and Police Forces in Idomeni [video]
Tension broke out in Idomeni camp on Tuesday afternoon, between refugees and police forces who attempted to evacuate the train tracks that have been occupied by the refugees as a form of protest towards the neighboring Former Yugoslav Republic of...
Greece
Greece Plans to Accommodate Refugees on Uninhabited Islets
Alternate Citizen Protection Minister Nikos Toskas, announced on Tuesday from Chios that "the government is planning the transportation of refugees and migrants to neighboring uninhabited islets."
Chios is the Minister's second "stop" for Tuesday, as he is visiting the hot...
Greece
No Refugees and Migrants Arrived at Pireaus on Tuesday; 5,600 Still Remain at the Port
The inflow of refugees and migrants to the port of Piraeus, Greece, has been reduced since the two ferries "Ariadni" and "blue star 1" docked earlier in the morning on Tuesday carrying no refugee from the islands of Aegean...
Greece
Migrants Have Reportedly Started Crossing Ιnto Bulgaria via Greece
According to Sofia's news agency Novinite, residents of the southwestern border village of Kulata, claim that they saw several refugees and migrants crossing from Greece into Bulgaria.
The news agency also says that during the weekend, children from the village...
Greece
FYROM Closes Its Borders With Greece and Serbia Until the End of 2016
The FYROM Parliament decided on Monday to extend the "emergency" measures on its borders with Greece and Serbia until December 31, 2016, due to the refugee and migrant crisis.
FYROM's Defense Minister, Joran Yolevski, highlighted that it is important to...
Greece
PM Tsipras Holds Meeting Regarding the Refugee Issue
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Monday chaired a meeting with government ministers and close associates to discuss the refugee issue at his offices in Parliament.
On Wednesday the government is expected to table a draft law in Parliament regulating legal...
Greece
Italian Reporter Finds Hole in Greece-FYROM Border Where Migrants Pass Through [video]
An Italian television reporter found a hole in the Greece-FYROM border where migrants illegally cross to the neighboring country.
After the closing of the Greece-Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia border, thousands of refugees and migrants are left stranded in the...
Greece
Significantly Reduced Number of Refugee Arrivals at Piraeus
The number of refugee inflows from the islands of the Aegean Sea to Piraeus, Greece, was significantly reduced on Monday, since the ferry "Ariadni" that docked at the port early in the morning carried only 17 refugees and migrants...
Crime
Migrant Traffickers Prepare New Route to Europe Through Italy
Migrant smugglers are preparing a new route to Europe that would transfer people by sailing to Italy, says Germany's Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper.
After the closing of the Balkan Route that refugees used to travel from Greece to central Europe...