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Hundreds More Migrants Transported from Lesvos to Northern Greece

More than 700 migrants and asylum seekers who originally landed on the shores of Lesvos arrived on Tuesday morning at the port of Thessaloniki, as the Greek government intensifies its efforts to reduce overcrowding on the islands. The chartered vessel...

Greece Begins Transfer of 1,500 Migrants from Lesvos to the Mainland

Greece started, on Monday, the transfer of 1,500 asylum seekers from the northern Aegean island of Lesvos to the mainland on two chartered catamaran vessels. The first 650 people were transferred early Monday morning and the rest later on Monday....

More Than 500 Migrants Land on Greece's Lesvos Island on Thursday

More than 500 asylum seekers landed on Greece's Lesvos on Thursday aboard a total of thirteen boats which crossed the Aegean Sea from Turkey. In scenes reminiscent of the 2015 migrant crisis, the asylum seekers, including women and children, arrived...

Newsweek Accused of Fake News About Notorious Greek Migrant Camp

The director of the Moria migrant camp on Lesvos has accused U.S. magazine Newsweek of reporting "fake news" regarding the situation at the camp which has been labelled as the worst migrant camp in Europe. Following the recent report in...

Moria Refugee Camp to Return to Normality in January, Vows Greece’s Migration Minister

The Greek Migration Minister, Yiannis Mouzalas, visited the refugee camp of Moria in Lesvos on Christmas Day, and vowed that the situation will improve by the end of January. Mouzalas said authorities were making huge efforts to improve conditions, while accusing...

Clashes Erupt Between Greek Police and Migrants in Lesvos Camp (video)

A fire has broken out at a large migrant camp in the Greek island of Lesvos following a protest at the site. The unrest began when a group of migrants launched a protest outside the so-called pre-departure center which operates...

Freezing Refugees Leave Moria to Bunker Down in Old Ottoman Castle

Several refugees and migrants left the camp in Moria, Lesvos, and set up their tents in a ruined Ottoman castle in Mytilene, in a desperate effort to escape the bitter cold and heavy snowfall which has affected the island...

Left out in the Cold: Migrants at Moria Camp Living in Snow Covered Tents

Despite statements by Greek Migration Policy Minister Yiannis Mouzalas on Thursday, there are still migrants living in outdoor tents in the snow with no heating on the island of Lesvos according to sources in contact with Greek Reporter. Just two...

Flu Strikes Migrants Left Out in Tents in Aegean Islands' Camps

As Greece is struck by the winter cold, many refugees living in the migrant reception centers throughout the country are being forced to live in outdoor tents with no heat; a problem that the Greek governments says it will...

Explosion at Lesvos Refugee Camp Causes Large Fire; 2 Dead

A 66-year-old woman and her 6-year-old grandchild were killed after a portable cooking gas stove explosion inside a tent set a part of the Moria refugee camp on fire on Lesvos island in Greece late on Thursday. Local media on the...