Moria

All Greeks and Europeans have a humanitarian imperative to alleviate the situation on the Greek islands, for the migrants as well as for the islands' inhabitants, European Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos said on Wednesday...

The first 40 refugees and migrants – all men - boarded the navy ship sent from Athens to Lesvos to house people living in the camp in Moria, where living conditions have deteriorated after the intense snowfall of the...

The ministry of migration was caught unprepared by the freezing weather, Greek Alternate Defense Minister Dimitris Vitsas said on Wednesday, talking to Real FM radio station on the living conditions facing refugees in the camp of Moria in Lesvos,...

Greek Navy battleship "Lesvos" is to sail to Lesvos island on Tuesday night to host refugees and migrants from the overflowing camps that are suffering from the heavy snowfall. The ship is to arrive on Lesvos on Wednesday and will...

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...

Living conditions for refugees on Greece’s islands is “regrettable and infuriating”, the head of the MSF (Doctors without Borders) mission in Greece, Clément Perrin, told Athens-Macedonian News Agency (ANA) on Friday. Perrin said families with newborn babies or small children...

Refugees and migrants waiting to be registered by authorities inside the camp in Moria, Lesvos, celebrated what they believed to be news that Greece’s borders will open at the end of the year and they will be allowed to...

European Commissioner for Migration Dimitris Avramopoulos called on the EU state members to continue and accelerate the refugee relocations from Greece and Italy and to send more experts to assist in the elaboration of the asylum requests. In statements to...

Turmoil prevails at the Moria hotspot on Lesvos on Monday. A large number of migrants, mostly from Pakistan, are protesting over the long stay and delays over the examination of asylum applications. Asylum Service employees abandoned the premises that the...

Another 51 refugees arrived on the Greek island of Lesvos, lifting the number of migrants and refugees now stranded there to 5,871 people at a time when the island can host just 3,500. The EU-Turkey deal signed in March...