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Stranded Migrants Continue to Occupy Lesvos Square

More than 200 refugees and migrants, mostly Afghans, remained at Sappho's Square in the centre of Mytilene, Lesvos for a third consecutive day on Thursday, protesting over delays in processing asylum applications and poor living conditions at the Moria...

Migrant Flows to Greece Increase; Clashes Break Out at Lesvos Camp

Clashes between rival groups of Iraqi migrants broke out on Monday evening at the Moria reception center on the Greek island of Lesvos. According to a report by the Athens-Macedonian News Agency, the clinic of the reception center was badly damaged...

Greek Island Saw 12,700 Refugees, Migrants in 2017

The Aegean island of Lesvos saw over 12,700 people from 64 countries registered at its reception center in 2017, new official figures state. With Syrians, Afghans and Iraqis making up the bulk of arrivals, 36 percent of the incomers were...

EU: Athens, Local Authorities Responsible for Appalling Conditions in Moria Refugee Camp

The Greek government and local authorities are responsible for the squalid living conditions of refugees at the Moria registration centre, said Maarten Verwey, Director-General and Head of the Structural Reform Support Service in the European Commission. Verway; who is the...

Refugee Baby Sleeping in Fruit Crate on Lesvos (photo)

The picture of a refugee baby sleeping inside a fruit crate at the Moria migrant registration camp on Lesvos island, is making the rounds on social media. The photo, which was taken by photographer Giorgos Moutafis, has gone viral. A woman...

Violent Clashes Break Out between Migrants at Moria, Lesvos (video)

At least 10 people were injured during violent clashes between refugees late Tuesday at the Moria refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesvos. According to reports, the clashes erupted between Arab, Afghan and Iraqi refugees. Some of the refugees burned...

Appalling Conditions at Moria Refugee Camp on Lesvos (videos)

Videos shot by refugees themselves at the Moria refugee camp on Lesvos island, show in detail the squalid living conditions. BuzzFeed news website has picked up some of them. BuzzFeed reporter, Ryan Broderick, said he was not allowed to...

Greece Admits that Migrants May Die in Moria Migrant Camp

Greek Minister for Migration Yiannis Mouzalas did not exclude the possibility of deaths at the migrant camps this coming winter. In an interview to German magazine Der Spiegel, Mouzalas was explicitly asked whether he can guarantee that nobody is going...

Angry Migrants Vandalize Facilities at Moria Camp in Lesvos (photos)

The offices of Moria refugee processing center on Lesvos suffered extensive damage on Sunday night, as a result of migrants rioting. According to reports, the migrants had been complaining about overcrowding at the centre, and their complaints turned to anger as...

Riot Breaks Out in Migrant Camp on Lesvos Island

  Greek Police were called in the early hours of Monday morning, to quell a riot that broke out at the Moria refugee processing center on Lesvos. Reports suggested the riot was mostly restricted to the area of the massively overcrowded...