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Greece
Warm Weather Causes Influx in New Migrant Arrivals to Eastern Aegean Islands
Greece continues to see an influx of migrants arriving on its shores as the summer weather encourages more people fleeing their countries to attempt the dangerous crossing of the Aegean Sea in hopes of reaching Europe. The area of...
Greece
Aegean 'Hotspots' Hosting Over 15,000 Migrants, Latest Data Reveals
Over this past weekend the numbers of refugees being hosted on the five Greek islands in the Aegean known as "hotspots" rose above 15,000, according to the latest government data.
The data shows that the island of Lesvos is currently...
Greece
308 New Migrant Arrivals Over Last 48 Hours, Totaling 10,000 on Greece's Northern Aegean Islands
A total of 308 migrants and refugees arrived on the islands of the northern Aegean over the last 48 hours.
Ninety-three refugees arrived on Lesvos, 155 on Chios and 60 on Samos.
According to the police, 5,264 are trapped on Lesvos,...