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Greece
Fake Passports Found at Refugee Camps in Greece Connected to ISIS
According to officials from Europol, fake passports destined for the terror group Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIS or ISIL) have been discovered at refugee camps in Greece, Italian newspaper La Stampa reports.
The paper says that Europol...
Greece
Refugees Stuck in Greece Scrambling for Safe Havens
War refugees from Syria and Iraq trapped in northern Greece for weeks never held out much hope that meetings between EU and Turkish leaders Thursday would prompt an opening of Balkan borders for them. But with nothing definitive about...
Greece
Greece Needs to Build Refugee Camps, Says Alternate Migration Minister Mouzalas
Greece’s Alternate Migration Minister, Yiannis Mouzalas, said that there are countries which do not respect EU’s decisions and there is nothing the EU can do about it, the result being that Greece, as a southern country located at the...
Greece
Thousands of Refugees Stranded at Greece-Fyrom Border
A large number of refugees have gathered at Idomeni on Thursday waiting to cross to FYROM.
According to the police, there are around 2,500 refugees at the camp while 4,500 have already disembarked from the 90 buses that have stopped...
Greece
Plans Under Way for Migrant Refugee Camps in Greece’s Two Major Cities
A few days ago Belgium called for 300,000 refugee camps to be built in Greece. Now Greek Minister of Immigration Policy Giannis Mouzalas says plans are under way for a refugee camp to be built near Athens that can...
Greece
Greece to Accommodate Migrants at Vacant Army Camps
The Greek government has chosen seven vacant army camps in Thessaloniki to accommodate migrants in order to ease the overcrowded crossing at the Greece-FYROM border.
The camps are under renovation by the army and local authorities in order to temporarily...