refugee crisis

The refugee crisis dominated talks in a meeting between Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and the European Parliament's Alliance of Liberals and Democrats (ALDE) group leader Guy Verhofstadt, at the prime minister's offices in Athens, Greece. According to a press...

More than 600,000 migrants and refugees have been transported from Turkey to the East Aegean Greek island since the beginning of this year. Smugglers often cram these persons into small boats for the perilous sea journey. On Monday the Hellenic Coast Guard reportedly...

The war in the Middle East and Syria must stop, otherwise the "nightmare" of the refugee crisis will continue, President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos said during a visit to the Aegean island of Lesvos. Speaking at Skala Sykamnias,...

A surprising incident took place on the Greek island of Lesvos. Greek Orthodox Christians and Muslims gathered in order to pray together for the refugees’ struggle. A memorial service was organized on the island Wednesday, November 4, in memory of...

More than 4,000 refugees arrived in the port of Piraeus, near Athens on board three ferries. In particular, the Greek ferry Eleftherios Venizelos transferred 2,493 refugees from Mytilene, Blue Star 1 transferred 731 refugees from Chios and Mytilene and Nisos...

The Greek island of Lesvos, located in the East Aegean Sea, has become well known over the past few months for the thousands of migrants and refugees that arrive at the island each day. Among those arriving everyday are children who are...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras held a meeting with the authorities of Greek areas with a high concentration of refugees to increase cooperation and information sharing among the various sides. During the meeting, Tsipras noted that the situation that has developed is beyond...

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker reiterated his request that Greece and Turkey should conduct joint patrols in the Aegean, a proposal that Athens has rejected. Juncker spoke in Frankfurt on the occasion of his one-year anniversary in the Commission presidency. The...

The makeshift graves of the anonymous refugees who drowned on the deadly journey between Turkey and the neighboring Greek islands on rickety boats tells a sad story. Behind the cemetery of Saint Panteleimon, on the island of Lesvos, lie about thirty graves, scattered...

The daily influx of migrants and refugees into Europe is not likely to stop anytime soon, despite the worsening weather conditions, a new United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees report predicts. The UNHCR foresees 5,000 people crossing from Turkey to Greece...