refugees

  Greek Minister of State for Coordinating Government Operations Alekos Flambouraris convened an emergency meeting of ministers and other officials on Saturday to discuss the worrisome refugee influx that hat has left a great number of people stranded in areas, such as...

Greece and the European Union need to take urgent and bold action to tackle the refugee crisis unfolding in the country, UNHCR officials said in Athens on Friday. Addressing a press briefing at the end of a five-day visit to Greece,...

There are currently 43 refugee families living in tents pitched in the Pedion tou Areos park in central Athens, the organization Greek Forum of Refugees said on Friday. Releasing the figures found during a count carried out on Wednesday...

Greece’s Deputy Immigration Minister Tasia Christodoulopoulou called the thousands of migrants sleeping in the streets of Athens and Aegean Sea islands a "tourist attraction." Speaking to Proto Thema newspaper, Christodoulopoulou said that the thousands of homeless migrants are not a...

Around 100 illegal migrants, who used to stay at the Rhodes detention center, arrived at the port of Piraeus, Greece, on Tuesday. The newly-arrived migrants have no plan and do not know whether the Greek state would provide them with accommodation. They headed to Omonoia...

The fragile situation on the island of Lesvos further escalated on Friday when tensions broke out over some food. A van that was carrying food to the island’s immigrant and refugee settlement called at Kara- Tepe, located a few miles north...

The Greek island of Lesvos, located just a few miles from Turkey, is experiencing a massive influx of refugees and immigrants, and signs of a tense atmosphere are becoming apparent. A video by lesvosnews on Wednesday allegedly shows immigrants and refugees fighting over a...

While Greece is in an ever lasting financial -and political- crisis, which according to European Parliament President Martin Schulz and German Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel could require humanitarian aid, the Greek island of Lesvos is facing a humanitarian crisis of its own. A...

The Office of the United Nations Commissioner for Refugees released a report on Wednesday that examines the route refugees take when entering Europe by sea. The report found that so far in 2015 Greece has surpassed Italy as the country with the most refugees and migrants entering its...

The Hellenic Coast Guard rescued 237 illegal migrants in seven separate incidents that occurred in the Aegean Sea, Greece over the last 24 hours. The location and rescue operation were conducted off the coast of three Greek islands located...