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Greek Coast Guard Rescue Migrants Stranded at Sea Near Antipaxi

A coast guard patrol boat and a private vessel rescued 38 migrants and refugees adrift at sea near the Ionian island of Antipaxi on Tuesday. The refugees were taken to the harbour of Gai on the larger nearby island...

Hypocrisies and Cruelties on the Frontier of Fortress Europe

By CHRIS JONES* and SOFIANE AIT CHALALET* Reading the mainstream press this past month, by any standards the reactions and commentaries on the latest slaughter of the innocents in the Mediterranean and Aegean has been especially sick. Even the self proclaimed...

European Commission Takes Measures to Tackle Migration, Actions Against Human Smugglers

The European Commission is planning to take a series of measures in order to deal with illegal migration and take strong actions against human smugglers. Ii is estimated that in the first four months of 2015, almost 2,000 people lost their...

Greek Migration Policy Minister: Lesvos Must be 'Emptied' of Refugees, Migrants

Visiting Mytilene, the main town on the island of Lesvos, Greek Migration Policy Minister Tasia Christodoulopoulou underlined that a way must be found to "evacuate" the island of the hordes of migrants and refugees arriving there on a daily...

Why Frontex Can’t Solve the Mediterranean Migration Crisis on Its Own

Frontex operations alone cannot be a solution to Europe's immigration problem as the agency does not have the scope or ability to address the causes of the current migration crisis.

Greeks Cook for Migrants and Refugees in Athens

Members of a solidarity organization called “Koinoniki Kouzina” (Social Kitchen) decided to cook a meal at Omonoia Square in downtown Athens and eat along with the migrants who reside in the area. Hunger has no color or ethnicity as humanity...

Greece Gets Emergency Funding to Deal with Refugee Wave

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras welcomed the emergency funding Greece will receive in order to tackle the refugee issue in the Mediterranean. In Thursday's emergency European Union summit the 28 member state leaders discussed the issue of the flood of...

Greece Takes Emergency Measures for Flood of Refugees and Migrants

The Greek government has announced a series of emergency measures to deal with the flood of refugees and illegal migrants who land in Greek shores. In the last 48 hours alone, 838 people tried to enter Greece coming from the...

Greece Asks EC for Emergency Funds to Tackle Flood of Refugees

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is in continuous communication with the European Commissioner on Immigration issues and with Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy over the issue of the recent flood of refugees and...

Alarming Number of Migrants Flood Greece

New waves of refugees and illegal migrants are flooding Greece on a daily basis. The data released by the North Aegean Prefecture are alarming. Prefect Christianna Kalogirou said that in the last 57 days, Greece has received 75% of the total...