refugees

Athens Mayor Giorgos Kaminis said he is ready to provide a second accommodation center for refugees under the condition that there is an end to the awful state of affairs around Victoria Square, a public park in a grubby...

There were 31,842 refugees and migrants all over the country until Thursday and 90 percent of them (28,657) were refugees, Alternate Defense Minister and chief of the Coordinating Management Centre of Refugee Crisis Dimitris Vitsas on Friday said in...

The President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos chaired a special meeting today with the leaders of the Greek political leaders at the presidential mansion. The meeting was held upon the request of Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras who wished...

Turkey has agreed to accept the return of economic migrants, EU sources on Friday said in exclusive statements to ANA-MPA. The decision will be included in the statement of the EU summit on Monday in Brussels, they said, adding however...

According to Hellenic Police, the unaccompanied missing refugee children in Greece in 2014 and 2015 amount to 1,096, as 1,481 were reported missing and 385 were found. Greek police say that out of the 1,096 children missing, only 16 are...

The villagers of Athyra in northern Greece decided to protest against the establishment of a refugee camp in their area by plowing the field intended for camp site. The action took place on Thursday night at Athyra, in the Pella...

Turkey has sentenced two Syrians to four years in prison over the deaths of a toddler and his family, who drowned en route to Turkey. Turkish state media said Friday the Syrians, Muwafaka Alabash and Asem Alfrhad, were convicted of...

With Monday's Eurogroup approaching, there is no certainty as to when the progress of Greece's bailout program is to be evaluated, as the government is busy trying to handle the refugee crisis. Both sides speak of a quick completion of...

The refugee situation in Greece is becoming desperate as numbers increase and bad weather and infectious diseases create health hazards. Thousands of refugees and migrants are stranded at Idomeni, in the Greece-Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia border. As numbers increase, so...

Alternate Migration Minister Yiannis Mouzalas speaking to ANT1 TV on Thursday said that his statement that Idomeni will not reopen and that Greece will be a settlement country for refugees was misinterpreted. Mouzalas clarified that the refugees will stay at...