Samos

There is a significant increase in migratory inflow with 4,000 asylum seekers arriving in one month, said Greece's Migration Policy Minister Yiannis Mouzalas on Wednesday. Mouzalas spoke in a press conference, admitting that the situation on Lesvos is bad, and...

A stone’s throw away from the Greek island of Samos lies a small islet called Kasonisi; the small rocky place which is separated from its bigger sister by a narrow strait. Due to its unique beauty and the fact that...

A mental health emergency is unfolding in migrant camps on Greece's islands, fuelled by poor living conditions, neglect and violence, charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said on Tuesday. Medical staff have seen a sharp increase in people trying to get...

Over 2,200 people are staying in and around the Samos migrant camp even though the designed capacity is for 700 people, the humanitarian organization Samos Volunteers (SV) says. The volunteers describe a situation of chaotic overcrowding as migrants are forced...

The government must speed up winter preparations at refugee camps on islands in the Aegean Sea where there has been a sharp rise in arrivals, the United Nations refugee agency said on Friday. Nearly 5,000 refugees; mostly Syrian or Iraqi...

The recent increase in the flow of migrants and refugees doesn't mean that the EU-Turkey deal on migration has collapsed, according to the Migration Policy minister. "We are making huge diplomatic efforts to preserve the EU-Turkey agreement," minister Yiannis Mouzalas...

Despite heightened patrols in the Aegean Sea to deter smuggling activity between Turkey and Greece, about 3,700 refugees reached Greek shores in August, and about 400 new arrivals have been recorded per week so far this month. The recent spike...

The U.N. refugee agency warns overcrowding and deteriorating conditions on Greece’s eastern Aegean islands are causing serious distress among refugees, leading to self-harm and riots in protest. UNHCR reports that refugees from Syria, Iraq and other destitute and conflict-ridden countries...

Greek vets in Samos have confirmed that the seal found dead on 24 May on the coast of Marathokambos was the human-friendly mascot of the island, "Argyro". Anastasia Miliou, Director of Research at the ‘Archipelagos’ Institute for Marine Protection, said...

More than 600 migrants landed on islands of the Eastern Aegean from Monday morning until Tuesday dawn, according to the Hellenic Coast Guard. Specifically, 397 refugees and migrants landed on the Greek islands until Tuesday morning, with 225 arriving on Chios,...