Syrian refugees

Two Syrians refugees, among those protesting in Syntagma Square in order to be granted a political asylum, have lost their lives, as their compatriots revealed yesterday. According to them, one died in his attempt to cross the Greek-Albanian border...

The Greek government's will to find a solution over the 200 Syrian refugees who have been in a sitting protest for the 13th consecutive day in Syntagma square, opposite the Parliament in downtown Athens, and have gone on a hunger...

Syrian refugees, who have fled conflict in their country, have staged a protest over their difficult conditions in Greece, Press TV reports. The refugees held large banners in Arabic, Greek, and English during their protest in the Greek capital Athens...

AP - Greek police say two men, believed to have been Syrian refugees who entered the country illegally, have been hit by a train and killed close to Greece's eastern border with Turkey. The train driver was arrested hours later...

AP - The U.N. refugee agency is urging the European Union to overhaul its policy toward Syrian refugees, warning that the number of fatal accidents at sea could rise further as winter approaches. The UNHCR also urged the 28-nation bloc...

A cruise liner returning from Greece has rescued approximately 300 Syrian refugees whose trawler had run into trouble at the sea area off Paphos, Cyprus. The cruise liner had been en route from the Greek island of Syros to Limassol when...

Editor's note: This an opinion piece written by two Samos Island residents, as they saw the latest refugee tragedy in the Aegean unfold right in front of them. On May 5th, refugees trying to illegally enter Greece by reaching the...

Human Rights Watch used harsh language towards Greece and the EU in its annual report that was published on Tuesday January 21, 2014. “European Union (EU) leaders in 2013 acknowledged problems of rising intolerance and persistent human rights violations...

As the civil war in Syria gets worse day by day, the number of refugees who seek better luck has been constantly increasing. The host countries in Europe and the Middle East have grown uneasy over the new arrivals....

Approximately 150 Syrian refugees who turned up in the north-eastern Greek village of Praggi have apparently "disappeared" after being taken away by police. The immigrants, who were believed to have snuck into Greece across the Turkish border, have not been...