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The European Commission is planning to create a huge refugee reception center in Athens, Greece, to address the great influx of migrants in the country, according to German weekly news magazine Der Spiegel. The center is designed to host 40,000 - 50,000 people...

The U.N. refugee agency, UNHCR, reports a spike in arrivals in Greece as a result of a last minute scramble by refugees and migrants to get to Europe before winter comes and sea crossings are no longer possible. But spokeswoman...

As number of refugee and migrant arrivals to Greece hits half a million, UNHCR warns of continued chaos unless reception in Greece strengthened and relocation expedited In Greece, the number of sea arrivals this year has now passed the half-million...

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres expressed the importance of collaboration with each other in dealing with the migrant crisis in a meeting on Monday. Tsipras received Guterres at the Maximos Mansion. The UNHCR...

As migrants streamed into the Karatepes registration camp Saturday on the Greek island of Lesbos, many smiled as they clutched bags, suitcases and the hands of small children. The camp was the first stop after what was for many a...

The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees says 700,000 asylum-seekers will reach Europe via the Mediterranean this year and it projected that approximately the same number will arrive in 2016. The UNHCR almost doubled the estimate of the migrant and refugee...

Greece 's response to the refugee crisis will partly depend on Europe making progress with plans for the relocation of refugees, Alternate Minister for Migration Yiannis Mouzalas said in an interview with the newspaper "Avghi" on Sunday. "We are not...

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees sounded the alarm regarding the refugee situation in Greece after several EU member states shut their borders. Interior ministers of the European Union adopted on Monday the first proposal of the European Commission...

Germany plans to double aid currently given to Greece for dealing with the refugee crisis to 2.4 million euros, the German foreign ministry announced. "The foreign ministry is doubling to 2.4 million euros the sums given until now in the...

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has described the migrant crisis in Europe as an "absolutely dramatic situation" and has called on the European Union to take charge of migrant processing centers. Commissioner Antonio Guterres said the refugee...