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UN Refugee Agency Calls on Greece to Move Thousands of Migrants to the Mainland

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, called on Greece on Tuesday to urgently move thousands of refugees and asylum seekers out of dangerously overcrowded reception centers on the Greek Aegean islands. Arrivals of migrants and refugees in September, comprising Afghan and...

Thousands of Refugees Likely to be Evicted from their Homes in Greece

Hundreds of refugees in Greece will be removed from their homes by the end of March, with thousands to follow later in the year, according to a report by Rory O'Keeffe, founder and manager of Koraki NGO. The report says...

From Syria to Greece, from Refugee to Lifeguard

It was just over a year ago when Obada “Ibo” Al-Nassar made the perilous venture across the Aegean to reach Lesvos. The friendship that this Syrian refugee developed with some foreign lifeguards located outside of the camp where he was...

Greece's Evros Facing 'Untenable' Migrant Situation, Says UN

The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) is calling on the Greek government to urgently improve conditions and expand reception capacity in the north east, following a recent rise in arrivals in the Evros area across the land border with Turkey. Some 2,900 people...

Refugee Girls Use Cyprus Music Program to Free Their Creativity (video)

Music is being used on Cyprus to help, heal and empower young women separated and alone having fled war in their home countries. Twenty-five girls from Somalia and Cameroon who fled to Cyprus to get away from conflict and persecution...

UN Warns of Sexual Violence in Overcrowded Greek Refugee Camps

Refugees and migrants in Greek camps suffer widespread sexual violence and harassment while the living conditions are sub-standard, the UN said on Friday. According to a Digital Journal report, in 2017, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) received...

UN: Most Refugee Arrivals Are Women, Children

Over half of the refugees coming to the Greek islands of Lesvos and Samos in December were women and children, the UN has said. In a new report for December 2017, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said sea arrivals decreased...

New UN Warning About Refugees Treatment in Greece

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, remains very concerned with the situation of refugees and migrants on the Aegean islands, in particular Lesvos, Chios and Samos, but welcomes important efforts to speed up transfers to the mainland over the past...

Bodies Washed Ashore on Lesvos May be Turkish Family Fleeing Persecution, Authorities Told

The three unidentified dead bodies that washed up on the northeastern shores of Lesvos in November may belong to a Turkish family fleeing persecution as Gulen supporters, investigating authorities on Lesvos said on Thursday. It was originally believed that the...

UNHCR: Greek Refugee Camps Overcrowded, Unfit for Winter Weather

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...