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UNHCR High Commissioner Lepri: Greece has Ignored Proposals for Helping Migrants at Camps

On Thursday Giovanni Lepri of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees spoke to reporters claiming that the UN had given Greece's Migration Ministry three proposals on three different occasions detailing how to deal with the overcrowded migrant reception...

United Nations Predicts 5,000 Daily Migrant Arrivals in Europe Until February

The daily influx of migrants and refugees into Europe is not likely to stop anytime soon, despite the worsening weather conditions, a new United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees report predicts. The UNHCR foresees 5,000 people crossing from Turkey to Greece...

New Study Shows Damage of Refugee Crisis to Greek Islands

A new study conducted by the former Greek Economy, Shipping and Tourism Ministry  shows the far-reaching effects of the refugee crisis on the Greek islands, particularly the East Aegean Greek islands. The report notes that according to the United Nations Refugee Agency there has been a...

Egyptian Billionaire Claims to Have Found Two Potential Greek Islands for Refugees

Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris alleged through a tweet that he has found two Greek islands that he could potentially purchase to host refugees. Sawiris, who is worth an estimated 2.9 billion dollars according to Forbes, had expressed his interest in...

Greek Islands See Sixfold Increase in Refugees This Year

Over 42,000 migrants arrived by sea in Greece during the first five months of 2015, with the majority of them being refugees from Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia and Eritrea, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). The influx of migrants on the...

UNHCR Expresses Appreciation over Cypriot Govt's Efforts to Assist Refugees

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) appeared pleased with the Cypriot government's enormous efforts in providing assistance to over 330 Syrian and Palestinian refugees who have abandoned their war-torn homelands. As UNHCR underlined, Cyprus has done its best...

Golden Dawn’s Scary Rise Chronicled

Dateline’s one-hour SBS program entitled, Rise of the Neo-Nazis, aired on May 21, aimed at finding reasons for the growing popularity of a party that is anti-immigrant, anti-Semitic, anti-gay, ultra-religious and jingoistic. Reporter Evan Williams said, "The rise of Golden...

CPT Delegation Visits Greece

A delegation of the Council of Europe's Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) visited Greece from April 4 to 16. According to cpt.coe.int, the CPT delegation examined the treatment and conditions of detention...

UNHCR Has Reservations on New Detention Center

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Athens said on Tuesday that conditions at a new detention center for undocumented migrants that began operating in Amygdaleza, northwest of Greek capital, on Sunday, were better...