Migrant centers on Greek Isles under pressure again
As the humanitarian situation on the Greek Isles is getting increasingly difficult to manage, workers at the Moira refugee camp on Lesbos have announced strike action for next week.
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Greek government handed heavy fine over island migrant camps
The Regional Authority of the Northern Aegean has ordered Greece's Migration Ministry to pay a 100,000-euro fine over poor living conditions at two major migrant and refugee camps on the islands of Lesbos and Chios.
Greece’s Moria camp could be shut down on health grounds
One of Greece's largest and notoriously overcrowded refugee and migrants camps at Moria on the island of Lesvos could be shut down within a month. The Regional Authority of the Northern Aegean has given Greece's Ministry of Migration policy a 30-day ultimatum to clean up the controversial reception center in a damning…
Samos mayor wants refugees transferred, over 4,000
Authorities on the Greek island of Samos have urged a quicker transfer of refugees and migrants off the island. Reception centers are currently holding thousands more people than they were built for.
Greek regional governors ring alarm over migrant numbers
Regional governors of Greece's North Eastern Aegean islands are making fresh calls on the state to transfer thousands of refugees and migrants from overcrowded camps to the mainland, claiming the government is breaking its promises.
Smugglers arrested in Greece over weekend
Greek police said Sunday they had arrested four human traffickers and released 14 migrants being held in a warehouse near the border with Turkey. The previous day, a smuggler and 48 migrants believed to have crossed the Evros river illegally were detained in Western Greece.
Syrian refugee sets himself on fire at Moria camp in Greece
A young Syrian refugee has been hospitalized after setting himself on fire at the Moria camp on the Greek island of Lesbos. He was protesting after his asylum application was rejected for the second time.
Iran frees Issa Saharkhiz then sentences him to one year in jail
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