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Greece

EU-Turkey migrant deal: UNHCR warns neither side is ready

With Europe’s deal on sending migrants back to Turkey due to come into force on Monday, the plight of the more than 50,000 people stranded in Greece

01/04/2016

Greece

Greek parliament to vote on EU-Turkey migrant accord

The Greek parliament is expected to vote on Friday on measures putting into practice the EU’s accord with Turkey on the return of refugees and

01/04/2016

Greece

Athens protesters chant 'open the borders' ahead of migrant returns

Hundreds of human rights activists, students and migrants have taken to the streets of Athens chanting “open the borders.” The migrants were some of

31/03/2016

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Greece: The growing refugee population on Lesbos

More than 500 migrants and refugees arrived on the Greek island of Lesbos on Tuesday. The majority came from Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq, and Pakistan

30/03/2016

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Greece: stranded refugees and migrants clash with police in Idomeni

Protesting refugees and migrants on Tuesday clashed with Greek police in the border town of Idomeni, next to the closed crossing between Greece and

29/03/2016

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Greece – Idomeni: Migrants protest calling for the borders to be opened

Migrants rally at Greece’s makeshift border camp calling for authorities to open the border with FYROM and let them continue on their journey.

28/03/2016

Greece

Protesting migrants demand FYROM border is re-opened

Let us through. The message from migrants stranded at a makeshift Greek camp near the border with the former Yugoslav republic of Macedonia

28/03/2016

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Thessaloniki Documentary Festival turns 18

The burgeoning refugee and humanitarian crisis took centre stage at the Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival. Several pieces showed shocking

23/03/2016

Greece

One million and counting: EU migrant deal has little effect on Greece

Greece is bearing the brunt of the migrant crisis. Following the EU-Turkey deal, migrants and refugees attempting to cross the Aegean Sea to Greece

21/03/2016

Greece

Stranded refugees struggle to keep hope alive on Greek-Macedonian border

The fate of thousands of men, women and children stuck at the closed Greek-Macedonian crossing is in the balance as EU leaders again discussed the

18/03/2016

Greece

Migrants: what could scupper the EU's talks with Turkey?

Officials say human rights, press freedom and the Cyprus question are three potential deal-breakers.

16/03/2016

Greece

UN special envoy Angelina Jolie receives riotous welcome in Greece

Angelina Jolie is no stranger to the spotlight, but the Hollywood actress received a riotous welcome on a trip to Piraeus port, near Athens, to

16/03/2016

Greece

Migrants heckle EU commissioner in Idomeni

10,000 are stranded on the border separating Greece from the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

15/03/2016

Greece

Greece buckles under migrant pressure

Greece is buckling as migrants exert unprecedented pressure on Greek resources. Refugees continue to stream across the Aegean Sea from Turkey

15/03/2016

Greece

Greece refugee crisis: Fears of disease as rain turns Idomeni into 'swamp'

“Merkel! Merkel! Merkel!” Stranded for days at Greece’s northern border, migrants chanted the name of the European leader they hope can set them back

13/03/2016

Greece

Greece steps up efforts to get migrants into sheltered camps

Greece is stepping up emergency efforts to help the scores of migrants and refugees now trapped in the country. Around three-thousand people have

13/03/2016

Greece

Migrant crisis takes centre stage as Hollande hosts European left leaders

The migrant crisis was central on Saturday as Europe’s left-leaning leaders gathered in Paris for talks with French President Francois Hollande

12/03/2016

Greece

Protests at Idomeni as Greece plans to relocate stranded refugees

Compared to the chaotic scenes Idomeni has witnessed recently, one operation to distribute items to refugees on Saturday unfolded in a relatively

12/03/2016

Greece

'It is very hard': a young widow and mother's struggle in Idomeni

At least 13,000 of the almost 42,000 refugees and migrants stuck in Greece are camped out in Idomeni, near the Macedonian border. Among them are

12/03/2016

Greece

The dead end at Idomeni: thousands struggle in worsening conditions

It was once a site of hope, another border crossed off on the often perilous journey to western Europe. But after Macedonian authorities closed the

12/03/2016

Greece

Migrants fight for free bread and eggs at Greek-Macedonian border

Europe: a place where migrants battle each other for free bread, potatoes and eggs thrown at them from the back of a lorry. Conditions at Idomeni’s

11/03/2016

Greece

Greece: 42,000 migrants and counting as European borders stay shut

With the door still firmly shut to thousands of migrants and refugees on the Macedonian border, we asked our Athens correspondent Stamatis Giannisis

11/03/2016

Greece

Despite closing of Balkans migrant route, many still arrive in Greece

The controversial closing of the Balkans route for migrants is not putting off thousands still arriving in Greece

10/03/2016

Greece

German Chancellor criticises closure of Balkans route for migrants

Macedonian officials have closed the border with Greece, while Slovenia, Croatia and Serbia have also imposed tough restrictions

10/03/2016

Greece

Fighting despair in Idomeni

It is another cold night in Idomeni. People burn wood and cardboard in order to get warm. A man warms by bonfire at a makeshift camp at the

10/03/2016

Greece

Beefed up border controls 'shut down' Balkan migrant route

Slovenia and Croatia are beefing up their border restrictions, in a bid to seal off the Balkan route to migrants

09/03/2016