Now playing Next Greece Two migrants test positive for COVID-19 in overcrowded Greek camp Officials say the two who tested positive did not display symptoms of COVID-19. Other migrants in the facility and people who come in contact with them are being tested. 13/05/2020
Now playing Next Greece Greece transfers almost 400 migrants from Lesbos island to mainland This is the first massive transfer of asylum seekers from Moria camp since the start of confinement imposed by the Greek government on March 23 to stem the spread of coronavirus. 03/05/2020
Now playing Next Greece Greek island migrant camps 'not prepared for COVID-19' The warning comes after Greek authorities announced that 150 people tested positive at a locked-down migrant hotel in the country’s south. 22/04/2020
Now playing Next Greece Euroviews. Using empty Greek hotels to host refugees threatened by COVID-19 is a win-win scenario ǀ View While the first attempt to use empty hotels for quarantining a thousand of the most vulnerable migrants on the Greek islands has just been announced by the European Commission, more remains to be done. 21/04/2020
Now playing Next world news Euroviews. COVID-19 doesn’t discriminate against refugees with disabilities. Neither should our response ǀ View Security Council members vowed to do their best to make sure that the needs of people with disabilities were part in the humanitarian response in Syria and beyond. Now that the world is trying to defeat COVID-19, here’s your chance to make good on that promise. 10/04/2020
Now playing Next Greece MSF: Europe 'turning a blind eye' to coronavirus risk in migrant camps Medecins Sans Frontieres has accused Europe of “turning a blind eye” to migrants stuck in camps on Greek islands, pointing to the impossibility of social distancing measures to avoid spreading coronavirus in such conditions. 09/04/2020
Now playing Next Greece Migrants exposed to coronavirus Migrants arriving in Greece say they are being given no protection from coronavirus as UNHCR describes conditions in some camps as inhumane 28/03/2020
Now playing Next Europe News Europe must act to stop coronavirus outbreak in Lesbos, say MEPs NGOs and MEPs are calling on the EU to act to prevent an outbreak of novel coronavirus in overcrowded camps in Greece. 24/03/2020
Now playing Next Greece NGO calls to evacuate migrant camps in Greece amid COVID-19 fears People in Greece's migrant camps do not have sufficient access to water and soap and need to be evacuated immediately, says MSF. 14/03/2020
Now playing Next Greece Euroviews. Gunshots, summary trials, deportations: the reality for refugees in the EU-Turkey stand-off ǀ View Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s cynical move to open his western EU borders to allow refugees and migrants to leave - while keeping his southern border to Syria shut to asylum seekers desperate to escape the onslaught there - poses an enormous challenge to Greece and the European Union. 05/03/2020
Now playing Next no comment Migrants seeking Europe wade through Evros River Migrants waded across the Evros River in northwestern Turkey on Wednesday as they attempted to reach the land border with Greece. 04/03/2020
Now playing Next Greece Turkish people-smugglers operate in plain sight on Greek border As a growing number of migrants tries to cross from Turkey into Europe, people-smugglers are working to thwart Greek border patrols. 04/03/2020
Now playing Next Greece Greece is 'Europe’s shield’ in migrant crisis: EU chief von der Leyen The EU has pledged €700 million in aid to Greece as European leaders visited the Greek-Turkish border which thousands of migrants have been trying to cross. 03/03/2020
Now playing Next Turkey Watch: Migrant boat targeted in sea between Turkey and Greece A Greek coastguard vessel appears to sail very close to a boat of migrants. 02/03/2020
Now playing Next no comment Migrants arrive on Lesbos with others blocked at land border While thousands of migrants have been blocked at Turkey's land border with Greece, others have been getting into the country by sea. 02/03/2020
Now playing Next Greece Child dies off Greece as migrants rush from Turkey to Europe A child died when a small boat capsized at sea off Greece on Monday as migrants tried to push into Europe after Turkey opened its frontiers for refugees to pass though. 02/03/2020
Now playing Next USA Thousands of migrants amass at Greek border after Turkey opens gates "We're concerned about these vulnerable people who are exposed to the elements," said U.N. migration agency's Turkey chief said. 01/03/2020