Cyprus Watch: Pope Francis begins five-day visit to Cyprus and Greece Pope Francis is expected to raise the issue of migration when he arrives in Cyprus on Thursday on the first leg of the trip. 02/12/2021
Greece 'Life-saving on trial': Duo face jail in Greece for rescuing migrants Sean Binder, a German-Irish volunteer, and Sarah Mardini, a Syrian human rights worker, go on trial in Athens on Thursday. They deny the charges which include spying and forgery. 17/11/2021
View Greece's most vulnerable refugees are being denied safe shelter | View "The closure of Kara Tepe municipal camp marks the end of an era for refugee reception in Greece." 20/05/2021
Greece New migrant camp approved for Lesbos but exact location undecided The municipal council of Mytilene approved the construction of a new 3,000-capacity facility on the Aegean island - but without agreeing where it will be located. 13/04/2021
Greece Greek refugee programme offers alternative to overcrowded camps Greek refugee programme offers alternative to overcrowded camps 31/03/2021
Greece Brussels allocates €276M to Greece for migrant camps on its islands About 40,000 people currently live in overcrowded facilities on Greek islands. 29/03/2021
Greece Greek police accuse 33 NGO members of migrant smuggling Authorities said the investigation began several months ago and included Greece's intelligence service and anti-terror police. Neither the names of the NGOs nor the nationalities of those involved were made public. 29/09/2020
Germany Thousands protest in Germany to demand EU action over Moria migrants The aunt of Alan Kurdi, the 3-year-old Syrian boy who drowned in the Mediterranean in 2015, joined protesters in Berlin to urge politicians to act. 20/09/2020
Germany Germany to take in 1,500 migrants from Greek islands after Lesbos fire This represents a sharp increase from the initial pledge to host some of the 400 unaccompanied children evacuated from Lesbos to mainland Greece following the September 8 blaze. 15/09/2020
Greece Lesbos migrants march against new camp facility after Moria fire Migrants are demanding to leave the island and be allowed to travel to mainland Europe after last week's fire which destroyed the Moria camp. 15/09/2020
no comment Migrants still stuck in limbo on Lesbos after Moria camp blazes Thousands of migrants have been sleeping rough after multiple fires hit the notoriously overcrowded Moria camp last week. 14/09/2020
Greece Migrants moved to new Lesbos camp as Mitsotakis demands more EU help Greek authorities have promised that 12,000 migrants and asylum-seekers left homeless after fire gutted an overcrowded camp will be moved shortly to a new tent city. 14/09/2020
Greece Displaced migrants on Lesbos protest in wake of fire at Moria camp Over 12,000 people were left homeless after fires on Tuesday and Wednesday gutted the Moria camp in the midst of a coronavirus lockdown. 12/09/2020
no comment Thousands of migrants, still living on the streets, protest in Lesbos Thousands of protesting migrants left homeless on the Greek island of Lesbos after fires destroyed the notoriously overcrowded Moria camp gathered on a road leading to the island's main town Friday, demanding to be allowed to leave. 11/09/2020
Greece New fire at overcrowded migrant camp on Greek island of Lesbos 4,000 migrants who had left the camp for the island's main port of Mytilini to board ships for the mainland threw stones at police blocking the road. 10/09/2020
no comment Lesbos' migrants sleep on the streets after fire at Moria camp Thousands of migrants slept on the streets on the Greek island of Lesbos after being evacuated from their camp as fires broke out early on Wednesday. 09/09/2020
Greece Thousands of migrants flee massive fire at Lesbos camp Some 12,500 people were living at the Moria camp and the surrounding area. 09/09/2020
Greece COVID-19: Crowded Greek refugee camp quarantined after case confirmed As of Aug. 31, the Moria camp on the island of Lesbos housed 12,714 people, well over its capacity of 2,757. 02/09/2020
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
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
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
View 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
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
View 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
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
no comment Migrants arrive in Lesbos after Turkey says it can't stop them leaving Ankara has repeatedly threatened to "open the gates" and let migrants into Europe amid several disputes with European states. 28/02/2020
