Germany Town in former East Germany offers to take in 75 migrants Despite the popularity of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AFD) in the region, the German town of Neuruppin has said it is keen to welcome migrants to move to and settle in the town. 27/09/2020
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
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 MEP says Moria migrant camp is an 'insult' to European values "Europe is not leaving up to its values by parking people in such camps. We should have acted earlier", says Greens EFA's co-president Philippe Lamberts. 11/09/2020
Germany Moria camp fire: France and Germany urge EU states to welcome migrants Berlin and Paris announced on Thursday that they will welcome unaccompanied minors following a devastating fire at the Moria camp on the Greek island of Lesbos. They urged other member states to follow suit. 10/09/2020
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
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
Greece Greek PM tightens migrant controls: 'We are not an unfenced vineyard' Greece is to create a single border surveillance agency and employ 1,200 more guards to 'shut the door' on migrants not entitled to stay. 22/11/2019
