The Greek government has begun giving €2,000 to asylum seekers located on various Aegean islands, to incentivise them to go back to their home countries. The Voluntary Return & Reintegration Programme (AVRR),…
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A floating barrier in the Aegean Sea to prevent refugees reaching Greece’s islands from Turkey, will be installed in the next few days. The 2.7 km project will be made of netting…
Turkey last week conducted provocative military exercises and released many photos that suggests it was training for the invasion of Greek islands. Following exercises with its air force and navy in the…
Thirty-six illegal immigrants were rescued in the early hours of the morning by the Hellenic Coast Guard, in the sea area between the Turkish coast and the northwestern coast of Lesvos. The…
Between June 1- 7, 72 illegal immigrants arrived on the Aegean islands, an increase from the previous week’s 55 arrivals but a decrease from last year’s 766 arrivals during the same period,…
Northeast of Thessaloniki, part of East Macedonia and Thrace, the port town of Kavala serves as an excellent base for visiting the ancient city of Philippi and wine tastings around the mountains.…
The average daily arrivals on the Greek islands for last week and the week of 13 – 19 April was zero, according to the latest report from the Office of the United…
With Turkey failing to asymmetrically invade Greece with illegal immigrants last month across the land border at Thrace, the Turkish leadership are finding new ways to pressurize Greece. As Greece has one…
As the Greek government moved 2,000 asylum seekers this week from hotspots due to their vulnerability to coronavirus, another twenty unaccompanied refugee minors left the Moria hotspot on Lesvos Island on Tuesday…
A small boat carrying 39 migrants of Afghan and African descent, arrived on Wednesday morning in a seaside area of Kleios in northern Lesvos. They were immediately transferred to a chapel outside…
As Europe went into lockdown due to the coronavirus epidemic, the Greek-Turkish border at Evros saw the thousands of illegal immigrants retreat into Turkish territory and arrivals on Greek islands decline. We…
As Greece struggles with the mass exodus of immigrants from Turkey at its border in Evros, arrivals to the country via the Aegean islands has decreased by more than half as reported…
Members of the Greek American community congregated in Astoria, New York City on Sunday 8th March to express their solidarity with Greece. According to witness accounts, more than two thousand people attended…
The weaponisation of thousands of refugees and economic migrants by Turkey last week forced the EU to intervene and help Greece protect its borders. Turkey’s exploitation of the migration crisis and the…
The Northern Aegean Relief Alliance, which is made up of organisations representing each of the three islands- Chios, Lesvos and Samos, have announced they are holding an awareness rally in New York City…
With Turkey actively engaging in people smuggling by not preventing tens of thousands of migrants crossing into Greece from its territory and its coast guard authorities ignoring calls from their Greek counterparts…
Lesvos and Chios have been gripped by a second day of clashes between riot police and local communities protesting against government plans to create closed migrant centres. Over ten protesters and 40…
Greece’s Government announced this week that it is holding off plans to build new closed migrant detention camps on the Greek islands, to allow for negotiations with local authorities who strongly oppose…
We continue our weekly snapshot on the migrant crisis on the Greek islands from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. The latest figures concern the arrivals of migrants…
Following the recent protests from the migration crisis enveloping the Greek islands, Greek City Times will continue to publish a weekly snapshot on the situation from the Office of the United Nations…