Alternate Migration & Asylum Minister Giorgos Koumoutsakos, paid a visit to the asylum seekers’ accommodation facilities in Lesvos on Tuesday with the Minister-President of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia Armin Laschet.…
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On Thursday, 140 Iraqi nationals will voluntarily return home on a charter flight, the Migration & Asylum Ministry announced. One requirement is that they must be tested for the novel coronavirus before the…
Women in Lesvos protested against the NGO’s and illegal immigrants that have significantly changed life on the island since 2015. “We are here for our children and for our homes,” said women…
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),…
An 18-year-old Afghan man who took part in the murder of a 21-year-old compatriot on Sunday night, was arrested by authorities after he was located hiding inside a residence in the town of…
A mass vaccination program for migrant children in Lesvos, completed its first round over the weekend. The National Public Health Organization (EODY) announced it provided the first or repeat shots of MMR…
Greek authorities are concerned about the fact that 57 fires broke out in the country in just 24 hours. Most fires were extinguished quickly. Kechries, a village in the municipality of Corinth…
Two boats carrying 58 illegal immigrants arrived at the shores of the Aegean island of Lesvos on Saturday. One boat carrying 20 people came ashore close to the town of Molyvos, in…
The North Aegean Regional Governor, Costas Moutzouris, made a request to the Minister of Development, Adonis Georgiadis, and the Minister of Finance, Christos Staikouras, to suspend the financing to restore the Valide…
The North Aegean Regional Governor, Costas Moutzouris, requested in a letter to the Minister of Development, Adonis Georgiadis, and the Minister of Finance, Christos Staikouras, the suspension of financing the restoration of…
The town of Moria has become infamous for being the location of the main illegal migrant camp on the island of Lesvos. Two gangs of Afghani immigrants battling each other, African immigrants ridiculing…
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis attended the opening ceremony of the first of ten high-speed boats donated to the Coast Guard by the social supply company “SYN-ENOSIS” of the Hellenic Shipowners’ Association.…
As Greece opened up its borders for international tourism, the people smuggling trade also opened up for business with a small but steady flow of illegal immigrants crossing the Aegean from neighbouring…
Authorities on the Aegean island of Lesvos have put 27 undocumented migrants who reached the island on Sunday in a dinghy from Turkey, into quarantine. The boat reached the village of Thermis…
Following a joint decision by the Migration, Health and Citizens’ Protection ministries, Greece announced an extension of its COVID-19 lockdown measures in the country’s migrant reception centres. It has been extended through…
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…
36 illegal immigrants – 15 men, 10 women and 11 children of Iranian and Afghan descent – were rescued on Saturday night by the Greek Coast Guard on the northern coast of…
A 16-year-old migrant who had illegally entered Greece with his family died of a heroin overdose, Sto Nisi reported. He was found dead on Friday by his parents in the tent where…
During a formal inspection of the infamous migrant camp on the Greek island of Lesvos, one of the illegal immigrants staying at the camp was arrested by police as he was found…
Some 1,843 refugees from the island of Lesvos who were provided with documents of free movement, departed from the island from June 5 to June 25, officials announced on Thursday. Of those,…