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Refugee flows to Greek islands continue to increase

The number of refugees and immigrants arriving in Greek islands from Turkey’s shore has not dropped, since 569 immigrants and refugees arrived in Lesvos while the total number of people hosted at hotspots exceeds 2,000.

Overall, 729 people have arrived in Greece, with 569 of them arriving in Lesvos, 83 in Chios and 77 in Samos.

Ex-Defence Minister: Fence at Bulgarian-Greek Border Would Cost BGN 500 M

Socialist MP and former defence minister Angel Naydenov was certain that the expenses on erecting a fence on Bulgaria's border with Greece would exceed BGN 500 M.

He made this estimate based on the fact that a kilometre of the fence at the border with Turkey costs BGN 1 M.

Bulgaria Plans Video Surveillance System at Border with Serbia to Control Migrant Flow

Bulgaria plans to build a video surveillance system at its border with Serbia to prevent a possible increase in outbound crossing by irregular migrants, bTV broadcaster reported on Tuesday.

Locals resist as company initiates hydroelectric plant construction in Turkey's Black Sea region

Locals have gathered to resist the building of a hydroelectric power plant in the Ardanuç district of Turkey's Black Sea province of Artvin, as an energy company dispatched its first set of drilling machines to the district. Residents claim the move is "unlawful" as there is an ongoing judicial process investigating the legality of the project.

Police detain 18 in anti-trafficking operations in 5 provinces

A total of 18 people were detained on March 29 as police from the western province of ?zmir carried out simultaneous operations in five different provinces against a suspected web of human trafficking organizations.

1,277% rise in refugee arrivals in 2016 1st quarter! (photos)

The situation on the refugee crisis in Greece is dire and is expected to deteriorate even further, according to the Hellenic Union of Coastguard Officers.

Three Syrian children killed, six wounded as fire erupts at tent city in Turkey's southeast

Three Syrian migrant children were killed and six others were injured after a fire broke out at a tent city in the Derik district of Turkey's southeastern Mardin province. The fire was the second reported in one week, after 21 tents burned down on March 25.

Ambiguity in women's policies

It was on my return flight from the Paris meeting of the world's cosmetic giant L'Oreal held their "For Women in Science" program organized together with UNESCO for 18 years that I read a piece written by Family Minister Sema Ramazano?lu in Turkish Airlines (THY) inflight magazine, Skylife.

Greece to employ loudspeakers at border after rumour chaos

Greece said on March 28 it would make use of loudspeakers at a migrants' camp on the Macedonia frontier to dispel "irresponsible rumours" that the border is about to reopen.

Greek government dazed and confused over refugee crisis!

The overall position of the Greek government is getting dire by the day. According to a note issued by the Greek Foreign Ministry, the refugee crisis is estimated to cost the Greek state up to 1.8 billion Euros.

Anarchists kick out students and professors and turn University building into refugee camp (photos)

While the Greek government is pleading with refugees and illegal immigrants to board the buses at Idomeni in northern Greece to relocate them to reception centers set up all over mainland Greece, the anarchists and other anti-authoritarian fringe groups are taking matters into their own hands by creating their own reception centers at University campuses.