Kos

There was unrest at a reception center on the Aegean island of Kos early on Monday when young migrants set fire to mattresses and other bedding in a protest at their living conditions and at delays in processing their requests for asylum.

Police intervened before the protest escalated and there were no reports of any injuries.

The mother of Ben Needham, the toddler who went missing 25 years ago, will arrive on Kos on Tuesday with a team of British police officers in a bid to find information that could help the effort to find him.

Two ferries are expected to dock at Piraeus port on Wednseday carrying more than 670 refugees and immigrants from Greek islands.

More specifically, “Ariadni” ferry arrived with 50 persons from Chios and 479 from Mytilene, while “Blue Star 2″ is expected to arrive to the port later in the day carrying 144 refugees and migrants from Dodecanese islands (74 from Rhodes and 70 from Kos).

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Tension emerged when thousands of people demonstrated on the island of Kos in the Eastern Aegean on Sunday against the construction of an identification and registration centre for refugees and migrants who are entering the European Union through Greece.

In an effort to de-escalate the tension between the residents of the island of Kos and the government on the construction of the hotspot, the island’s mayor, Giorgos Kyritsis, sent a letter to Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras asking him to withdraw the police forces.

Great tension prevails on the  island of Kos at the old military camp of Pyli where government has started construction works for the creation of a hotspot.

According to local media the residents have lit fires blocking the road and preventing anyone to pass through.

Greek authorities say a total of seven bodies, including those of two children, have been recovered from the sea off the eastern Aegean island of Kos after a boat carrying migrants or refugees sank early Jan. 27.

Rescue crews recovered the bodies of three men, two women, a boy and a girl. There were two survivors - a man and a woman.

Eighteen people drowned as the boat carrying them sank in the Aegean Sea off the Turkey's southwestern coast late on Friday.

The wooden vessel, which was packed with refugees, including citizens of Syria and Iraq, was attempting to reach the Greek island of Kos when it sank in Bodrum bay.

The Central Archaeological Council that stands as the country’s highest advisory body on Greece’s cultural heritage made an unprecedented decision to allow the use of the Roman Odeon of Kos as a temporary accommodation shelter for refugees and migrants in the area. The decision came after a  request by Doctors Without Borders.