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Amid Turkey Tensions, a Hostile Environment in Greece
"Unfortunately, tension is growing the past three weeks, with the islanders feeling tired of lifting the burden of the so-called refugee crisis all these years," Stravaridis told BIRN.
He said MSF staff on the island of Lesvos had recently faced two violent incidents, resulting in the closure of an MSF clinic on the island for two days.
Empowering the women of Moria
On this International Women's Day I'm thinking about the thousands of women at Moria who struggle every day against the odds to stay healthy, feed their children, keep their dignity and survive to see a better day.
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NGO activists say they were hounded by anti-migrant agitators on Lesvos
Activists helping migrants in distress in the Aegean Sea have been adrift off the island of Lesvos for a week after agitators opposed to their work refused to let their ship dock, they said on Monday.
Activists on board the Mare Liberum said the vessel was prevented from docking in Lesvos on two occasions.
Suspected case of Covid-19 reported on Lesvos
A 40-year-old woman on the island of Lesvos has been admitted to hospital after showing symptoms similar to the coronavirus, according to local media reports.
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Lesvos weighs cost of migrant crisis
Once better known for its ouzo, cheese, idyllic beaches and being the birthplace of the ancient Greek poet Sappho, Lesvos has been transformed under the weight of a humanitarian crisis not of its own making.
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Turkey deploys at land border amid fears of move at sea
Athens was faced on Thursday with an apparent attempt by Ankara to stoke tensions at the Greek-Turkish land border after Turkey said it was deploying 1,000 officers of its elite police units to stop the return of migrants into its territory as Turkish officials continued with inflammatory rhetoric against their Greek counterparts.
More migrants land on Lesvos
Migrants walk on a dirt road following their arrival on a dinghy on a beach near the village of Skala Sykamias, after crossing part of the Aegean Sea from Turkey to the island of Lesvos, Thursday. [Costas Baltas/Reuters]
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Media watchdog urges Greece to investigate attacks on reporters
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Wednesday urged Greek authorities to investigate recent attacks on reporters covering the arrival of migrants and refugees on the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos.
Migrants gather at Lesvos port amid evacuation rumors
More than 2,000 refugees and migrants, holding their belongings, gathered at the main port of the island of Lesvos on Tuesday afternoon, following a rumor that a passenger ferry would transport them to the mainland.
Lesvos migrant facility targeted by arsonists
Unknown assailants on Sunday set fire on a migrant camp at a makeshift reception area for asylum-seekers at Skala Sykamias on the northern coast of Lesvos island in the eastern Aegean.
The Stage 2 transit camp had been set up by the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) to temporarily host asylum seekers landing on the island, before their transfer to the Moria hotspot.
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