North Aegean
Mayors to petition PM over migration
Following a day of protests on Lesvos, Chios and Samos against the mounting pressure of irregular migration on the islands, the regional governor for the Northern Aegean, Kostas Moutzouris, and the mayors of the three islands are due in Athens on Thursday to deliver a petition to Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis calling for a swift resolution to the problem.
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Islanders protest against overcrowding in migrant camps, slow processing
Residents of the islands of Lesvos, Chios and Samos on Wednesday held public protests against what they said is the negative impact of the migration crisis on their communities and on North Aegean islands at large, which is home to the most congested reception and identification facilities - also known as hotspots.
Teen in critical condition after being stabbed inside Lesvos migrant center
A teenager from Afghanistan was in serious condition on Monday after being stabbed inside the migrant identification center of Moria in Lesvos.
According to initial information, the 17-year-old was stabbed in the chest and abdomen by a 20-year-old fellow Afghani. The victim is being treated in the hospital of Mytilene, while the suspect was arrested.
Man arrested over killing of migrant in Moria
Police on Friday arrested a 27-year-old foreign national in connection with the deadly stabbing of a 20-year-old Yemeni migrant during an altercation at the overcrowded Moria refugee camp on the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos on Thursday night.
The suspect is said to have stabbed the victim in several parts of his body and then fled the scene.
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Religious icons shot on Thasos island
Church authorities on the northern Aegean island of Thasos have ordered locks to be placed on two chapels after a man opened fire on their icons, depicting Jesus and the Virgin Mary, with an air gun.
The vandalism was discovered on the Epiphany holiday last Monday by shocked worshippers who visited the chapels of Agia Marina and Agios Vasileios outside the island capital of Limena.
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Weather delays migrant transfer
The scheduled transfer Thursday of 635 asylum seekers belonging to vulnerable groups from the migrant reception center on Samos in the eastern Aegean to a former army base in Ritsona north of Athens was delayed due to bad weather.
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New Year sees 123 migrants arrive at Lesvos
A total of 123 refugees and migrants arrived on the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos with three boats early morning on New Year's day, the North Aegean Police Directorate said Wednesday.
This followed the 134 people who arrived at the same island on December 31.
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Over 5,000 migrants landed in Greek islands in December
A total of 5,247 migrants arrived in Greek islands from nearby Turkey in December.
According to the Greek police's Northern Aegean Regional Directorate, 3,681 migrants arrived in Lesvos, 878 in Samos and 688 in Chios in the final month of the year.
Greece Shuts Down its Three Largest Migrant Camps
Greece will shut down its largest three migrant camps on islands facing Turkey, and replace them with new facilities, AFP reported, citing officials.
The Greek government said it would close existing, overcrowded camps on the islands of Lesbos, Chios and Samos, and replace them with new closed facilities with a capacity of at least 5,000 people each.
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Women from Moria camp hold protest rally after deadly fire
A day after one woman was killed and her child was injured in a fire that broke out inside the Moria migrant camp on Lesvos, about 200 women with their children held a sitting protest outside the overcrowded identification center on Monday afternoon.