Refugee camp

Angelina Jolie with Tsipras (exclusive pics+video)

After the delays and rumours of cancellation, Hollywood super star Angelina Jolie landed in Athens Wednesday in her capacity as UNHR Goodwill Ambassador for refugees. The actress met with Greek PM Alexis Tsipras at the Maximos Hall at 5. The photo op was captured by ‘Proto Thema’ when the famous Jolie shook hands with the Greek head of state.

Angelina Jolie’s visit to Lesvos cancelled

The arrival of American actor and UNHCR’s Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie to Lesvos has been cancelled.

Jolie was expected to arrive on Tuesday night in her own private jet in order to visit the refugee camps in Moria and Kara Tepe. However, the flight plan submitted was cancelled yesterday evening and her arrival was rescheduled for Wednesday at 09.00 (local time).

Photos of the squalid life at Idomeni refugee camp (pics)

A series of photos from the refugee camp at Idomeni in northern Greece captures the wretched conditions the people are living in. Over 12 thousand people are at the mercy of the nature’s elements. The camp has turned into a swamp after the recent deterioration of weather in the past 2 days.

Greek government oblivious of how many refugees/migrants in country

Amid the inhumane scenes in the Idomeni refugee camp in northern Greece circulating around the world and pressure increasingly mounting on Greece with one country after another closing their borders, the Greek government is displaying an inability to keep count of registered refugees and illegal immigrants currently in Greece.

British man of Iraqi origin flies to Idomeni to rescue his relatives

A British man has flown to the refugee camp on the Greek-FYROM borders at Idomeni to help 18 of his relatives get to UK.

Halo Rashid, 29, comes from Kirkuk in Iraq and claims he has been living in the UK for the past 16 years when he moved with his family.

As he told exclusively to MailOnline he holds a British passport and runs a dry cleaning business.

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