Refugee camp

Pressure is mounting on the Greek government and most importantly on Greek society due to the refugee crisis, as neighbouring countries are taking tougher measures to safeguard their borders from the flow of thousands of people wanting to reach the north of Europe.

The situation at Greece-FYROM border in Idomeni is dramatic with thousands of refugees and immigrants waiting, while the rainfalls and drop of temperature make things worse.

France opened its first international-standard refugee camp in the teeth of official opposition on March 7, while demolition continued at the nearby Calais "Jungle" camp.

Three families of Iraqi Kurds were the first to arrive at the new camp in Grande-Synthe near Dunkirk on the northern French coast, an AFP reporter said.

The European Union has begun funding projects to meet the needs of Syrian refugees hosted inside Turkey and activated on March 4, 95 million euros out of the 3 billion euros the EU pledged last year to fund facilities for refugees.

The refugee camps all over Greece are more than fully packed creating a suffocating situation, while Medecins Sans Frontières organization warns of the possibility of major epidemic outbreak and the government admits that more than 32,000 refugees and immigrants are stuck in the country with about 12,000 being in Idomeni and 7,000 on the Greek islands.

The refugee crisis is suffocating Greece with thousands of stranded refugees and immigrants waiting to pass the borders and continue their journey, while the government is being prepared for the EU summit on refugee which will take place on March 7.

The refugee camp at Greece-FYROM borders is more than fully packed, since about 10,000 immigrants and refugees are trapped in Idomeni, northern Greece, while FYROM continues to essentially keep its border closed.

The Greek government is looking for places to host the thousands of refugees and immigrants who are already in Greece, as well as the high number of people expected to arrive from Turkey in the next days, since the neighboring country does nothing to stem the refugee flow.

A 22-year-old Turkish musician is changing the lives of Syrian people living at Turkey's Elbeyli refugee camp in the southern province of Kilis.        

The Berlin International Film Festival, or the Berlinale, has always been hailed as one of the most socially conscious film festivals in the world. Last year's screening of "Fifty Shades of Grey" might have tarnished that image if this year was not one of the most politically-charged editions in the Berlinale's history.