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Rohingya Muslims in fear over idea of return to Myanmar
Rohingya Muslims who fled persecution in Myanmar and found shelter in refugee camps in Bangladesh have said they do not want to go back, with some even going into hiding out of fear of being sent back this week. Click through for İdris Emen's story in photos...
Refugee Drawings Reveal Past Traumas and Future Hopes
A team behind the Paris-based Yesterday-Today-Tomorrow, YTT, research and educational project has collaborated with thousands of refugees in over 30 camps and squats across Europe and North Africa, collecting their voices.
'Today' by a 13-year-old Iraqi-Kurd boy currently living in Kara Tepe Refugee Camp, Lesbos Island, Greece. Photo: courtesy of YTT
Kumi Naidoo: Europe complicit in Moria drama
A month after Kumi Naidoo took over at the helm of Amnesty International, the humanitarian organization's new secretary-general visited the refugee camps on the Greek island of Lesvos in the northeastern Aegean. In spite of his long experience in the struggle for human rights, the Durban-born Naidoo was shocked at the living conditions he encountered at the facilities.
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US joins forces with Greece for major anti-terror exercise
The largest ever anti-terror exercise in Greece will be held in December on the island of Crete, Kathimerini has learned.
Weber: Migrant camp conditions in Greece not 'European'
The European People's Party lead candidate for Commission president in next year's European Parliament election, Manfred Weber, said that the dismal situation at reception centers for asylum seekers in Greece does not represent the bloc.
Migration Ministry slapped with 100,000 euros in fines over camps
The Regional Authority of the Northern Aegean on Saturday slapped Greece's Migration Ministry with fines worth 100,000 euros over the dismal conditions at two island migrant and refugee camps.
Residents at Moria refugee camp live in fear, new survey shows
A shocking 65.7 percent of respondents in a new survey conducted at the Moria hot spot and other migrant and refugee camps on the Aegean island of Lesvos said they "never feel safe" in the facilities where they are staying.
Murders Leave Rohingya Camps Gripped by Fear
AFP - A spate of bloody killings is fuelling unease in the Rohingya camps on the Bangladesh-Myanmar border, where overstretched police are struggling to protect nearly a million traumatised refugees from violent gangs.
Just 1,000 police officers guard the labyrinthine shanties that make up the giant camps and authorities want to more than double the force in the wake of the murders.
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Violent brawl leaves eight hurt at Moria migrant camp on Lesvos
Greek police say eight people were slightly hurt and 19 were arrested following a violent brawl at a refugee camp on the island of Lesvos.
A police official said Tuesday three tents were also set ablaze during the fracas at the Moria refugee camp.
Police stepped in to quell the feud between rival groups that began late Monday and lasted for several hours.
Bosnia, Montenegro Rule Out Hosting Migrant Centres
As EU leaders met in Brussels for a crunch summit on Thursday and Friday to discuss migration among other issues - and following rows in Albania over whether its government had agreed to host processing camps - Bosnia and Montenegro have stepped in to say they will also not host such centres.