Syrian refugee camps
EC approves 6.48 mln euros for refugee camps on Lesvos, Chios
The European Commission on Monday approved the release of 6.48 million euros in funding to go toward improving living conditions at refugee reception centers on the Aegean islands of Lesvos and Chios.
Pre-departure migrant camps planned for Greek islands
Greek authorities are planning the creation of pre-departure detention facilities on the eastern Aegean islands, where thousands of migrants and refugees remain stranded, so as to accelerate returns to Turkey.
Lesvos doctors accuse NGOs of failing to care for refugees
State hospital doctors on the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos, which has been hard particularly hit by the refugee crisis, have complained that nongovernmental organizations receiving European Union funding to help migrants are not doing enough, resulting in them being forced to bear an excessive burden.
Mitsotakis decries state of Moria refugee camp on visit to Lesvos
The leader of opposition New Democracy, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, on Friday decried the state of the Moria refugee camp on Lesvos during a visit to the eastern Aegean island.
Mitsotakis met with representatives of the local community and residents and sought to encourage them that the refugee crisis will eventually abate and their village return to normal.
Greece plans migrant detention camps on islands
Greece's migration minister said the government planned to build detention camps on islands facing Turkey's coastline, as overcrowding at existing facilities for migrants continues to rise.
Migration Minister Yannis Mouzalas said Dec. 28 that detention sites with capacity for up to 200 people would be erected to speed up the asylum claims process and reduce crime.
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Life at Ritsona refugee camp
A Syrian woman stands inside her new kitchen in a container at the refugee camp of Ritsona, north of Athens, Tuesday. New container houses arrived for 160 refugee families with children in Ritsona camp while over than 60.000 refugees and migrants are stuck in Greece. [EPA]
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Refugees in the Aegean islands estimated at over 16,000
There has been a significant increase in the tide of refugees to Greece’s eastern Aegean islands, with 156 new arrivals in the last 24 hours alone, raising the figure of migrants to 16,021.
Greece Insists On Implementation of Quota Principle for Refugees
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras insisted in front of European leaders on the admission of refugees in accordance with the quota principle.
In this way, tension on the Greek islands may be calmed. There are daily protests in the refugee camps on the islands.
Greek islands see 280 migrant arrivals in one day
Greek authorities on Tuesday continued to record an uptick in migrant and refugee arrivals from neighboring Turkey, after the islands of the Eastern Aegean saw 280 landings in a single day.
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Unaccompanied refugee children to be transferred from Lesvos to mainland
The government on Tuesday put into motion the transfer of 91 unaccompanied refugee children from the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos to the Greek mainland, following a destructive fire at the island's main migrant processing center, or hot spot, at Moria.