2,200 migrants still suffering on Lesbos – MSF
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has said that 2,200 migrants and refugees are living in dire conditions in inadequate facilities on Lesbos. About one-third are minors.
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Italy: 40 refugees to be transferred from Lesbos, Greece, through humanitarian corridor
Catholic charity Community of Sant'Egidio is planning to transfer 40 migrants and refugees from the 'Kara Tepe' camp on the Greek island of Lesbos to Italy in October. Among them are several unaccompanied minors.
'After the fire in Moria, we were full of hope of getting out of Lesbos'
Christian* arrived on the Greek island of Lesbos from Turkey in September 2019. This young Congolese man lived for more than a year in the overcrowded Moria camp and then on the street after a fire destroyed it. He is currently living in the new Kara Tepe camp, which was supposed to be a temporary solution. But he tells InfoMigrants how this situation does not seem to be changing.
Lack of schooling, constant stress and nightmares: Child refugees are the first victims
One year after a fire destroyed the Moria refugee camp, living conditions in the facility on Lesbos are still preventing children from having access to normal schooling and a safe environment – yet both are crucial for their development.
A year after the Moria fire, migrants lose hope of better conditions
"There will be no more Moria", was the promise made by Greek and European authorities after a fire destroyed the overcrowded camp on Lesbos in September 2020. A year later, living conditions on the island are still disastrous and Greece is creating new laws to restrict access to international protection.
9 months after Moria fire, work on new Lesbos migrant camp still hasn't begun
The Greek government has said that construction of the camp intended to replace the temporary Mavrovouni camp on the Greek island of Lesbos still isn't underway, despite promises to have it up and running by September.
Oxfam denounces arbitrary detention of migrants on Greek islands
While on the Greek island of Lesbos the Kara Tepe camp is closing, 6,000 people in the Moria 2 site are living in dire conditions, according to a new report issued by Oxfam and the Greek Council for Refugees (GCR). The groups call on authorities to revise the "de-facto detention system" for migrants.
Lesbos: MSF condemns closure of Kara Tepe refugee camp
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has condemned the Greek government's decision to close the Kara Tepe 1 refugee camp on the island of Lesbos. The camp is considered "one of the few places that guaranteed security and dignity to nearly 400 vulnerable men, women and children."
Greece: New Lesbos migrant camp given green light
A new migrant camp on the Greek island of Lesbos has been given the go ahead after a vote by the local municipal council. The exact location of the camp is not yet clear.
'It's mental torture': daily life in the women's section of the Kara Tepe camp in Greece
In the Kara Tepe migrant camp on the Greek island of Lesbos, thousands of people wait in squalid conditions in the hope of a transfer to another country. Congolese women stuck there tell InfoMigrants what daily life is like in this dirty and unstable camp.
Greece: Moria camp will not be rebuilt
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has announced that the destroyed Moria migrant camp on Lesbos will not be rebuilt. A new structure elsewhere on the island will reportedly replace the temporary Kara Tepe camp.
Lesbos: Winter brings more suffering for refugees
The Kara Tepe camp for displaced people on the Greek island of Lesbos is ill-suited for the harsh winter conditions. Aid agencies are sounding the alarm about catastrophic conditions there.