2 bodies wash up on shores of Lesbos
The Greek coast guard said it recovered the bodies of a girl and a woman on the shores of the island of Lesbos Sunday. The child is believed to have drowned in a migrant boat accident last month.
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On Greek island of Lesbos, migrants' dreams turn to disillusion
A gateway to Europe, the Greek island of Lesbos saw tens of thousands of refugees arrive in 2015. Back then, the islanders rushed to help the new arrivals. But today, sympathy has given way to exasperation. Many migrants are stuck on the island, waiting for their asylum requests to be processed. Their living conditions are dire; some have lost everything in a fire. Our reporters went to Lesbos, where they witnessed the migrants' plight, but also the growing frustration of local residents.
Greece, protest planned for closure of notorious Lesbos camp
Unions on the Greek island of Lesbos will take to the streets February 7, striking to demand closure of the island's Moria refugee camp, which human rights groups and NGOs have deemed "overcrowded and squalid."
Greece will open new migrant reception centers on the mainland
Two new facilities are set to open soon in a bid to ease the pressure on the overcrowded refugee camps on the north eastern Aegean islands of Lesbos, Chios, Samos, Kos and Leros.
Lesbos refugee center 'scar on Europe's conscience', Amnesty
Amnesty International visited the Moria refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos, and in a letter to Greece's Prime minister defines it "a scar on the conscience of Europe."
HRW warns of possible humanitarian disaster on Lesbos
Human Rights Watch is denouncing living conditions for asylum seekers on the Greek island of Lesbos, where it said the terrible conditions could worsen into a humanitarian disaster as winter arrives.
Migrants on Greek islands amid rats and snakes
UNHCR has launched another warning about deteriorating living conditions of migrants on the Greek islands Samos and Lesbos, calling them ''abhorrent''.
Yazidis fear 'IS' radicals in Greek refugee camp
Having fled the murderous threat of the "Islamic State" (IS) group, Yazidi families from Iraq now live in fear in refugee camps in Greece. Judit Neurink reports from Malakasa.
Christ Wamba: From Moria refugee camp to famous Greek basketball club
Christ Wamba fled Congo Brazzaville in 2015 and arrived at the Moria refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos a few months later. There, he had only one goal: to become a professional basketball player. His gamble paid off: today he is a member of Aris Thessaloniki, a renowned Greek basketball club.
Greece's migrant 'Hero of the Aegean' has passed away
Greece is mourning the loss of Hellenic Coast Guard lieutenant, Kyriakos Papadopoulos, also known as 'The Hero of the Aegean' by Greeks for his role in saving the lives of over 5,000 refugees. He died Monday of a heart attack.
Winter may threaten migrant lives in Greek camps, NRC
The Norwegian Refugee Council is calling on Europe to increase its support for refugees in Greece before winter arrives and threatens their lives in the camps, which have been determined to be insufficient to face the cold.
As Moria camp anticipates winter, humanitarian conditions deteriorate
Migrants at the Moria Camp on the Greek Island of Lesbos are bracing for the winter. The poor humanitarian conditions in the crowded camps have the migrants wondering what the Greek government will do.