Tourists have found two bodies on a beach on the Greek island of Lesbos. They reportedly belonged to two male migrants who attempted to reach Greece from Turkey. The Greek coast guard, meanwhile, says it has prevented more than a thousand migrants from arriving in Greece over the weekend.
On Wednesday, the organization Alarm Phone alerted the Greek authorities to a group of 29 migrants reportedly stuck on an uninhabited island near Lesbos. One woman in the group had reportedly given birth to a baby overnight.
A Greek appeals court has sentenced two asylum seekers from Afghanistan to four years in prison for starting a fire which burned down the Moria camp on the Greek island of Lesbos in 2020. Thousands of migrants were living at the facility at that time, with COVID-19 and unhygienic conditions dictating their daily lives.
Already an experienced mother, Nazila* did not expect that giving birth to her fourth baby would come with so many difficulties. But during her pregnancy in a refugee camp in the Greek island of Lesbos, she realized it was no place to welcome a newborn.
Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou has paid tribute to "Lesbos granny" Efstratia Mavrapidi who died at the age of 96 on Tuesday, as Greece bid farewell to another of its heroes of the migrant crisis.
Greek police have detained at least four people after a protest against the building of a new migrant camp on the island of Lesbos turned violent.
The number of migrants and refugees living on the Greek Islands was 79% lower in December 2021 compared to a year before, according to the Greek government. Meanwhile, the migrant and refugee population in all of Greece fell by 49%.
The Turkish coast guard says that it has rescued about 120 migrants in several operations in the Aegean Sea. At least four boats were pushed back into Turkey's waters by Greece, the reports claim.
According to a blog post from the human rights organization Aegean Boat Report, this week 25 migrants from Afghanistan reached the Greek island of Lesbos, only to be rounded up and set adrift by armed "commandos." The group, which includes 17 small children, are now at a center in Turkey.
Local residents of Lesbos and Chios have prevented a ship carrying building materials and machinery for the construction of migrant camps from docking. The Greek government plans to build "Closed and Controlled Access Centers" on both islands.
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.
The pope condemned the neglect migrants face as the "shipwreck of civilization." Francis spent time with refugees at a temporary facility on the island built to quickly replace the Moria camp that burned down last year.