lesbos

• Greece
• Italy

Thirty-four refugees from the Greek island of Lesbos arrived in Italy on Tuesday through a humanitarian corridor sponsored by the Community of St. Egidio.

• Greece

The NGO Yoga and Sport With Refugees helps migrants in Lesbos and Athens cope with their harsh living conditions.

• Greece

A Greek court sentenced four Afghan asylum seekers to ten years of prison for their part in a fire that destroyed the Moria migrant camp on the island of Lesbos in Greece last year.

• Greece

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.

• Turkey
• Greece

Human rights lawyers have launched legal action against the European Union's border and coast guard agency Frontex on behalf of two migrants. They accuse Frontex of violating their rights as asylum seekers and breaching European and international law.

• Somalia
• Turkey
• Greece

A Somali asylum seeker has been sentenced to 146 years in prison for human smuggling by a Greek court, according to the European Council on Refugees and Exiles. Other migrants defended the man in court, saying that he started steering their boat to save lives after a capsizing.

• Greece

More than 30 migrants in the Mavrovouni camp on the Greek island of Lesbos have tested positive for COVID-19, Greek authorities say. Around 100 people have been put in quarantine.

• Greece

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.

• Greece

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

Greece's migration minister, Notis Mitarakis, has announced that more migrants are now leaving the country than arriving. He has also said that flows of people to the Aegean Islands have decreased significantly.

• Greece

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.

• Greece

Human Rights Watch has warned that migrants living in an area of a camp in Lesbos contaminated with lead are at serious risk. It says that children and pregnant women could develop lead poisoning if the government fails to act.