Close to 300 refugees and migrants were flown to Germany from Greece this week -- around half of them minors. These two latest flights bring the total number of vulnerable people Germany has taken in from the Greek Aegean Islands since April 2020 to nearly 2,000.
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.
A heavily pregnant Afghan asylum seeker was released from hospital after setting fire to herself at a migrant camp on the Greek island of Lesbos on Sunday. She was reported to have mental health issues, while the suicide attempt was blamed on a "misunderstanding."
In the midst of the ongoing pandemic and harsh winter weather that has hit Greece over the past few days, residents of the island of Lesbos -- where over 7,500 asylum seekers are hosted -- have made an impassioned plea to help as many people as they can.
116 refugees who had been living in Greek camps flew into the German city of Hanover on Wednesday, February 17. The group was composed of 53 adults and 63 children.
42 additional refugees arrived in the German city of Hanover from Greece on Wednesday, February 3. The group is part of a contingent of 1,553 vulnerable persons that Germany agreed to take from Greece after the fire in the Lesbos migrant camp Moria last September.
A number of NGOs, including Human Rights Watch, have urged the Greek government to be transparent about the details of the risks of lead poisoning at a migrant camp on Lesbos. They also urged for migrants to be evacuated as a precautionary measure.
A German court has ruled that two refugees granted asylum in Greece could not be sent back there because of a "serious risk of inhumane and degrading treatment." The court said the men would likely be unable to meet their most basic needs if they returned to Greece.
A man is believed to have frozen to death trying to reach the Greek island of Lesbos on Monday. 27 others, mostly from Somalia, landed on the island and were rescued after spending a night in the open.
Amid the dire situation in the emergency tent camp of Kara Tepe on Lesbos, an Austrian bishop has pleaded for Austria and other EU member states to take in more refugees from the Greek island.
Many refugees and migrants in camps on the Greek islands suffer from severe mental health problems, including depression, anxiety and PTSD, according to a new report by the International Rescue Committee.
One woman drowned and two women were rescued off the Greek island of Lesbos on Friday. They had fallen out of an overcrowded inflatable raft carrying dozens of Somali migrants.