Greece: First cases of coronavirus among migrants on Lesbos
Two migrants who arrived on Greece’s eastern island of Lesbos have tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Officials say they have had no contact with migrant camps on the island.
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Migrants must be transferred from Ventimiglia camp, ASGI
The Association for Juridical Studies on Immigration (ASGI) in Italy has urged authorities to transfer migrants from the Roja camp in Ventimiglia, at the border with France.
Funding boost for islands lifting refugee 'burden' in Greece
The local municipalities on the Greek islands of Lesbos, Samos, and Chios, which have been hard hit by the migrant crisis, have received special funding from the Greek government and are also set to receive grants to help alleviate emergencies and compensate for damages.
Greece urged to integrate migrants as numbers in island camps fall
The number of migrants housed in overcrowded camps on the Greek islands has fallen for the first time in over a year. The UNHCR is calling on the government to integrate refugees into Greek society and close down the camps altogether.
Greece: Border closures leave migrants stuck, denied rights in mainland camps
In Greece, hundreds of people who were detained and denied access to asylum under an emergency law in March remain stuck in two mainland migrant facilities. The migrants were supposed to be sent straight back to Turkey. Their fate now is uncertain.
Almost 400 migrants moved from Lesbos to Greek mainland
On Sunday, the Greek government moved 395 of the most vulnerable migrants from the overcrowded Moria refugee camp on Lesbos to secure accommodation on the mainland.
Bosnia, new migrant hosting center inaugurated in Bihac
Bosnian authorities on April 22 inaugurated a new hosting center for migrants that can accommodate up to 1,000 people. The facility will be managed by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in the village of Lipa, near Bihac, at the border with Croatia.
Bosnian minister proposes deportation and incarceration of migrants
As the COVID-19 outbreak continues, the security minister of Bosnia-Herzegovina suggested that migrants should be deported from the country. He alleged that refugees and migrants posed an economic burden amid the pandemic — as well as a security threat. The mood against migrants in Bosnia is beginning to turn sour.
2 migrants shot and injured outside Moria camp on Lesbos
Two migrants were shot and lightly injured after apparently breaking quarantine on Wednesday, reported news agencies. The assailant or assailants evaded capture, the police said.
Austria sends Greece containers to help ease accommodation in migrant camps
Austria has sent 181 containers to Greece to help ease the accommodation problem in the overcrowded migrant camps on the Greek islands.
Three arrests after fire destroys part of Vial migrant camp on Chios
A fire destroyed parts of one of Greece's largest migrant camps on the Aegean island of Chios. On Saturday a blaze tore through Vial camp destroying some accommodation and administrative facilities and leaving a few hundred homeless.
Greece to move more than 2,300 "COVID-19 vulnerable" migrants
Greece will begin moving hundreds of elderly and ailing asylum seekers out of overcrowded island camps to protect them from the coronavirus, the migration ministry said on Thursday.