The only Catholic church on the Greek island of Lesbos has become a haven for many African migrants who have crossed the Aegean Sea from Turkey. Traveling through Turkey is an increasingly popular route for African migrants heading to Europe who are desperate to avoid torture and slavery on their journey through Libya.
Claire Paccalin on the Greek island of Lesbos meets a family struggling to keep their lives together while living in the Moria refugee camp.
The damp containers and tents of Moria Camp on Lesbos feel like a dead-end for many migrants and refugees, who have traveled weeks or months and paid people-smugglers often large sums of money to reach the European Union. Faced with criticism over poor living conditions, the camp’s director tells InfoMigrants he and his team are "doing our best, but we have new arrivals all the time."
The Hollywood actress Katie Holmes and her daughter were on the Greek island of Lesbos last week working with refugees in the Moria refugee camp. Both Katie Holmes and the organization she was working with, (New York based) Artolution, posted photos on Instagram about the experience.
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."
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."
Authorities in Greece are being sued over the death of a migrant on Lesbos. It is the first time anyone has demanded compensation for the conditions suffered by refugees on the island.
Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Dunja Mijatovic has urged Greece to protect the social rights of all and to improve the reception and integration of migrants. Her comments came as a report was published on a visit she made to the country in June.
Greek police stationed at the Lesvos facility are undergoing blood tests after two officers caught the disease.
A group of IS followers are said to be terrorizing people in the Moria refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos. On the pretext of religious propriety, they brutally punish whoever they deem criminal. Two DW reporters investigate the rumors.
The Regional Authority of the Northern Aegean has ordered Greece's Migration Ministry to pay a 100,000-euro fine over poor living conditions at two major migrant and refugee camps on the islands of Lesbos and Chios.
The number of child migrants and refugees arriving on the Greek islands is on the rise, most live in overcrowded and insecure shelters. The UN children's agency, UNICEF, has called for all children to be moved immediately to the mainland.