refugees in greece

• Turkey
• Italy
• Greece

The Greek coast guard along with crews from four passing ships picked up at least 37 migrants from a boat off Crete on Thursday evening. Several people are reportedly still missing.

• Somalia
• Pakistan
• Afghanistan

"Stress, nightmares and no future": this is the impact of Greece’s latest twist in migration policy on one young Afghan asylum seeker. A new law passed in June means thousands like her could be left without a home or status, or held in detention as they wait to be sent back to Turkey.

• Netherlands
• Greece

Journalist Ingeborg Beugel was arrested on the small Greek island of Hydra earlier this month for sheltering a young Afghan man. If charged and convicted, she could face up to a year in prison. She says the accusations against her are unjustified, and that the young man she housed should be considered a refugee, not an illegal migrant.

• Greece

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

• Greece

According to the human rights organization Amnesty International, "pushbacks and violence against refugees and migrants [at the Greek borders] are de facto border policy." The organization said it had "new evidence" which it has released in a report.

• Greece
• Turkey

Greece's decision to consider Turkey a safe third country is "unacceptable," 38 humanitarian organizations have argued in a letter to the Greek government and the European Union. Greece recently declared Turkey safe for asylum seekers from Afghanistan, Syria, Somalia, Bangladesh and Pakistan.

• 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.

• Greece

A large-scale COVID vaccination drive for asylum seekers has started on three Greek Aegean Islands. In Europe, some migrant populations are prone to "low vaccine uptake," according to a new study.

• Turkey
• Syria
• Greece

A Syrian family of seven has been reunited in Greece after several years torn apart by war. The news agency Associated Press went to meet them in Thessaloniki and published their story.

• Greece

The Council of Europe has expressed its wish that Greece investigate further the allegations of pushbacks and ill-treatment of migrants in the Aegean in an open letter. The Greek government in the meantime accuses some NGOs of working with smugglers in the area.

• Greece
• Hungary
• Iceland

For years, hundreds of people with refugee protection in the EU who saw no future for themselves in their receiving member state found a second chance in Iceland. This is now changing.

• Greece
• Germany

The last flight carrying recognized refugees from the Greek Islands landed in Germany on Thursday, April 22. On board were 103 people, including several children.