Migrant woman dies in Lesbos fire
A 27-year-old Afghan mother died after a small fire broke out in a migrant camp on the island of Lesbos. Firefighters are investigating the cause of the fire.
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No Child Alone: Greek government announces new policy to protect migrant children
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced a new scheme on Sunday designed to protect unaccompanied migrant minors who have arrived in Greece. The scheme, called "No Child Alone," is designed to protect such children "from exploitation and criminality."
Greek nationalists' pork-and-booze barbecue targets Muslim refugees
Greece's new conservative government is moving away from a once welcoming migration policy. But is increasing animosity to asylum-seekers giving cover to nationalists, like the organizers of a pork-and-alcohol barbecue?
Angry Chios residents protest in front of migrant reception center
The refugee crisis in Greece continues to intensify. Local residents on the island of Chios staged a roadblock near the Vial reception center to protest against the camp's overcrowding on Monday.
Anti-migrant protests in northern Greece
Small-scale protests continued in northern Greece over the weekend against the transfer of migrants from the islands to the mainland. The Greek government is intending to transfer 20,000 migrants from the islands by the end of the year.
Migrant camp near Athens overcrowded, overlooked
Migrants at the Malakasa (Gerakini) migrant camp near Athens say they are lacking adequate facilities and that they share makeshift tents with up to 7 people. The attention is on the Greek island migrant hotspots, and help is not available for those on the mainland, one Afghan migrant told us.
Outcry against Greece's new asylum law gathers pace
NGOs, a Greek opposition party and media observers are criticizing Greece's proposed asylum law. Human Rights Watch (HRW) is demanding the removal of several articles of Greece's new draft law on asylum. The EU member state continues to struggle with the ongoing migrant influx from Turkey.
Tough on migration: New Greek government looks for solutions
The new conservative government in Athens pledges to speed up asylum procedures and return thousands of migrants to Turkey. Not an easy task for a country at the heart of the so-called migrant crisis.
Overcrowded migrant camp on Greek Samos island evacuated after violence, fire
At least three people were hurt in a clash between asylum seekers in a town on the Greek island of Samos. After mass violence erupted and fires broke out in the severely overcrowded migrant camp, Greek authorities evacuated the camp.
Can the EU-Turkey deal be fixed?
After a deadly fire underlined the dire conditions faced by refugees in Greek refugee camps, the continuing stream of arrivals is alarming EU authorities. What can Europe and Turkey do to find a solution?
Greece: UNHCR sounds alarm on overcrowded reception centers
The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has urged Greece to move refugees and migrants from the islands to the mainland "to prevent the dangerously overcrowded conditions in the camps from worsening."
Precarious situation in Turkey drives refugees to Greece
As the situation for refugees and migrants in Turkey is going from bad to worse, particularly for Afghans, a growing number of them is trying to reach the Greek islands in the Aegean Sea. Many of these islands are mere kilometers away from the Turkish coast. InfoMigrants answers important questions about the worsening crisis, including how it came to a head.