The mayor of the Oropos municipality where the Malakasa refugee and migrant camp is located -- 40 kilometers from Athens -- has appealed to the Greek government to stop "human warehouses" following the tragic death of a young child at the camp.
Migrants on Lesbos are facing "awful" winter conditions in the "middle of Europe," said German Development Minister Gerd Müller. He said medics working on the Greek island have been treating babies with rat bites.
Greece's government came under heavy criticism from all sides on Sunday, December 13, after the "tent city" migrant camp on the island of Lesbos was flooded for the third time following two days of heavy rainfall across the country.
A total of 99 refugees and asylum seekers arrived in the German city of Hanover on Thursday. Among them: sick children and their families, as well as unaccompanied minors. They are part of two contingents that Germany has agreed to take in from overcrowded camps in Greece.
Neda is 11 years old and suffers from a physical condition: she cannot walk properly anymore because she cannot control her legs. She lives with her parents in a small room at the Eleonas migrant camp in Athens, and she told us about her dreams for the future.
A fire broke outside the Vathy refugee and migrant camp the Greek island of Samos in the early hours of Monday. About 15 tents were reported to have burned down. However, no one was injured, according to information by the migration ministry.
Another flight bringing migrants, refugees and asylum seekers from Greece landed in the northern German city of Hanover on Thursday. A total of 66 people will be distributed across Germany, according to the German interior ministry.
Migrants and refugees at the Malakasa camp in Greece are again free to come and go after weeks of COVID-19 lockdown. But the slow asylum procedures and difficult conditions in the camp are still causing frustration, with some people even returning to the island of Lesbos.
An investigation by a number of European media organizations has found that Frontex, Europe's border security agency, has been involved in several illegal "pushbacks" of asylum seekers crossing the Aegean Sea from Turkey to Greece.
The Greek government announced its final plans to extend and strengthen the wall along a section of the Turkish border on Monday, October 19. The wall is expected to cost €63 million and will extend the existing barrier by about 26 kilometers.
The Christian Associations of Italian Workers (ACLI) have welcomed recent changes to Italy's migrant and security decrees but have demanded a reform of citizenship rights.
Several NGOs have launched a petition, calling on European leaders to drastically improve the treatment of migrants and refugees on the Greek islands. Their petition has been signed by over 165,000 people and organizations.