The NGO Samos Volunteers, based on the Greek island of Samos since 2015, runs a community center in the immediate vicinity of the Vathy camp and "jungle", into which 7,500 migrants are packed. It offers language courses, leisure and sports activities and, above all, a safe space to forget the harsh living conditions of the camp for a few hours.
Two asylum seekers in northern Greece have committed suicide. The two men, an Afghan and an Iraqi national, were found in the village of Mouries near the Greek border with North Macedonia.
The Turkish president has described a new humanitarian crisis as thousands of Syrians flee renewed bombing in Idlib. But he warned that Turkey "will not carry such a migrant burdens on its own."
Two German parties are at loggerheads over how to deal with overcrowded migrant camps in Greece. The Greens are urging the government to come to the aid of 4,000 children, while the CDU said it is "not a solution."
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has renewed calls on Germany and other countries to take in migrants and refugees currently stuck in Greece. At the same time, his government plans to expedite deportations in the new year.
UN experts on arbitrary detention have urged the Greek government to make urgent changes to the detention of migrants, stressing that the country was in continuing violation of various international standards.
The French government announced on December 12 it was ready to accept 400 identified refugees, waiting in Greece, over the coming months.
The bodies of six migrants were found on the Greek-Turkish border in the Evros region in recent days. They appeared to have died from exposure, a Greek coroner said.
Berlin's mayor Michael Müller has announced that the German capital is willing to take in 70 unaccompanied migrant children and young people from the Greek island of Lesbos.
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.
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."
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?