Protesters have set up chairs in Berlin to represent residents of the overcrowded Moria camp in Greece. They say the first positive coronavirus test at the camp has made the need for intervention even more urgent. NGOs stage refugee protest … Read More
The European Union’s top diplomat said the EU’s determined to protect its external borders during his visit to Greece on Wednesday after a standoff in March in which thousands of migrants attempted to force their way into Greece, triggering clashes … Read More
Migrant boys play with a ball outside a hotel in Kranidi town about 170 kilometers (106 miles) southwest of Athens, Tuesday, April 21, 2020 – AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis Thousands of asylum seekers in Greece face the prospect of being left homeless … Read More
Greece has a right to extend a fence at the border with Turkey in the northeastern region of Evros to avoid a repeat of the tensions last March when thousands of migrants attempted to scale the fence and enter into … Read More
Germany’s foreign minister took aim at the EU’s approach to refugees, saying nothing has been solved since the 2015 migrant crisis. He also called again for a scheme to distribute asylum-seekers across the EU. German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas has … Read More
Freya Mergler says the odds are against the people in camps there. Freya Mergler IN THE MIDST of the anxiety and tragedy of the coronavirus, it’s been so heartening to see people coming together to help their fellow humans. But … Read More
Greeks dislike that people from Afghanistan, Congo, Somalia, and Iraq are trying to reach the EU, while Syrians make up only five percent of the migrants. Not only is Greece is in control of the migrant crisis at the Greek-Turkish … Read More
A child walks next to tends in a migrant camp set up near the Turkish-Greek border in Pazarkule, Edirne region CAMPAIGNERS are demanding that the British government follow the example of other EU countries and urgently take in child refugees … Read More
The river Evros, which forms a natural border between Greece and Turkey, is once again a migrant flashpoint for the two neighbours (AFP Photo/Sakis MITROLIDIS) Greek soldiers — but also armed citizen groups — patrol the banks of the river … Read More
Greetings from Tyler, There’s way too much in play to try to address even a fraction of what’s up in the Update. Let’s just say that we’ll have fewer obnoxious blow-hards in our living rooms since they’ve started dropping like … Read More