A Syrian refugee set himself on fire at a migrant camp on the Greek island of Chios on Thursday in despair over his bid to gain asylum, the Greek news agency ANA reported. Video footage, posted on Twitter by the BBC’s Greece correspondent, showed a young man holding a petrol can and addressing camp residents, …
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Man carrying asylum application papers found dead close to a passenger ferry terminal in Greece’s biggest port. Greek authorities are investigating the apparent suicide of a man, believed to be a refugee, at the port of Piraeus. The man, who was carrying asylum application papers, was found hanged early on Monday close to a passenger …
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Children stuck in Greek migrant camps are cutting themselves, attempting suicide and using drugs to cope with “endless misery,” international charity Save the Children said on Thursday. Reuters obtained an advance copy of a report that marks one year since the European Union struck a deal with Turkey to stem the flow of refugees and …
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A group of Syrian refugees stranded on a Greek island launched a hunger strike in protest at the long processing of their asylum application, witnesses told dpa on Monday. The 14 Kurds from Syria, sitting wrapped in blankets in front of the asylum bureau at Moria camp on Lesbos, have been refusing nourishment since Friday. …
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Greek judicial authorities have ordered an investigation into allegations that staff at a European Union-funded NGO sexually exploited refugees and misused money intended for their welfare. Immigration Minister Ioannis Mouzalas on Monday handed Supreme Court prosecutor Xeni Dimitriou a letter from the EU’s top humanitarian aid official outlining the allegations. The NGO allegedly involved was …
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Syrian refugees stranded in Greece chanted “no more waiting!” and protested outside the German embassy in Athens on Wednesday against delays in reuniting with their relatives in Germany. About 150 people, among them young children, marched from parliament to the embassy holding up cardboard banners in English reading “I want my family” and shouting slogans …
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Hundreds of refugees near the Moria camp on the Greek island, Lesvos are facing “critical” conditions due to overpopulation. Speaking to Anadolu Agency, refugees tell tales of need, of the little they have to protect themselves from the rain, the cold, of safety issues and bad sanitation conditions. Sherife al-Hassoun, 65, from Syria’s Deir ez-Zor, …
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Determined to take their fight to bitter the end, 14 refugees are on hunger strike in the centre of Athens, asking to be reunited with their families in northwest Europe. Most of them Syrians, they can’t wait to meet their parents, children or siblings and put the horror of war behind them. They say that …
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26-year old Syrian man set himself on fire at a refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos, in one of the most serious incidents involving stranded migrants in many months. The man was slightly burned and was treated at a local hospital, an official said. Local media said the incident took place outside an …
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A group of 25 people reportedly attacked a branch of Turkish lender Ziraat Bank in the northeastern Greek city of Komotini. The masked suspects, calling themselves “anti-government anarchists,” threw stones at the Ziraat Bank building after they launched a protest in the city center. The main entrance of the bank and its windows were damaged …
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