Migrants Greece

• Greek police move thousands of asylum seekers displaced by fire to new camp

  The Moria camp burned down last week in fires that Greek authorities said were deliberately set over lockdown restrictions imposed after a coronavirus outbreak.

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  Sep 17, 2020
  
• 3 dead, 56 rescued after boat carrying migrants sinks off Greek island

  A smuggling boat sank off the southern Greek island of Crete on Monday, leaving three dead, while a large rescue operation managed to save 56 others from the sea, authorities said.

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  Sep 14, 2020
  
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• Refugees in Greece must receive ‘human and dignified welcome’ when relocated: Pope

  Francis recalled visiting the Moria camp during an emotional April 16, 2016 day trip to Lesbos that ended with Francis bringing 12 Syrian refugees back with him to Rome aboard the papal plane.

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  Sep 13, 2020
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• Thousands of asylum seekers left homeless after fire at refugee camp in Greece

  With the camp gutted, Saturday morning found men, women and children sleeping under improvised shelters made of reed stalks, blankets and salvaged tents.

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  Sep 12, 2020
• Thousands flee fires at migrant camp in Greece amid coronavirus lockdown

  Thousands of migrants fled a camp under COVID-19 lockdown after multiple fires gutted much of the site on the Greek island of Lesbos, authorities said early Wednesday.

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  Sep 8, 2020
• EU should stop ‘stringing Turkey along’ over migrant deal, foreign minister says

  The European Union should stop “stringing Turkey along” over helping out with the millions of migrants on its territory, the country’s foreign minister said Tuesday, a day after the two sides agreed to review a 4-year-old deal aimed at stemming refugee flows to Europe.

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  Mar 10, 2020
• Turkey to hold talks with European Union as standoff over migrants continues

  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will visit Brussels on Monday for talks with European Union officials amid a standoff between Ankara and Brussels over sharing of responsibility for refugees and migrants.

  Mar 9, 2020
• Greek police fire tear gas at migrants seeking entry from Turkey

  Thousands of migrants headed for Turkey’s land border with Greece after Erdogan’s government said last week that it would no longer prevent migrants and refugees from crossing over to EU territory.

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  Mar 7, 2020
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• Migrants, authorities clash along Greece-Turkey border as thousands seek entry

  The clashes were near the border village of Kastanies, along a border fence that covers much of the land border not demarcated by the Evros river running along the frontier.

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  Mar 4, 2020
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• Thousands of migrants seek to enter Greece despite sealed border

  Many of those hoping to enter Greece were trying their luck by wading or rowing across the Evros River that runs along most of the length of the Turkish frontier.

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  Mar 3, 2020