Thousands of migrants are evacuated from Greek island of Lesbos

Hundreds of refugees are being transferred from the Greek island of Lesbos tonight in a bid to reduce chronic overcrowding that caused hardship and fanned tensions with locals. Over 700 people are set to sail to the Greek mainland aboard a ferry on Monday organisers said while another group will leave on Thursday. Some 2,500 refugees and asylum … Read more

Migrants REFUSE to move into new accommodation on Lesbos

Some of the migrants who have been forced to relocate to new accommodation on the Greek island of Lesbos are refusing to move, after a fire destroyed their overcrowded refugee camp.   Greece has resettled hundreds of migrants in a temporary new tent facility and hopes to have moved all of them this week, government officials … Read more

Greek locals set up roadblocks to stop Lesbos migrant camp being replaced

Greek locals have set up roadblocks to stop a new migrant camp being built on the island of Lesbos after the country’s largest shelter burned down on Tuesday.  Trucks were blocking access to the smouldering ruins of the Moria camp on Thursday to prevent a clean-up operation that would make way for new tents.  ‘Now … Read more

600 asylum seekers in Lesbos are moved to Greece’s mainland as 200 others are quarantined on Kea

A ship carrying 600 asylum seekers has departed from Lesbos to a closed camp in northern Greece amid the coronavirus crisis. The migrants arrived at the port of Mytilene in the Greek island of Lesbos, ahead of their departure with the ship, named ‘Aqua Blue’. Clashes broke out overnight on Greece’s border with Turkey after … Read more

Thousands of protesters take to the streets of Lesbos to demand ‘no migrant camps’

Thousands of protesters today marched through the streets of the Greek island of Lesbos in a rally to demand the government to halt new migrant camps, a day after violent clashes left more than 60 injured. Business owners and unions called for a general strike on the island to continue, with shops shuttered for the second … Read more

Clashes break out in Lesbos as locals battle with police while to stop work on new migrant camps 

Residents have fought riot police with wooden sticks and set up flaming barricades on the roads in an attempt to halt the construction of new migrant detention centres on two Greek islands. At least 500 people on Lesbos and Chios – including regional governor Kostas Moutzouris and West Lesbos mayor Taxiarchis Verros – clashed with … Read more