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Web Review

L’Osservatorio monitors the web and other information sources daily to provide in-depth news on the impact of contemporary armed conflicts on civilians.

The EU continues to accept Greece's border violations

Syrian refugee camp in the outskirts of Athens, Greece.

17 October

According to Der Spiegel’s report, the EU's border guard agency is involved in Greece's illegal push backs of migrants to Turkey.
Category: Greece - Web Review
Sunday, 23 October 2022

UNHCR urges Greece to investigate violent pushbacks of migrants

Greek policeman stand at the border to prevent migrants to enter the country

12 June 2020

UN experts and human rights organizations concerned about the alleged pushbacks of asylum seekers at the border between Greece and Turkey
Category: Greece - Web Review
Monday, 22 June 2020

New refugees arrivals trying to enter Greek borders

Migrants disembarking a boat after arriving on the Greek island of Lesbos

 

16 March 2020

Bill Frelick, refugee and migrants rights director at Human Rights Watch, testifies about the degrading condition of refugees
Category: Greece - Web Review
Thursday, 26 March 2020

The Death of a Child Trying to Cross the Sea

Migrants from Afghanistan arrive on a beach near the village of Skala Sikamias on the island of Lesbos.

2 March 2020

A child drowns off the Greek coast after Turkey opens its border with Europe. It is the first incident of the kind since Turkey opened its border
Category: Greece - Web Review
Tuesday, 17 March 2020

Children face dreadful conditions in Greek centres says UNICEF

Refugee and Migrant families on Samos island, a location of Vathi reception centre in Greece

24 September 2018

Refugee and migrant children sheltered in reception centres on the Greek islands Lesbos and  Samos face deteriorating living conditions.
Category: Greece - Web Review
Tuesday, 23 October 2018

Alarming Figures Concerning Sexual Violence in Greek Refugee Camps

Vathy Reception and Identification Centre located in the Aegean Island of Samos.

14 February 2018
UNHCR spokesperson reports on Sexual and Gender-based Violence Incidents in Reception Centres for Refugees in the Aegean Islands.
Category: Greece - Web Review
Tuesday, 27 February 2018

Tensions Rising at Overcrowded Refugee Camp in Greece

Residents of the Souda refugee camp walking around the tents in the camp

6 December 2016
Attacks on the Souda refugee camp on the island of Chios have caused panic and left  numerous residents homeless.
Category: Greece - Web Review
Sunday, 01 January 2017

Afghan asylum seekers stranded in Greece risk deportation

Clothes hanging on barbed wire fence at the Elliniko refugee camp

30 November 2016
Closing of makeshift refugee camp in Elliniko, Greece raises issue of perceptions of security situation in Afghanistan.
Category: Greece - Web Review
Sunday, 18 December 2016

Refugee Camp Fire in Greece forced thousands to Flee

Refugees fleeing the camp

20 september 2016
A refugee camp, located on the island of Lesbos in Greece, was set ablaze Monday night causing refugees to evacuate by the thousands.

Category: Greece - Web Review
Tuesday, 08 November 2016

Refugees Are Living in Poor Conditions at Elliniko Refugee Camp

Refugees living in tents in Indomeni, at the border between Greece and Macedonia

20 June 2016 
Refugees are living in poor conditions at Elliniko Refugee Camp in Greece.
Category: Greece - Web Review
Thursday, 21 July 2016