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These are the desperate scenes from a sprawling migrant camp taking root on the Turkish-Greek border yesterday. Athens said the number of attempted illegal crossings had surged to 35,000 in a week as Turkey was accused of using the migrants as pawns. As tents were pitched at Pazarkule on the Turkish side of the border, … Read more
Greek coastguard vessels are filmed colliding with migrant dinghy on the same day a child drowned when their boat capsized off of Lesbos Footage appears to show the Greek coastguard firing shots at a migrant boat Turkish authorities claim Greek coastguard is harassing refugee boats Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan told Europe to accept migrants By … Read more
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
Riot police on the Greek island of Lesbos today fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of protesters against the creation of a new detention centre for migrants as the latest outburst of unrest entered a second day. The Athens government infuriated residents of five Aegean islands – all straddling a key route to Europe used … Read more
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
All nine of those killed in a far-right terror attack on two shisha bars in Germany had migrant backgrounds, authorities say, while a number of foreigners are also believed to be among the six wounded. A 35-year-old pregnant mother-of-two was among those shot dead in the town of Hanau on Wednesday night, German newspaper Bild … Read more
The rise of the far-right in Germany has seen the AfD seize record seats in parliament, a surge in hate crimes and terror attacks, with yet another last night. Tobias Rathjen, a 43-year-old neo-Nazi, shot dead nine people last night at two shisha bars in the town of Hanau after publishing a 24-page manifesto about … Read more
By: AP | Stockholm | Published: October 28, 2015 4:51:44 pm A Syrian mother hugs her child after they arrived from Turkey at the Greek island of Lesbos on an overcrowded inflatable boat , Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015. Greece’s government says it is preparing a rent-assistance program to cope with a growing number of refugees, … Read more