| 单词 | Lesbos |
| 例句 | She left her job and headed for the Greek island of Lesbos, where she found the beaches strewn with discarded lifejackets, and the formal refugee settlement overflowing. Sandra: Gimlet's siri drama starring Alia Shawkat - podcasts of the week 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z In Ayvalik, a lovely Turkish town with a jumble of old streets at its center, ferries were leaving for Lesbos. Lost in the Odyssey 2011-08-19T18:55:00Z A 45-minute flight from Athens landed us in Mytilene, the capital of Lesbos, in late February. Lesbos, a Greek Refuge for the War Weary and Vacationers 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z “I was on vacation with my son in Lesbos, we saw the boat approaching, I started using my iPhone and started shooting,” Ai told journalists ahead of the movie’s world premiere. Ad-hoc iPhone shots inspired refugee epic, Chinese artist says 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z This one is a Greek from the island of Lesbos, which sits 4.1 miles from the Turkish coast. What Would You Say on the Oscar Stage? 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z I went to Lesbos to experience, firsthand, the refugee situation. On Instagram, the Artist Ai Weiwei Focuses on Refugees 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z The Oscar-winning actor skipped the family dinner, packed her bags with emergency blankets and booked a flight to Lesbos, Greece for a week-long visit. Susan Sarandon's Christmas with refugees: 'I want to humanise the issue' 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z Nearly 60 percent of migrants landed on Lesbos, thrusting a quiet vacation island into newspaper headlines. Lesbos, a Greek Refuge for the War Weary and Vacationers 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z Series four carries them from Turkey to Ithaca, via Lesbos, Pilos, Athens and Hydra, a loose recreation of Odysseus’s journey home following the fall of Troy. Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan: 'Work-wise, Steve's terrific. On a personal level, appalling' 2020-02-15T05:00:00Z Several Greek islands — Limnos, Lesbos, Chios — lie close to Turkey, but no one was sure when, or if, ferries were running. Lost in the Odyssey 2011-08-19T18:55:00Z Mr. Ai also opened a studio on the Greek island of Lesbos, where he plans to build a memorial to the thousands of refugees who have died crossing the Mediterranean. Ai Weiwei and Warhol, Together Again 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z Lesbos was once one of the main gateways into Europe for refugees fleeing conflict. Barca seek to turn Lesbos camps into fields of dreams for child... 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z It follows Mina, a Lebanese American doctor, who has come to the island of Lesbos to volunteer at a refugee camp and is woefully unprepared for what she sees. Refugees Are Suffering. This Novelist Won’t Look Away. 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z Contrasting these pieces are stark pencil renderings of news photos, with captions that place each scene specifically, whether in Germany in 1945 or near the Greek island of Lesbos in 2016. In the galleries: Elvis and E.T. meet an ancient Asian art form 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z Oceania Cruises’ Riviera swapped its Lesbos call with another in Kavala in northern Greece earlier this week. Tour News: Rugby in England, Fall Photography in Maine 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z What remains is the warmth, the kind welcome that the locals of Lesbos extended to Middle Eastern strangers — and to us. Lesbos, a Greek Refuge for the War Weary and Vacationers 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z On the island of Lesbos, the slow and rustic rhythms of Greek life rule. Lesbos, a Greek Refuge for the War Weary and Vacationers 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z More recently, he visited the Greek island of Lesbos, the landing point for so many Syrians fleeing the devastation in their country, and brought back a dozen to resettle in Rome. Spring in Paris, My Adopted City, After the Siege 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z Q: How did you get the idea to use Instagram as a medium to document the refugees in Lesbos? On Instagram, the Artist Ai Weiwei Focuses on Refugees 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z The roughly 4,000 migrants who remain on Lesbos are mostly detained in camps. Lesbos, a Greek Refuge for the War Weary and Vacationers 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z The people of Lesbos looked at the newcomers and saw themselves. Lesbos, a Greek Refuge for the War Weary and Vacationers 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z We hiked the hills, following in the footsteps of medieval monks along a weathered stone path lined with wildflowers, to reach the Limonos Monastery, the largest on Lesbos. Lesbos, a Greek Refuge for the War Weary and Vacationers 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z Later, Mina thinks: “Lesbos was a somewhat humane mess when we were there. Shortly thereafter it became an inhumane one.” Refugees Are Suffering. This Novelist Won’t Look Away. 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z The elegant palace hosts ambitious temporary exhibits, such as a recent Ai Weiwei installation that barricaded the palace windows with thousands of refugees’ life vests salvaged from the Greek island of Lesbos. 36 Hours in Copenhagen 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z Bark propitious! bear me gently o'er, Breathe soft, ye winds; rise slow, O! swelling wave! Lesbos; these eyes shall meet thy sands no more: I fly, to seek my Lover, or my Grave! Poem of the week: Sappho and Phaon by Mary Robinson 2010-04-12T09:52:00Z He traveled to a beach on the Greek island of Lesbos, the well-known way station for refugees, and began filming the tiny boats arriving from Turkey with his iPhone. 'Human Flow,' Ai Weiwei's feature-film debut, takes on the global refugee crisis 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z The moment she mentioned Lesbos, the room grew quiet. Berlin Dinner Parties That Celebrate Refugees and Their Food 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z Nearby, two small gold coins portray Sappho, Greek poetess and resident of the island of Lesbos. LGBT people existed long before 1967 – as the British Museum reveals 2013-06-20T10:48:08Z A wrapped, wounded hand foregrounds a raging fire in the camp in Calais, France, known as “The Jungle,” and intense black-and-white closeups show people arriving by boat in Lesbos, Greece. One Year Photographing the Lives of Migrants 2016-06-25T04:00:00Z We wanted to explore a quieter corner of Lesbos and gambled on Plomari on the southern coast. Lesbos, a Greek Refuge for the War Weary and Vacationers 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z We see a young Iranian girl in Lesbos and then, a month later, wearing a colorful hat in Berlin. One Year Photographing the Lives of Migrants 2016-06-25T04:00:00Z Regent Seven Seas Cruises and Oceania Cruises began altering their scheduled stops at Lesbos on Sept. 6 and then announced they would skip all remaining calls at the island this fall. In Midst of Migrant Crisis, Cruises Change Course in Greece 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z I was in Lesbos a year ago, helping Syrian refugees. Our Part in the Darkness 2017-02-05T05:00:00Z Lesbos residents say this is a perfect time to visit. Lesbos, a Greek Refuge for the War Weary and Vacationers 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z “I was on vacation with my son in Lesbos, we saw the boat approaching, I started using my iPhone and started shooting,” Ai told journalists ahead of the movie’s world premiere. Ad-hoc iPhone shots inspired refugee epic, Chinese artist says 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z This novel, a window into the European refugee crisis, follows Mina, a Lebanese American doctor who heads to the Greek island of Lesbos to help with refugee resettlement. 19 New Books Coming in September 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z When crossing from Turkey to the Greek island of Lesbos, they jumped in the water and swam for three and a half hours, helping their crowded boat complete the passage. ‘The Swimmers’ Review: Overcoming the Greatest Challenges 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z The Regent Seven Seas Cruises ship Mariner will skip Lesbos for a day at sea on Sept. 17 and a stop in Kavala in northern Greece on Sept. 29. In Midst of Migrant Crisis, Cruises Change Course in Greece 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z An unnamed author scuttles along the margins of the novel, and his inability to write about his volunteer work on Lesbos or to comprehend the crisis is a running theme. Refugees Are Suffering. This Novelist Won’t Look Away. 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z He has handed out solar-powered lamps to children in refugee camps, delivered a white grand piano to a traumatized Syrian pianist and photographed the freshly arrived as they scrambled off boats in Lesbos. Ai Weiwei and Warhol, Together Again 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z She is a Greek-speaking veteran transplant to the island with a shock of cropped blond hair revealing her Dutch roots, and she wants visitors to experience Lesbos as an adventure, not a crisis. Lesbos, a Greek Refuge for the War Weary and Vacationers 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z The best swordfish came from Byzantium and the finest wine from Lesbos, according to this Greek gourmet who, said Athenaeus, "sailed round the inhabited world for the sake of his belly". Fragments from 'The Life of Luxury' by Archestratus ? review 2011-08-12T21:55:10Z After insulting her way to yet another exile, Anna decamps for a commune on the Greek island of Lesbos. A 'canceled' author falls for a cringe icon in 'The Book of Ayn' (Rand, of course) 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z The coast guard said Thursday that, in addition to the people picked up off Lesbos, 50 migrants were rescued from small boats in the eastern Aegean over the previous 24 hours in three separate incidents. Dozens of migrants rescued off Greek island of Lesbos. Search is under way for woman feared missing 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z The coast guard also said another 35 people were picked up from two small boats off Lesbos late Thursday. More than 150 migrants in small boats rescued off Greece’s Aegean Sea islands 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z The coast guard said four people died and 18 were rescued after a boat carrying migrants apparently sank northeast of the Greek island of Lesbos, which is near the Turkish coast. 5 dead, including 4 children, in 2 migrant boat sinkings off Greek islands near Turkish coast 2023-08-28T04:00:00Z Frontex has also given Greece until July 10 to provide explanations regarding new reports of alleged illegal deportations – known as pushbacks – of migrants on the Greek island of Lesbos. Greece urges EU border agency not to pull out of the country as questions mount over migrant deaths 2023-07-03T04:00:00Z The notoriously overcrowded migrant camp of Moria, on the island of Lesbos across from the Turkish coast, opened in January 2013 under a three-party coalition government led by New Democracy. Greek leader blasts critics of rescue effort for sunken migrant vessel 2023-06-17T04:00:00Z On Tuesday, the Legal Center Lesbos group, which provides free legal assistance to migrants, said a court on the island awarded compensation to an Afghan man wrongly jailed for migrant smuggling. Dozens of migrants rescued off Greek island of Lesbos. Search is under way for woman feared missing 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z The coast guard said 101 people were picked up from boats off the island of Lesbos in three separate instances Friday, and another 53 were found on two vessels off Samos. More than 150 migrants in small boats rescued off Greece’s Aegean Sea islands 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z The survivors were taken to Lesbos’ main port of Mytilene, where two people were transferred to a local hospital. 5 dead, including 4 children, in 2 migrant boat sinkings off Greek islands near Turkish coast 2023-08-28T04:00:00Z The report alleged that in early April migrants were brought by van to a Lesbos beach and taken by speedboat to a coast guard vessel. Greece says it’s investigating claim migrants were illegally deported back to Turkey 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z The Times verified the footage, taken on the Greek island of Lesbos on April 11, using a range of tools including metadata analysis and geolocation. E.U. Asks Greece to Investigate Video Showing Migrants Abandoned at Sea 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z The coast guard said 43 people were picked up from the small vessel southeast of Lesbos, and three patrol boats were seeking a woman reported by survivors as potentially missing. Dozens of migrants rescued off Greek island of Lesbos. Search is under way for woman feared missing 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z On an often brutal campaign schedule, Mitsotakis toured parts of central Greece on Thursday, delivering a speech in the seaside city of Volos before heading east on Friday to the islands of Lesbos and Rhodes. The AP Interview: Mitsotakis hopes for better relations with Turkey if reelected as Greek premier 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z It said it recovered 20 people from a dinghy off the coast of Lesbos on Sunday, and 11 others from another dinghy that was sinking near the same island on Saturday. 5 dead, including 4 children, in 2 migrant boat sinkings off Greek islands near Turkish coast 2023-08-28T04:00:00Z The court, on the Greek island of Lesbos, issued its ruling largely on procedural grounds, saying documents had not been properly translated, and gave prosecutors the option to refile. Greek court rejects charges against aid workers, including Sarah Mardini of ‘The Swimmers’ 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z Despite the decision by the court on the island of Lesbos, the defendants remain vulnerable to prosecution on more serious charges, including human smuggling and money laundering, as part of a continuing investigation. Greek Court Drops Espionage Charges Against Aid Workers 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z A Greek court has rejected charges of espionage for a group of volunteers who were put on trial for rescuing migrants on the island of Lesbos. Greek charges dropped for 24 who rescued migrants 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z Lesbos was home for several years to the notoriously overcrowded Moria migrant camp, which grew to become Europe’s largest until it burnt down in 2020. The AP Interview: Mitsotakis hopes for better relations with Turkey if reelected as Greek premier 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z The case, in which 24 people – 17 foreigners and seven Greeks – were charged over their work with migrants newly arriving on Lesbos, has drawn widespread criticism from human rights organizations. Greek court rejects charges against aid workers 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z They had been working at the time in Lesbos, a main landing point for undocumented migrants trying to cross by sea from Turkey. Greek court rejects charges against aid workers, including Sarah Mardini of ‘The Swimmers’ 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z The aid workers, some of them foreigners and including a Syrian refugee, were affiliated with the Emergency Response Center International, a nonprofit search-and-rescue group operating on Lesbos from 2016 to 2018. U.N. calls for charges against aid workers in Greece to be dropped 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z The 24 defendants being tried on Lesbos are either members of or volunteers with an NGO, the Emergency Response Center International. Greece Opens Espionage Trial of Aid Workers Who Helped Migrants 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z A group of 24 volunteers have gone on trial on the Greek island of Lesbos more than four years after they were arrested for carrying out migrant rescue missions off Greece. Greek trial of 24 rescuers who saved migrants in Med begins 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z In one, 18 people died when a boat that had set sail from Turkey sank off the eastern Aegean island of Lesbos. Greece finds another survivor from migrant boat sinking 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z Beyond the trial in Lesbos, Greece has brought charges against the heads of several other groups involved in migrant work. Greek court rejects charges against aid workers, including Sarah Mardini of ‘The Swimmers’ 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z The trial began on the Greek island of Lesbos in November 2021. U.N. calls for charges against aid workers in Greece to be dropped 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z A police investigation found that she and other defendants had monitored Greek Coast Guard radio channels and vessels and used a vehicle with fake military license plates to enter restricted-access areas on Lesbos. Greece Opens Espionage Trial of Aid Workers Who Helped Migrants 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z Police said in 2018 that the volunteers had collected information about refugee flows from the Turkish coast to the Greek islands of Lesbos and Samos, and provided direct assistance to organised trafficking groups. Greek trial of 24 rescuers who saved migrants in Med begins 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z In one, 18 people died when a boat that had set sail from Turkey sank off the eastern Aegean Sea island of Lesbos. Greece: Sailboat carrying 75 migrants safely towed to port 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z Mitarachi’s remarks came after back-to-back shipwrecks off the Greek islands of Lesbos and Kythira this week left at least 23 people dead. EU nations: Migrant departures should be stopped abroad 2022-10-08T04:00:00Z Also late Wednesday, hundreds of miles away from Kythera, 18 migrants drowned when their small boat sunk off the eastern Aegean island of Lesbos. Survivors tell grim tale of southern Greek migrant shipwreck 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z Mr. Binder, who, unlike most of the defendants, was on Lesbos on Tuesday, said that all he had wanted to do was help. Greece Opens Espionage Trial of Aid Workers Who Helped Migrants 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z Dozens of NGOs have criticised the Lesbos trial, and a group of European Parliament members have signed a letter calling on the government in Athens to drop the case. Greek trial of 24 rescuers who saved migrants in Med begins 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z An earlier statement said the Coast Guard had been informed by the Greek army about a sunken boat off the eastern shore of Lesbos early Thursday. Two Migrant Boats Sink Off Greece; More Than 20 Believed Drowned 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z At least 16 women have died and another 15 people are missing after a migrant boat sank off the Greek island of Lesbos on Wednesday night. Greek cliff rescue in double migrant tragedy off Lesbos and Kythira 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z The coast guard said 15 bodies had been recovered near the eastern island of Lesbos after a dinghy carrying about 40 people sank. Dramatic rescues as boats sink off Greece; at least 15 dead 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z The boat sank east of Lesbos, which lies close to Turkey's coast. At least 15 migrants dead in shipwreck off Greek island Lesbos 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z Turkish media reports quoted security officials as saying 23 of the armored vehicles were sent to Lesbos and 18 others were sent to Samos. Turkey vows to defend interests against Greece amid tensions 2022-09-26T04:00:00Z According to Mr. Kokkalas, the survivors from the Kythira wreck were from Afghanistan, Iran and Iraq, while those in the Lesbos wreck are believed to be from African countries. Two Migrant Boats Sink Off Greece; More Than 20 Believed Drowned 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, on Lesbos, authorities said the bodies of 16 young women of African origin had been recovered after their boat went down near Thermi. Greek cliff rescue in double migrant tragedy off Lesbos and Kythira 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z The fire on the Greek island of Lesbos, which required the evacuation of over 450 tourists and locals Saturday, is slowly being controlled, with only scattered blazes late Sunday afternoon, local authorities said. Fire damages homes in southern Greece; more blazes active 2022-07-24T04:00:00Z A search was being conducted along the wider coast of Lesbos for migrants who may have made it to the shores. At least 15 migrants dead in shipwreck off Greek island Lesbos 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z Lesbos was at the forefront of Europe's refugee crisis six years ago. Wildfires burn coastal homes, forests in Greece as Europe's heatwave spreads east 2022-07-24T04:00:00Z Tourists and locals have been evacuated from a popular tourist area on the Greek island of Lesbos, as a fire which started in mountain forests spread, destroying homes in the beachside resort. In pictures: From Tenerife to Greece, wildfires rage in Europe 2022-07-24T04:00:00Z A wildfire that started in mountainous forests on the Greek island of Lesbos near Turkey on Saturday burned properties at the beach resort of Vatera as more aircraft joined firefighting efforts. Iran says it detains Israel-linked network planning sabotage 2022-07-23T04:00:00Z A fire that broke at Saturday morning on the island of Lesbos prompted authorities to call for the evacuation of the Vatera resort on the island’s southern side. Greece battles 4 major wildfires; hotels, homes evacuated 2022-07-23T04:00:00Z A coast guard official said 29 adult Eritreans ‒ 24 men and five women ‒ were spotted Wednesday during a patrol near the eastern Greek island of Lesbos. Greece: Stranded on tiny island, migrant mother gives birth 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z Isle of Lesbos party 8 p.m.-2 a.m. From parties to virtual events, this Seattle group is finding creative ways to build community for LGBTQ+ women 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z Bry’s arrested triggered small protests on Lesbos and in Norway, while supporters online posted photographs of Greek coast guard vessels that are in plain view at the island’s main harbor, Mytilene. Greece: Norwegian photographer held on spy charge released 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z Now, even as the world’s attention had moved on, the crisis on Lesbos remained. They Came to Help Migrants. Now, Europe Has Turned on Them. 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, Greece's coast guard said six bodies were recovered from the shore of the island of Lesbos, and authorities suspect they belonged to migrants trying to reach Greece from Turkey. World Digest: March 1, 2022 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z They were also rescued and taken to Lesbos, with the mother and baby receiving hospital treatment. Greece: Stranded on tiny island, migrant mother gives birth 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z It was his first trip back to Lesbos since he he brought back a dozen Syrian refugees aboard his plane at the end of a 2016 visit. Pope meets Afghan family relocated to Italy for child’s care 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z Lesbos busiest point of entry into the European Union during the 2015-16 refugee crisis, when hundreds of thousands of people fled wars in Iraq and Syria. Greece: Norwegian photographer held on spy charge released 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z For their work saving lives on the shores of Lesbos, the humanitarians each faced up to a quarter-century in prison. They Came to Help Migrants. Now, Europe Has Turned on Them. 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z The pope also visited Greece during the Dec. 2-6 trip, including a stop at a refugee camp on the island of Lesbos. Migrants help Pope Francis celebrate 85th birthday 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z Lesbos was the busiest entry point into the European Union during the 2015-16 crisis when hundreds of thousands of refugees and migrants fled war in Iraq, Syria and elsewhere. Greece: Stranded on tiny island, migrant mother gives birth 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z Pope Francis, whose defence of refugees and migrants is defining his papacy, also visited Greece and the island of Lesbos earlier this month. First group of migrants from Cyprus relocated under Pope pledge 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z In the years after the pope’s initial visit to Moria — the horrid camp on Lesbos that stained the name of the island, previously famous for its ancient lyric poets — it swelled to 20,000 people. A Pope’s Plea: Don’t Accept Death ‘on the Fringes’ 2021-12-05T05:00:00Z It is a significant fall from the hope and engagement of 2015, when the wave of volunteers who flocked to Lesbos were celebrated as embodiments of the very best of the E.U. They Came to Help Migrants. Now, Europe Has Turned on Them. 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z Five years later, Lesbos has become as good a place as any to see what has changed. Pope Francis, visiting Greek razor wire-fenced migrant camp, challenges Europe to live up to its human rights ideals 2021-12-05T05:00:00Z Speaking on the Greek island of Lesbos, where he met dozens of migrants, Pope Francis said they were being used for political propaganda. Pope condemns treatment of migrants in Europe 2021-12-05T05:00:00Z Greece has come under fire from rights groups for building "prison-like" closed holding centres for migrants on five islands close to Turkey, including Lesbos, and for intercepting migrant boats at sea. Pope Francis visits migrant camp on Greek island of Lesbos 2021-12-05T05:00:00Z Now, only about 2,000 migrants live on Lesbos in what Greek government officials have heralded as a vast improvement and indicative of Greece’s meeting the needs of migrants. A Pope’s Plea: Don’t Accept Death ‘on the Fringes’ 2021-12-05T05:00:00Z But on Lesbos, as with the entire experience of the migrant crisis, the turn from gratitude to hostility was especially swift and intense. They Came to Help Migrants. Now, Europe Has Turned on Them. 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z The pope’s previous visit to Lesbos came in 2016, a trip most remembered for Francis’s dramatic move of flying back to Rome with 12 Syrians aboard the papal plane. Pope Francis, visiting Greek razor wire-fenced migrant camp, challenges Europe to live up to its human rights ideals 2021-12-05T05:00:00Z Hundreds of thousands of people arrived on Lesbos's beaches in 2015 after crossing on boats from Turkey. As pope prepares to visit Greece's Lesbos, migrants hope for change 2021-12-04T05:00:00Z What prevailed for her family was an agreement that any country was okay, so long as it was an “escape from Lesbos.” ‘Joy born from the womb of sadness’: When Pope Francis flew 12 people out of Europe’s biggest migrant camp 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z On Lesbos, the government spent days cleaning up the camp before Francis’ arrival. A Pope’s Plea: Don’t Accept Death ‘on the Fringes’ 2021-12-05T05:00:00Z Lesbos had yet to receive any financial support from the E.U. — funds for the crisis response were coming entirely from the municipality’s own budget. They Came to Help Migrants. Now, Europe Has Turned on Them. 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z The pope leaves Cyprus on Saturday for Greece, where he will also visit the island of Lesbos that hosts many migrants. Pope to facilitate re-location of 50 migrants, Cyprus says 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z When he was in Lesbos in 2016, Francis walked through Moria, decried by rights groups for its squalid and overcrowded conditions, and took three Syrian refugee families with him on the plane back to Rome. As pope prepares to visit Greece's Lesbos, migrants hope for change 2021-12-04T05:00:00Z Some of the 12 Syrians have seen Francis several times since their initial journey out of Lesbos. ‘Joy born from the womb of sadness’: When Pope Francis flew 12 people out of Europe’s biggest migrant camp 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z Francis, who met with asylum-seekers at the Vatican near the airport before leaving for Cyprus will help relocate to Italy some migrants in Cyprus — and possibly Lesbos again. Pope Francis Heads to Cyprus Aiming to Highlight Plight of Migrants 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z They filled the ranks of dozens of small-scale NGOs, many of which were created specifically to address the crisis on Lesbos. They Came to Help Migrants. Now, Europe Has Turned on Them. 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z Francis, who has made defence of migrants and refugees a cornerstone of his papacy, visited Lesbos in 2016 and returned with a dozen Syrian refugees. Pope to facilitate re-location of 50 migrants, Cyprus says 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z "The pope's visit means a great deal to the people who come to our church," said deacon Len Meachim, who has lived on Lesbos for nearly 40 years. As pope prepares to visit Greece's Lesbos, migrants hope for change 2021-12-04T05:00:00Z Lesbos, a landing point for migrants crossing from Turkey, was seen as ground zero for Europe’s unresolved migrant crisis. ‘Joy born from the womb of sadness’: When Pope Francis flew 12 people out of Europe’s biggest migrant camp 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z He will then spend Saturday reaching out to Orthodox leaders and meeting with officials before traveling on Sunday to Lesbos, which Mr. Bruni said had “become a symbolic place.” Pope Francis Heads to Cyprus Aiming to Highlight Plight of Migrants 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z By one count, there were about 120 NGOs on Lesbos at the height of the crisis, taking the lead in everything from search-and-rescue to legal services. They Came to Help Migrants. Now, Europe Has Turned on Them. 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z The visit will also take him back to Lesbos, where in 2016 he made headlines when he brought a dozen Syrian migrants home with him from a refugee camp on the Greek island. Europe’s migrant crisis dominates pope’s Cyprus-Greece trip 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z Francis visits Lesbos again on Sunday to deliver a message of unity. Pope's visit to Greece's Lesbos lays bare divisions over migrants 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z “This trip is somewhat different than others,” Francis told reporters on the flight from Rome to Lesbos. ‘Joy born from the womb of sadness’: When Pope Francis flew 12 people out of Europe’s biggest migrant camp 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z As he did in Lesbos five years ago, Francis has arranged for several would-be refugees in Cyprus to travel to Italy after his visit, Cypriot officials say. Migrant crisis front and center in pope’s Greece-Cyprus trip 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z “Using volunteers created this gap, which always happens on the front lines if nationals aren’t involved — this gap of us and you,” Farshad Shamgholi, an aid worker who spent several years on Lesbos, says. They Came to Help Migrants. Now, Europe Has Turned on Them. 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z And the Vatican hasn’t ruled out that some more migrants from Lesbos might be relocated to Italy as well following Francis’ visit. Europe’s migrant crisis dominates pope’s Cyprus-Greece trip 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z "I know I will be blessed when he comes ," said Laurence, a woman from the militia-plagued Democratic Republic of Congo who has been on Lesbos for two years. Pope's visit to Greece's Lesbos lays bare divisions over migrants 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z But based on a newly signed deal between the European Union and Turkey, many in Lesbos were due to be sent back across the very sea they’d just risked their lives to cross. ‘Joy born from the womb of sadness’: When Pope Francis flew 12 people out of Europe’s biggest migrant camp 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z The first such facility opened on Samos in September and the remaining two, on Lesbos and Chios, are expected to be ready next year. Greece opens two more holding centres for migrants on islands 2021-11-27T05:00:00Z Lesbos, like the rest of Greece, remained mired in the effects of the global financial crisis and resulting austerity measures, and unemployment was high. They Came to Help Migrants. Now, Europe Has Turned on Them. 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z Francis is due to visit Cyprus on Dec. 2-4 before spending two days in Greece, including a day trip including the Greek island of Lesbos that hosts many foreign migrants. Pope to help 50 migrants in Cyprus relocate to Italy after trip to region 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z Among the players will be three migrants who arrived in Italy after living in a refugee camp in Lesbos, Greece, and are now being aided by a Roman Catholic charity. Pope hopes charity match deals a “kick” to exclusion 2021-11-20T05:00:00Z Sant’Egidio, the lay Catholic association that helped to select the migrants from Lesbos in 2016, said the main criteria had been “vulnerability” and that the group had been looking specifically for families. ‘Joy born from the womb of sadness’: When Pope Francis flew 12 people out of Europe’s biggest migrant camp 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z The camps on Lesbos, Chios and Samos spilled over into rat-infested olive groves with flimsy tents and poor, often dangerous living conditions. Greece opens two more holding centres for migrants on islands 2021-11-27T05:00:00Z The same month the registry was introduced, the coast guard on Lesbos arrested five search- and-rescue volunteers, including three Spanish firefighters, after the men responded to a distress call from a migrant ship at sea. They Came to Help Migrants. Now, Europe Has Turned on Them. 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z Lesbos, the island at the centre of the migration crisis, will host the trial. Greece begins espionage trial of 24 aid workers 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z The pope visited Lesbos in 2016 and brought a dozen Syrian Muslims back with him aboard his return flight to Rome. Pope hopes charity match deals a “kick” to exclusion 2021-11-20T05:00:00Z The case will be heard in a court on Lesbos, the Greek island that was at the forefront of the European migration crisis that began in 2015. Greece to Put Aid Workers Who Helped Migrants on Trial on Espionage Charges 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z Binder and Mardini go on trial on the island of Lesbos on on misdemeanor counts of espionage, forgery and unlawful use of radio frequencies on Nov. 18. Critics: Greece criminalizes migration, prosecutes helpers 2021-11-14T05:00:00Z In the months that followed, Lesbos became a laboratory for other restrictive policies, like the automatic detention of unaccompanied male migrants from certain countries. They Came to Help Migrants. Now, Europe Has Turned on Them. 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z On the other hand, on Wednesday a bishop who presides over parishes on the island of Lesbos, in the eastern Aegean Sea, signed an order to suspend unvaccinated clergymen without pay, starting next week. Greek Church urges faithful to get vaccinated as cases spike 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z The pontiff will return to Lesbos during travels early next month. Pope hopes charity match deals a “kick” to exclusion 2021-11-20T05:00:00Z A police investigation alleged that they monitored Greek Coast Guard radio channels and used a vehicle with fake military license plates to enter restricted access areas on Lesbos. Greece to Put Aid Workers Who Helped Migrants on Trial on Espionage Charges 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z In recent years, the writer Rabih Alameddine has visited Syrian refugees in his native Lebanon and the Greek island of Lesbos. This refugee novel knows it can't change the world 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z The tightening atmosphere on Lesbos signaled the escalation of a crackdown that was already well underway across the continent. They Came to Help Migrants. Now, Europe Has Turned on Them. 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z That facility, in the Mavrovouni area of Lesbos, is still housing those left homeless by the fire. Aid groups decry migrant camp conditions a year after fire 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z An Afghan woman and her month-old son are seen outside the new temporary camp for migrants and refugees, on the island of Lesbos, Greece, September 21, 2020. Echoes of 2015 as EU grapples with Afghan migration challenge 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z Migration experts say the trial on Lesbos is emblematic of a broader shift toward the criminalization of refugees and aid groups. Greece to Put Aid Workers Who Helped Migrants on Trial on Espionage Charges 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z Alemeddine’s guide through this challenge is Mina, a trans woman doctor who arrives on Lesbos at the urging of a friend. This refugee novel knows it can't change the world 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z It was precisely injustices like these that had led Seán Binder to Lesbos in the first place. They Came to Help Migrants. Now, Europe Has Turned on Them. 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z Afghan migrants demonstrate against the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, on the island of Lesbos, Greece, August 16, 2021. 'Don't leave Afghan people alone,' refugee in Greece pleads 2021-08-16T04:00:00Z A dinghy overcrowded with migrants and refugees approaches the Greek island of Lesbos after crossing a part of the Aegean Sea from the Turkish coast September 20, 2015. Greece says EU 'not ready' for new migration crisis 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z A similar trial on Lesbos in 2018 — of Spanish and Danish workers — led to the rescuers’ acquittal. Greece to Put Aid Workers Who Helped Migrants on Trial on Espionage Charges 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z In “Telescope,” Alameddine attempts to universalize Mina’s experience on Lesbos, but not out of a callow urge to suggest that her dilemmas — or yours — are comparable to the Syrians’. This refugee novel knows it can't change the world 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z He suspected that the indictment was meant as a warning to anyone who might help migrants, refugees and asylum seekers on Lesbos or elsewhere in Greece. They Came to Help Migrants. Now, Europe Has Turned on Them. 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z On Lesbos, where there are about 2,500 Afghans - half the total number of migrants on the island, according to the Greek interior ministry - the protesters shared those fears. 'Don't leave Afghan people alone,' refugee in Greece pleads 2021-08-16T04:00:00Z The Lesbos police last week accused those being investigated of “providing essential assistance to organized networks for the illegal smuggling of migrants” under the guise of humanitarian aid. Greece Accuses Aid Groups of Helping Smugglers of Migrants 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z A temporary camp set up on Lesbos houses about 6,000 people. Moria migrant camp fire: Four Afghans sentenced to 10 years in jail 2021-06-12T04:00:00Z Greece is pressing the EU to let Frontex patrol outside its territorial waters to stop migrants reaching Lesbos and other Greek islands, the most common route in Europe for illegal crossing in recent years. In post-pandemic Europe, migrants will face digital fortress 2021-05-30T04:00:00Z While Binder waited, he watched from afar as the humanitarian community on Lesbos withered, and the island itself slid toward chaos. They Came to Help Migrants. Now, Europe Has Turned on Them. 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z The new facilities on Lesbos and Chios islands would be completed within eight months, the migration ministry said in a statement announcing the tender on Friday. Greece seeks bids to build closed holding centres for migrants on islands 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z It concerns a woman from Burundi and a Congolese unaccompanied minor who tried to apply for international protection on the Greek island of Lesbos last year. Migration lawsuit launched against EU’s border agency 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z In a third incident off the island of Lesbos, a Turkish coastguard vessel entered Greek territorial waters and harassed a Greek patrol boat, it said. Greece accuses Turkey of trying to provoke it with migrant boats 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z In 2015 Greece, and Lesbos in particular, was at the frontline of Europe’s refugee crisis with nearly a million people, mostly Syrians fleeing war, arriving by boat from Turkey. EU official urges Greece to investigate asylum-seeker pushbacks 2021-03-29T04:00:00Z As elsewhere in Europe, the proportion of Afghan and African migrants increased, adding fuel to the narrative that Lesbos was now an established route for economic migration into Europe. They Came to Help Migrants. Now, Europe Has Turned on Them. 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z The camps on Lesbos and Chios spilled over into olive groves with flimsy tents and poor, often dangerous living conditions. Greece seeks bids to build closed holding centres for migrants on islands 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z For Borrell, the deal saved lives, stopped most people trying to cross the Aegean Sea to islands like Lesbos and Samos, and improved things for refugees in Turkey. EU to offer Turkey aid, trade help despite rights concerns 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z For Borrell, the deal saved lives, stopped most people trying to cross the Aegean Sea to islands like Lesbos and Samos, and improved the circumstances of refugees in Turkey. 5 years on, stalled EU Turkey migrant deal remains a model 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z The additional restrictions will also be in effect on the eastern Aegean Sea island of Lesbos and in 10 municipal regions around Greece. Greece: Restrictions reimposed in Athens after case spike 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z Then, the government in Athens announced that it would begin construction on new facilities for migrants on several of the Aegean Islands, including Lesbos — the least desirable outcome for everyone involved. They Came to Help Migrants. Now, Europe Has Turned on Them. 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z Anna Schlegel, who started Medical Volunteers International’s programme working with children on Lesbos, says emotional instability is common among the children they treat. 'A mental health emergency': no end to trauma for refugees on Lesbos 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z Greece’s coast guard said 24 migrants who were located safe on shore early Friday told authorities that three women had fallen into the sea as their boat approached Lesbos, and were still missing. 1 dead in incident involving migrant boat off Greek island 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z Sea crossings on overcrowded boats are often hazardous and earlier this month the Greek coastguard found the body of a migrant near a half-sunken vessel on Lesbos. Migrant woman drowns off Greek island of Lesbos, two rescued 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z Refugees land on the Greek island of Lesbos. 10 years on, the Arab spring's explosive rage and dashed dreams 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z Lesbos descended into something like a war zone, with clashes in the streets between far-right and far-left groups. They Came to Help Migrants. Now, Europe Has Turned on Them. 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z “We are seeing the rise of surveillance technologies like drones patrolling the skies, and the increased use of closed and controlled facilities like the new camp on Lesbos,” she says. 'A mental health emergency': no end to trauma for refugees on Lesbos 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z He was on one of three dinghies that landed on the Greek island of Lesbos that day from Turkey. Pushbacks: Migrants accuse Greece of sending them back out to sea 2020-12-11T05:00:00Z A crowded refugee camp in Lesbos, Greece, engulfed in flames, disgorges a string of migrants fleeing this hell on Earth. In 2020, AP photographers captured a world in distress 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z Police said the man moved to Greece in March 2018, traveling from Turkey to the Greek island of Lesbos and later to Athens. World Digest: Nov. 19, 2020 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z When Binder first arrived on Lesbos, he hadn’t intended to stay more than a few months. They Came to Help Migrants. Now, Europe Has Turned on Them. 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z Lesbos is not the only Aegean island dealing with a growing mental health crisis. 'A mental health emergency': no end to trauma for refugees on Lesbos 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z A man with a fluorescent print on his sweater, who was pictured in the forest in Lesbos the previous morning, is seen leaving the Turkish Coast Guard boat. Pushbacks: Migrants accuse Greece of sending them back out to sea 2020-12-11T05:00:00Z In September, a fire razed Greece’s largest migrant camp on Lesbos, leaving about 12,000 people stranded. Greece to build new camps, cut migrant reception stays on islands 2020-11-18T05:00:00Z In September more than 12,000 people were left homeless by a fire that destroyed a camp on Lesbos island. Greece migrants: Afghan father charged over son's drowning death 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z Despite the toll, he refused to regret the impulse that brought him to Lesbos in the first place — the impulse to help. They Came to Help Migrants. Now, Europe Has Turned on Them. 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z In September, a series of fires destroyed Greece’s largest refugee camp, Moria, on the nearby island of Lesbos, leaving more than 10,000 people in need of emergency shelter. Fire burns tents, structures in Greek refugee camp 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z It was still dark when the three boats landed on the southeast tip of Lesbos, known as Kratigos, on 29 November. Pushbacks: Migrants accuse Greece of sending them back out to sea 2020-12-11T05:00:00Z In September, authorities opened a felony case file against 35 foreign nationals - 33 of them members of non-governmental organizations - for allegedly facilitating the clandestine arrival of migrants to the island of Lesbos. Greek authorities break up migrant smuggling ring 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z In September, a series of fires destroyed Greece’s largest refugee camp in Moria on the nearby island of Lesbos, leaving more than 10,000 people in need of emergency shelter. Small fire burns tents in squalid Greek island refugee camp 2020-11-02T05:00:00Z When they finally came ashore on Lesbos, it was late at night. They Came to Help Migrants. Now, Europe Has Turned on Them. 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z Alternate Migration Minister Giorgos Koumoutsakos said the flight to Germany was the first after Greece's largest refugee camp, the overcrowded Moria facility on the island of Lesbos, burned down three weeks ago. World Digest: Sept. 30, 2020 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z It is not clear why, but only two of the three groups that arrived in Lesbos that Sunday morning were sent back. Pushbacks: Migrants accuse Greece of sending them back out to sea 2020-12-11T05:00:00Z Alternate Migration Minister Giorgos Koumoutsakos said the flight to Germany was the first resettlement flight after Greece’s largest refugee camp, the notoriously overcrowded Moria camp on the island of Lesbos, burned down earlier this month. 139 refugees head to Germany from Greece for resettlement 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z Their plight is back in the headlines after a fire on the Greek island of Lesbos razed a refugee camp housing more than 12,000 people to the ground, stranding most of them. Migrants pitch tents in Serbia, prepare to cross into EU states 2020-09-28T04:00:00Z As on Lesbos, the new policies stemmed from legitimate frustrations. They Came to Help Migrants. Now, Europe Has Turned on Them. 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z Thousands of migrants and refugees arrive on the Greek islands from the nearby Turkish coast each year, with Lesbos being one of the main destinations. Greek police accuse 33 people of helping migrant smuggling 2020-09-28T04:00:00Z A fire burnt to the ground a migrant camp on Greece’s biggest, on island of Lesbos this month, leaving about 12,000 people stranded. Greece says first migrant dies of COVID-19 since the pandemic 2020-09-27T04:00:00Z After the largest of the camps, on the island of Lesbos, burned to the ground this month, leaving 12,600 asylum seekers homeless, E.U. leaders promised that such conditions would never again be created. E.U. Offers Cash and More Deportations in New Plan for Migrants 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z Earlier this month, a blaze destroyed the Moria refugee camp on Lesbos on Sept. 9. EU tries yet again to fix broken down asylum system 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z “Moria is a stark reminder,” she added, referring to a fire that destroyed a migrant camp on the Greek island of Lesbos this month. Divided Europe seeks to overhaul defunct migration policies 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z Brussels is likely to use the fire that destroyed the overcrowded Moria refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos on Sept. 9 as a “never again” moment. UN agencies urge “fresh start” for EU’s failed asylum policy 2020-09-22T04:00:00Z Created in 2013, before a massive influx of migrants five years ago, Greece’s largest refugee facility quickly exceeded capacity, spilling into surrounding olive groves on the island of Lesbos. AP PHOTOS: Moria, the migrant crisis that shook the EU 2020-09-21T04:00:00Z “Here” is between two olive trees on a hillside near what, until last week, was Europe’s largest refugee camp, Moria, on the Greek island of Lesbos. After Fire at Refugee Camp, Europe Faces a Reckoning 2020-09-18T04:00:00Z The agency “is also advocating for long-term solutions, with continuous European support and responsibility-sharing,” Mr. Leclerc said, adding that overcrowded reception centers on Lesbos and other Greek islands “must be decongested and their conditions improved.” Police Move Migrants From Greek Camp to Temporary Lesbos Site After Fires 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z More than 5,000 asylum seekers left homeless after Greece’s notoriously overcrowded Moria camp on the island of Lesbos burned down have been housed in a new facility, the country’s migration minister said Thursday afternoon. World Digest: Sept. 17, 2020 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z An Afghan asylum-seeker, he is paralyzed from the waist down but made it to the Greek island of Lesbos in February with the help of his younger brother Iesa. In Greece, a migrant’s dream of walking is set back by fire 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z Lesbos was again faced with a humanitarian crisis on a scale not seen since 2015, as families slept outdoors, most on the side of a highway near the gutted camp. AP PHOTOS: Moria, the migrant crisis that shook the EU 2020-09-21T04:00:00Z More than 400 unaccompanied children who were taken off Lesbos after the blazes are headed to E.U. countries like Finland and Bulgaria. After Fire at Refugee Camp, Europe Faces a Reckoning 2020-09-18T04:00:00Z Five years ago, at the height of the migrant crisis, many on Lesbos responded warmly to the surge of people arriving by boat. After fire guts Europe’s biggest migrant camp, Greece erects tents, other countries offer little help 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z A fire destroyed Greece’s biggest refugee camp last week on the island of Lesbos, leaving around 12,000 people homeless. Greek PM says EU must show 'tangible solidarity' on migrants, Turkey 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z But government officials said the only way for former Moria camp residents to leave Lesbos would be to move to the new facility and successfully apply there for asylum. Just 800 of Greek island’s 12,500 homeless migrants rehoused 2020-09-14T04:00:00Z Greece is facing mounting demands from refugees displaced by the devastating Moria refugee camp fire to either let them leave Lesbos or deport them. Refugees demand rescue from Lesbos after Moria camp blaze 2020-09-14T04:00:00Z Her case is similar to that of many asylum seekers now stranded on Lesbos: Afghans, often with families in tow. After Fire at Refugee Camp, Europe Faces a Reckoning 2020-09-18T04:00:00Z Asylum seekers desperate to be moved off Lesbos protested against the new camp Saturday, a small number clashing with Greek riot police, who responded with tear gas that sent women and children fleeing in screams. After Fire Razes Squalid Greek Camp, Homeless Migrants Fear What’s Next 2020-09-13T04:00:00Z Thousands are now refusing to move into a temporary new facility and are demanding to be allowed to leave Lesbos. Greek PM says EU must show 'tangible solidarity' on migrants, Turkey 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z It also triggered resentment among Lesbos’ Greek population. Just 800 of Greek island’s 12,500 homeless migrants rehoused 2020-09-14T04:00:00Z Many have protested the Greek government's refusal to allow the homeless migrants to leave Lesbos for the Greek mainland. World Digest: Sept. 13, 2020 2020-09-13T04:00:00Z “I want to believe that this tragedy is a warning bell for all,” he said, adding that, whatever happened, a new camp would be built on Lesbos with the help of Europe. Greece pledges migrants made homeless will be resettled within days 2020-09-13T04:00:00Z The homeless asylum seekers desperate to leave Lesbos are oddly aligned with the weary locals, who’ve seen their island change dramatically since 2015. After Fire Razes Squalid Greek Camp, Homeless Migrants Fear What’s Next 2020-09-13T04:00:00Z At the Vatican, Pope Francis expressed solidarity Sunday with the homeless migrants on Lesbos and called for “dignified” welcome for them. Greek leader calls for greater EU involvement on migration 2020-09-13T04:00:00Z This week’s crisis is not the first on Lesbos and with tensions between Greece and Turkey rising and a strong anti-immigrant mood evident in many European countries, it is unlikely to be the last. Fed-up Lesbos islanders, migrants stuck waiting for Europe to decide 2020-09-13T04:00:00Z In Lesbos, police fired teargas on Saturday during a protest by angry inhabitants of the destroyed camp, who demanded to leave Lesbos as authorities started building a new encampment for them. Austria's Kurz reiterates opposition to taking in asylum seekers from Moria 2020-09-12T04:00:00Z The Moria camp was built to house around 2,750 people but was so overcrowded that this week’s fires left more than 12,000 in need of emergency shelter on Lesbos. Thousands still homeless after Greek refugee camp fire 2020-09-12T04:00:00Z Their resistance to helping ease the crisis on Lesbos does not bode well for such an agreement. After Fire Razes Squalid Greek Camp, Homeless Migrants Fear What’s Next 2020-09-13T04:00:00Z NGOs have accused police of blocking access to hospitals for migrants who were injured in the fire at a refugee camp on Lesbos, while locals stopped construction vehicles reaching the camp to help it rebuild. First Thing: Biden slams Trump's 'almost criminal' coronavirus response 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z Just a few days ago, the Moria camp in Lesbos was home to thousands of children and their families. 'It's unbearable': Lesbos refugees sleep on streets after devastating fire 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z Thousands of migrants left homeless after fires gutted a sprawling refugee camp on the island of Lesbos will not be allowed to travel to mainland Greece, the government said Thursday. World Digest: Sept. 10, 2020 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z The Moria camp on Lesbos, which hosts more than 12,000 people, was almost totally destroyed and Greek authorities said they were investigating whether Tuesday night’s fires were started deliberately. Germany, France to take in minors from destroyed Greek camp, Merkel says 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z Authorities were already at loggerheads with Lesbos residents over plans to replace Moria with a closed reception centre, which the residents fear would mean thousands of asylum seekers remaining their permanently. With nowhere to go, Lesbos migrants sleep on roadsides, minors transferred 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z Thousands of people urgently require emergency shelter and aid after a fire destroyed Europe’s largest refugee camp, on the Greek island of Lesbos. Thousands need aid after fire destroys Europe’s largest refugee camp 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z The mayor of Mytilene, the capital of Lesbos, Stratis Kytelis, is among those opposing a new camp and told local media that he will not accept any reopening of the Moria facility. 'It's unbearable': Lesbos refugees sleep on streets after devastating fire 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z About 400 unaccompanied children from the camp were flown to shelters in northern Greece, while other migrants will remain on Lesbos and be put in emergency accommodations, Petsas said. World Digest: Sept. 10, 2020 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z Thousands of people have fled a refugee camp after fires tore through it on the Greek island of Lesbos. First Thing: unmasked Trump mocks Biden at hundreds-strong rally for social distancing 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z But many more people remained stuck in Lesbos without homes or shelter. With nowhere to go, Lesbos migrants sleep on roadsides, minors transferred 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z Lesbos, which lies just off the Turkish coast, was on the front line of a massive movement of refugees and migrants to Europe in 2015-2016. Fire breaks out at Greece's overcrowded Moria refugee camp 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z Lesbos was Europe’s busiest crossing point in 2015-16 for illegal migration during a massive westward movement of refugees, many fleeing war in Syria and Iraq and traveling through Turkey. Greece: Migrants flee burning camp during lockdown 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z As cases in Lesbos rose last month, Moria suspended activities considered nonessential, including school and sports. Refugee camps have avoided the worst of the pandemic. That could be about to change. 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z The International Rescue Committee called for an urgent increase in healthcare and sanitation services on Lesbos, including sufficient space for isolation and quarantine. Greece reports first coronavirus case in Moria migrant camp on Lesbos 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z He is currently hospitalized in isolation on Lesbos. Greece: Crowded refugee camp quarantined after COVID-19 case 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z Koumoutsakos was speaking before visiting migrant camps on the island of Lesbos with the premier of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Greece sees fewer migrant arrivals from Turkey, partly due to pandemic, minister says 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z Firefighters on Lesbos were also battling two other forest fires on the west of the island. Greece: Migrants flee burning camp during lockdown 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z On the Greek island of Lesbos, home to a massive camp for Europe-bound migrants, authorities on Wednesday confirmed the first case of infection: a 40-year-old asylum seeker. Refugee camps have avoided the worst of the pandemic. That could be about to change. 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z At last count, 36,000 men, women and children were registered on Lesbos, Samos, Chios, Kos and Leros, islands facing the Turkish coast, in holding centres designed to host a sixth of that number. 'We want to stay': refugees struggle to integrate in Greece after camp life 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z After a hiatus of almost three months, Greek authorities reported several boats of men, women and children landing on the shores of Lesbos last week. Greece fears border standoff with Turkey over migrants' return 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z Two migrants who reached Greece's Lesbos island this week tested positive for Covid-19 and were isolated with no contact with refugee camps on the island. Covid-19 detected in world's biggest refugee camp 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z Greece on Sunday began shipping hundreds of migrants from the island of Lesbos to government facilities on the mainland to reduce crowding amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report. Greece ships hundreds of migrants to mainland amid coronavirus overcrowding fears in Lesbos camp 2020-05-04T04:00:00Z Lesbos is a major arrival point for thousands of migrants and refugees seeking a better life in Europe. Two migrants injured after shots fired into refugee camp on Greek island of Lesbos 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z The first 12 children, aged between 11 and 15, were moved to Luxembourg from camps on the islands of Lesbos, Samos and Chios. Greece relocates unaccompanied migrant children 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z The group will leave Chios and Lesbos for Luxembourg as part of an EU voluntary effort to help the most vulnerable quit Greece’s desperately overcrowded refugee and migrant island camps. Migrant children on Greek islands to be flown to Luxembourg 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z When plague struck Sparta in the 7th century BC, city leaders petitioned the poet Thaletus to sing hymns, and Terpander, another noted ancient Greek poet, was called up during a plague in Lesbos. Stayin’ alive! How music has fought pandemics for 2,700 years 2020-04-06T04:00:00Z The first case of Covid-19 on the islands was confirmed earlier this month when a Greek woman on Lesbos, the island long on the frontline of the refugee crisis, tested positive. EU urged to evacuate asylum seekers from cramped Greek island camps 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z The affected person is a resident of the island of Lesbos. Fears of catastrophe as Greece puts migrant camps into lockdown 2020-03-21T04:00:00Z Starting Wednesday, migrants at camps on Lesbos and four other islands will only be allowed to visit towns on the islands in small groups and for limited periods, the Migration Affairs Ministry said. The Latest: Britain closes all schools, among last in Europe 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z In echoes of 2015, when almost 1 million migrants entered Europe through Lesbos and other eastern Aegean islands, some 150,000 also mobilised along Turkey’s western shores in the hope of crossing the sea. Greece hopes EU-Turkey talks will ease tension over refugee crisis 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z “Anyone who does not act now will be complicit in the catastrophe that is awaiting everyone here in Lesbos,” he told the Guardian. Child killed in Lesbos refugee camp fire 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z The letter adds that only six intensive care beds are available on Lesbos for residents and asylum seekers. EU urged to evacuate asylum seekers from cramped Greek island camps 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z It was the second fire at an installation built for migrants on Lesbos over the past week. Greece's Lesbos island migrant center set ablaze, thousands of Syrian refugees arrive after Turkey opens borders 2020-03-08T05:00:00Z Locals on Lesbos said they believed international aid workers were coordinating with smugglers and facilitating the movement of migrants to the island, but there was no evidence of such collusion. Vigilantes in Greece Say ‘No More’ to Migrants 2020-03-07T05:00:00Z Lesbos initially welcomed migrants when they first started arriving in large numbers in 2015-16, mostly fleeing wars in the Middle East and Afghanistan. From island paradise to 'war zone': Lesbos weighs cost of migrant crisis 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z At the height of the Syrian civil war in 2015, almost a million Syrian refugees crossed into Europe via Lesbos alone. Turkey deploys 1,000 police at Greek border as tensions rise 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, Greece is struggling to cope with more than 20,000 asylum seekers on the island of Lesbos who are living in squalid, overcrowded camps. Turkey moves to stop Greece pushing migrants back 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z A child died when the dinghy he was in capsized off the coast of the Greek island of Lesbos earlier this week. Turkey vows justice for migrant killed at border with Greece 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z The citizens of the island of Lesbos were even nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize. Vigilantes in Greece Say ‘No More’ to Migrants 2020-03-07T05:00:00Z The Aegean Sea separating Greece and Turkey remained choppy on Thursday and there were no further sightings of dinghies carrying migrants to Lesbos and other Greek islands from the nearby Turkish coast. Greece blocks 35,000 migrants, plans to deport arrivals after March 1 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z On the Greek island of Lesbos, near Turkey, 1,500 refugees and migrants arrived by sea this week, joining about 20,000 stuck there in overcrowded and unsanitary refugee camps. ‘Here we go’: Turkey reignites refugee crisis in Europe 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z A group of doctors who flew to Lesbos to volunteer at the island’s infamous Moria migrant camp have described how they were forced to flee after being set upon by a mob wielding nail-headed cudgels. 'We left fearing for our lives': doctors set upon by mob in Lesbos 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z In an ugly standoff, which continued for about an hour on Sunday, about 20 locals on the Greek island of Lesbos jeered the migrants and kept pushing their dinghy away from the quay. Lesbos, once a Nobel peace contender, hardens its heart against migrants 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z Refugee camps on Lesbos, and other islands, continue to expand and fester. Vigilantes in Greece Say ‘No More’ to Migrants 2020-03-07T05:00:00Z Island migrant camps are many times above capacity – more than 20,000 people are on Lesbos alone – and living conditions there are dire. AP explains: The new migration crisis at Europe’s borders 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z EVROS, Greece — A child drowned on Monday when a dinghy carrying 48 migrants capsized while trying to reach the Greek island of Lesbos from the Turkish coast, the Greek Coast Guard said. Child Dies at Sea as Greece Cracks Down on Migrants From Turkey 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z International aid groups are widely attributed with having done immense good at the height of the refugee crisis where almost a million displaced Syrians traversed Lesbos and other Aegean isles en route to Europe. 'We left fearing for our lives': doctors set upon by mob in Lesbos 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z For Lesbos, Greece’s third-biggest island and located barely four miles from the Turkish coast, it is a perfect storm. Lesbos, once a Nobel peace contender, hardens its heart against migrants 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z On Monday, a child died after being pulled from the sea when a boat capsized off the Greek island of Lesbos, Greek officials said, the first reported fatality since Turkey re-opened its border last week. Syrian government forces reenter strategic town, Turkey vows to keep up strikes 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z Another dinghy with about 30 Afghans arrived on Lesbos early in the morning, a Reuters journalist reported from the island. Child drowns at sea off Greece in first fatality after Turkey opens border 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z “Doctors rushed to save the child but it was too late,” a police source on Lesbos said. Child dies as boat carrying migrants capsizes off Lesbos 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z On Lesbos, local anger at the migration situation boiled over, with some residents preventing people, including young children and babies, from disembarking from a dinghy that reached a small harbor. Thousands of migrants rush border as Greek army deploys 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z Last month they rioted over government plans to create new reception facilities on Lesbos to replace existing one. Lesbos, once a Nobel peace contender, hardens its heart against migrants 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z On the island of Lesbos, some residents prevented new arrivals, who included families with young children and babies, from disembarking from a dinghy that arrived in a small harbor. AP Photos: Migrants head to Turkish-Greek border 2020-03-01T05:00:00Z The vast majority arrived on the island of Lesbos, with smaller numbers on Chios and Samos. Thousands of migrants mass at Greek border, more flee Syria 2020-03-01T05:00:00Z More than 500 migrants reached Greece’s eastern Aegean islands of Lesbos, Samos and Chios on Sunday. Thousands gather at Turkish border to cross into Greece 2020-03-01T05:00:00Z Elsewhere on the island, they prevented buses from taking new arrivals to Lesbos’ massively overcrowded migrant camp of Moria. Thousands of migrants rush border as Greek army deploys 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z At least three dinghies carrying migrants arrived on the Greek island of Lesbos Sunday morning. UN says 13,000 migrants mass at Turkey’s border with Greece 2020-03-01T05:00:00Z At first light, dozens of people in three dinghies made their way to the Aegean island of Lesbos, a Reuters witness said. Migrants head to Greece as Turkey opens floodgates 2020-03-01T05:00:00Z Greek authorities said 52 warships and patrol boats were patrolling the seas around Lesbos, along with other Aegean isles, in an apparent show of force to deter clandestine voyages. Erdoğan says border will stay open as Greece tries to repel influx 2020-02-29T05:00:00Z Turkish TV showed migrants making their way on foot to the border with Greece near the Turkish town of Edirne and boarding boats to cross to Lesbos. Turkey lets refugees exit towards Europe 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z Hundreds more were reportedly heading to the Turkish coast, from where at least two dinghies arrived on the Greek island of Lesbos Friday. Turkey moves ahead with its threats to send refugees to EU 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z Protests turned violent Wednesday, with hundreds of demonstrators attacking police guarding the building sites of future migrant detention camps on Chios and Lesbos. Greek islands see more protests against new migrant detention centers, officers injured in violence 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z None was as hard as his real-life fight for survival in a refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos. For Afghan actor, now a refugee, survival is toughest role 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z Shops and services were shut on Lesbos as workers extended an initial 24-hour strike into a second day as part of the protests. Greek island residents protest for 4th day over migrant plan 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z Greek islanders clash with police over new migrant center: Police on the Greek island of Lesbos fired tear gas to disperse hundreds protesting the creation of a secure detention center for migrants. World Digest: Feb. 26, 2020 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z After weeks of talks between the government and local people, the government secretly shipped construction machinery and hundreds of riot police officers to Lesbos and Chios. Tear gas fired as Greek island protests intensify 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z Officials said 43 police officers were injured in violence on Lesbos on Wednesday. Greek islands see more protests against new migrant detention centers, officers injured in violence 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z He practices kung fu to keep himself fit, living in the hope that one day he will return to his profession as an actor when he leaves Lesbos. For Afghan actor, now a refugee, survival is toughest role 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z Wednesday’s protests descended into violence, with hundreds of demonstrators attacking police guarding the building sites of future migrant detention camps on Chios and Lesbos. Greek island residents protest for 4th day over migrant plan 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z Demonstrators on Lesbos and Chios tried to block equipment bound for construction sites on the islands. Clashes break out over new Greek migrant camps 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z In Lesbos, crowds attempted to approach a site earmarked for a migrant centre. Tear gas fired as Greek island protests intensify 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z On Lesbos, protesters set fire to bins and used municipal rubbish trucks to try to block the port area. Police and protesters clash on Greek islands over new migrant camps 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z At the Moria refugee camp on Lesbos, the largest of the island facilities, migrants wait in snaking lines for up to eight hours a day to get their meals. In Greece, migrants wait in bread lines while tourists dine on grilled octopus 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z A crowd also laid siege for hours to a Lesbos army camp where riot squads were staying. Greek island residents protest for 4th day over migrant plan 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z Footage from Lesbos shows police firing tear gas while protesters donned surgical masks and blockaded roads. Clashes break out over new Greek migrant camps 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z Just recently she asked the Cologne City Council to approve of a plan to welcome 100 additional refugees and 16 unaccompanied child refugees who are stuck in a camp on the Greek island of Lesbos. ‘Politics of Hate’ Takes a Toll in Germany Well Beyond Immigrants 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z It is not easy to find the library at Moria on the Greek island of Lesbos. The librarian of Moria – and other tales of hope from the notorious refugee camp 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z This month riot police used teargas to forcefully break up an otherwise peaceful protest by refugees on Lesbos. Greece pauses plans for new refugee detention centres on islands 2020-02-17T05:00:00Z But islanders staged protests against the proposed construction - setting up roadblocks on Lesbos - amid fears that the new sites would place an additional burden on their small communities. Amid protests, Greece suspends migrants detention plan 2020-02-17T05:00:00Z Protesters on Lesbos meanwhile blocked roads leading to a construction site with rubbish trucks and cars. Clashes break out over new Greek migrant camps 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z But islanders staged protests against the proposed construction — setting up roadblocks on Lesbos — amid fears that the new sites would place an additional burden on their small communities. Amid protests, Greece suspends migrants detention plan 2020-02-17T05:00:00Z Tourists no longer come; Lesbos is now an “Islamic place”, she says. The librarian of Moria – and other tales of hope from the notorious refugee camp 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z On Lesbos, the gateway for close to a million displaced refugees at the height of the Syrian civil war, residents pledged to stop bulldozers beginning construction work. Greece pauses plans for new refugee detention centres on islands 2020-02-17T05:00:00Z Lesbos, Samos, and three other islands in the eastern Aegean Sea are struggling to cope with severe overcrowding at camps for refugees and migrants following a surge in arrivals from nearby Turkey. Greek islands step up protests at migrant detention plan 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z We are a team from across the world – when I was on Lesbos there was a mix of Dutch, French, English, American and Spanish doctors, nurses and support crew. A doctor’s story: inside the ‘living hell’ of Moria refugee camp 2020-02-09T05:00:00Z Last week the region’s most senior official likened the situation on Lesbos to a “powder keg ready to explode”. Crisis in Lesbos as flood of migrants increases 2020-02-09T05:00:00Z Greece arrests 7 in attacks on migrants: Greek police arrested seven people and were seeking two others on suspicion of planning or carrying out attacks on migrants on the island of Lesbos, officials said. World Digest: Feb. 7, 2020 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z In Lesbos, close to 21,000 people are staying in Moria, a holding facility regarded as the worst refugee camp in the world. Greece pauses plans for new refugee detention centres on islands 2020-02-17T05:00:00Z On the Greek island of Lesbos, where most of the boats arrive, migrants clashed with police Monday during a protest over severe overcrowding at the local Moria camp and delays in Greece’s asylum procedure. North Macedonia: Migrants allegedly held to ransom, abused 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z On the Greek island of Lesbos is the Moria refugee camp, constructed for 3,100 people but now with a population of more than 20,000 men, women and children. A doctor’s story: inside the ‘living hell’ of Moria refugee camp 2020-02-09T05:00:00Z Tensions are particularly acute on the sprawling Moria camp on Lesbos, with reports of 30 stabbings in the past month, two fatal. Greece’s Answer to Migrants, a Floating Barrier, Is Called a ‘Disgrace’ 2020-02-01T05:00:00Z The largest such camp was built at Moria, on the island of Lesbos, to house 2,840 people, but more than 19,400 currently live in and around the camp. Rights group criticizes Greek sea barrier plan for migrants 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z Last week, strikes and protests took place on the Greek islands of Lesbos, Samos and Chios over the government's handling of migrant arrivals. Greek plan to stop migrants with floating barriers 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z Strikes and protests are being held on the Greek islands of Lesbos, Samos and Chios over the government's handling of migrants arriving from Turkey. Greek islanders strike over crowded migrant camps 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z Above a hill on the north shore of Lesbos, volunteers watch the sea and the twinkling lights of Turkey day and night with binoculars. 'Moria is a hell': new arrivals describe life in a Greek refugee camp 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z On Lesbos, facilities designed for 2,840 people held 18,358 on Monday - more than six times over capacity, according to the most recent figures from the civil protection ministry. Rights group slams Greek migrant camp conditions for minors 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z “The plan raises serious issues about rescuers’ ability to continue providing life-saving assistance to people attempting the dangerous sea crossing to Lesbos,” Moratti said in a statement. Rights group criticizes Greek sea barrier plan for migrants 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z This latest initiative is "aimed at containing the increasing inflows of migrants" on islands such as Lesbos, the defence ministry said. Greek plan to stop migrants with floating barriers 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z Banners on the Lesbos municipal theatre proclaim: "We want our islands back". Greek islanders strike over crowded migrant camps 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z She was feeling pains in her stomach when she arrived on Lesbos after travelling for two days but hasn’t been seen by a doctor. 'Moria is a hell': new arrivals describe life in a Greek refugee camp 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z On Lesbos, facilities designed for 2,840 people held 18,358 on Monday — more than six times over capacity, according to the most recent figures from the civil protection ministry. Rights group slams Greek migrant camp conditions for minors 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z Latest figures show there are about 40,000 men, women and children on Samos, Lesbos, Chios, Kos and Leros – the five main entry points facing Turkey – mainly accommodated in overcrowded camps designed for 5,400. Greece says it's 'reached limit' as arrivals of refugees show no sign of slowing 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z Last week, thousands of Greek protesters demonstrated on Lesbos, Samos and Chios over the government's handling of migrants arriving from Turkey. Greek plan to stop migrants with floating barriers 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z The Vatican’s latest “human corridor’ mission from Lesbos was implemented following the approval of Greek authorities and the Italian interior ministry. Pope's aide takes 33 refugees to Rome after visit to 'shameful' Lesbos camp 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z The Liberian-flagged vessel radioed for help as it was sailing between the islands of Skyros and Lesbos in the central Aegean Wednesday. All 14 seamen saved from crippled freighter in Aegean gale 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z Ten more refugees will be brought to Italy from Lesbos later this month. Pope sends aide to Greek island to bring back 33 migrants 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z It is an effort by the new conservative government to tighten its control over migrant flows while also addressing conditions at the camps, including Moria on Lesbos and Vathi on Samos. Greece Announces Steps to Shut Down Notorious Refugee Camps 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z Banners on the Lesbos municipal theatre proclaimed: "We want our islands back." Greek plan to stop migrants with floating barriers 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z Ten more people will be transferred to Italy from Lesbos by the end of the year. Pope's aide takes 33 refugees to Rome after visit to 'shameful' Lesbos camp 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z A year ago, the UN refugee agency urged the Greek government to move asylum seekers away from Lesbos, describing conditions as at "boiling point". 'Horrible' Greek migrant camps to shut amid influx 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z Camps on Lesbos and four other islands in the East Aegean Sea are suffering dramatic overcrowding ahead of the winter, with hundreds of families sleeping in tents outside the official facilities. Greece announces major overhaul of migrant camp system 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z The Greek government’s new plan foresees replacing three big camps on Lesbos, Samos and Chios with smaller ones, while refurbishing camps on Leros and Kos. Greece Announces Steps to Shut Down Notorious Refugee Camps 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z Camps on Lesbos and four other islands in the East Aegean Sea are suffering dramatic overcrowding ahead of the winter, with hundreds of families sleeping in tents outside the official facilities. Greece announces major overhaul of migrant camp system 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z Mamdouh Awad, 24, of Morocco, spent the bulk of his time in Greece at a migrant camp on the island of Lesbos, where he said people drank alcohol during winter nights “just to stay warm.” For migrants giving up on Europe, Greece offers a way out: Voluntary deportation 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z A deadly fire at the Moria refugee camp on Lesbos on Sept. 29 triggered riots at the site, which is at 400% capacity. AP PHOTOS: Migrant surge overwhelms Greek islands 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z A deadly fire at the Moria refugee camp on Lesbos on Sept. 29 triggered riots at the site, which is at 400% capacity. AP PHOTOS: Migrant surge overwhelms Greek islands 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z “It’s not clear to me,” said Kostas Mountzouris, the regional governor for the northern Aegean Islands, including Lesbos said on Greek television. Greece Announces Steps to Shut Down Notorious Refugee Camps 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z Last month, an asylum-seeker died in a fire that swept through a camp on the island of Lesbos. Greek authorities evacuate island migrant camp after fire 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z Most of the mainland arrivals were from the island of Lesbos where the government is struggling to reduce overcrowding at a camp. With eye on Syria, Greece expands refugee transfers 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z Most of the mainland arrivals were from the island of Lesbos where the government is struggling to reduce overcrowding at a camp. With eye on Syria, Greece expands refugee transfers 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z This week riots erupted in Moria, the vastly overcrowded registration centre on Lesbos, after an Afghan woman died in a fire at the facility, prompting demands for mass transferrals to the Greek mainland. Greek PM: EU states must do more to share burden of hosting refugees 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z Authorities said 215 refugees and migrants were transported to the mainland from Lesbos by ferry Tuesday and were being taken to five camps across southern Greece. Migrants stage peaceful protest at main Greek camp 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z Authorities said 215 refugees and migrants were transported to the mainland from Lesbos by ferry Tuesday and were being taken to five camps across southern Greece. Migrants stage peaceful protest at main Greek camp 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z Migrants crammed into an overcrowded refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos set fires on Sunday that killed at least one person, according to authorities. Migrants set fire to Greek refugee camp; at least one is killed, authorities say 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z She described the fire on Lesbos as a “truly tragic event.” After deadly fire, Greece to move migrants from packed camps 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z Lesbos and other Greek islands facing Turkey’s mainland were used as a physical barrier to Europe’s mainland — set up with camps, international coast guard patrols, and new restrictive travel rules. Surge in migration throws Greek islands back into crisis 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z Lesbos and other Greek islands facing Turkey’s mainland were used as a physical barrier to Europe’s mainland - set up with camps, international coast guard patrols, and new restrictive travel rules. Surge in migration throws Greek islands back into crisis 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z Security and municipal services on the Greek island of Lesbos will hold an emergency meeting Monday after administrators of a refugee camp said they were overwhelmed by the number of arrivals from nearby Turkey. The Latest: Italy, Malta push for help with rescued migrants 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z Hundreds of thousands of migrants and refugees, many fleeing wars in Iraq and Syria, traveled from Turkey to nearby Lesbos and on to mainland Europe during 2015-16, fueling political tensions and a humanitarian crisis. Greek island refugee camp too crowded to house newcomers 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z One by one, Sophie McCann lists the degradations of life for refugees detained on Lesbos, the Greek island on the frontline of a new surge of asylum seekers desperate to reach Europe. Aid workers warn of catastrophe in Greek refugee camps 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z The rate of arrivals is still just a fraction of the 2015 peak, when Lesbos was the busiest European entry point for migrants — primarily people fleeing the Syrian civil war. Migration to Greece Is Rising, as Erdogan Warns of Still More 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z Lesbos, Greece’s third-largest island, is a magnet for migrant traffickers along the Turkish coast who aim dinghies at the island’s flat northern coastline or at the seafront lights of its international airport. Surge in migration throws Greek islands back into crisis 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z Over 500 refugees arrived by boat in the Greek island of Lesbos a week ago. Turkey’s Radical Plan: Send a Million Refugees Back to Syria 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z Lesbos is one of five Greek islands off the Turkish coast with large camps and where the movement for migrants to the Greek mainland is restricted. Greek island refugee camp too crowded to house newcomers 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z Workers at an overcrowded migrant camp on the island of Lesbos were attacked by young migrants Wednesday demanding transfers to the mainland. Germany ready to assist Greece in tackling migrant arrivals 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z Officially, there are 747 refugee children on Lesbos, living without their parents, and provided with secure accommodation by the authorities. Migration to Greece Is Rising, as Erdogan Warns of Still More 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z However, the situation remains very tense in Moria, a packed migrant camp on the island of Lesbos. Turkey warns Europe of new migrant wave 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z The vessel had only been authorized to transport relief supplies to refugee camps in the Greek island of Lesbos she said, threatening to hit the ship with a $1 million fine. Vox’s strong anti-immigrant stance in Spain have outsized impact on policies 2019-09-02T04:00:00Z A ship carrying 635 people set sail from Lesbos Monday morning for the northern port city of Thessaloniki. 1,500 asylum-seekers being transported to Greek mainland 2019-09-02T04:00:00Z Last week close to 650 people, including 240 children mostly of Afghan origin, landed in a matter of hours on Lesbos, the north Aegean island on the frontline of the refugee crisis four years ago. Greece sets out emergency plans to tackle surge of migrant arrivals 2019-09-02T04:00:00Z But more than 80 percent of the migrants who landed in Lesbos in August were from Afghanistan. Migration to Greece Is Rising, as Erdogan Warns of Still More 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z The meeting was called after the mass arrival Thursday of nearly 600 refugees and migrants on the island of Lesbos. Greece to tighten borders, speed asylum-seeker deportations 2019-08-31T04:00:00Z He brought 12 Syrians home with him when he visited a refugee camp in Lesbos, Greece, three years later, and he has turned over Vatican apartments to house new arrivals to Italy. Italian populist mixes religious symbols with his politics 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z A second ship carrying around 900 people was to leave Lesbos for Thessaloniki on Monday afternoon. 1,500 asylum-seekers being transported to Greek mainland 2019-09-02T04:00:00Z He brought 12 Syrians home with him when he visited a refugee camp in Lesbos, Greece, three years later, and he has turned over Vatican apartments to house new arrivals to Italy. Italian populist mixes religious symbols with his politics 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z Feeling the pressure are the eastern Greek islands, such as Lesbos and Samos. Five things that matter in Greek election 2019-07-04T04:00:00Z Rescue teams are searching the area for more victims of the sunken boat, which was travelling to Lesbos from Turkey. Children among seven dead as boat sinks in Greece 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z It’s a place where residents of the Moria camp on the Greek island of Lesbos can briefly forget about their tiny container-homes and crowded tents and instead worry about corner kicks and throw-ins. Migrants on the island of Lesbos find refuge on soccer field 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z It's a place where residents of the Moria camp on the Greek island of Lesbos can briefly forget about their tiny container-homes and crowded tents and instead worry about corner kicks and throw-ins. Migrants on the island of Lesbos find refuge on soccer field 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z Daniel Rivas, a spokesman for the Humanitarian Rescue Service group, said the ship carries medical and sanitary supplies to the camps on the islands of Lesbos and Chios. Spain allows NGOs to sail with aid supplies for migrants 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z In 2016, after a visit to the Greek island of Lesbos, he ushered 12 Syrian refugees back to Rome aboard the papal plane. In Morocco, Pope Francis decries rise of anti-migrant politics and its ‘fear of others’ 2019-03-30T04:00:00Z The privately owned DHA news agency said the boat, carrying 15 migrants from Iran and Afghanistan, was heading to the Greek island of Lesbos. Turkey: 3 women, 1 infant die as migrant boat sinks 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z About 7,000 asylum seekers are currently on Lesbos, one of five Greek islands near the Turkish coast where the movement of refugees and migrants has been legally restricted for the past three years. Migrants on the island of Lesbos find refuge on soccer field 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z About 7,000 asylum seekers are currently on Lesbos, one of five Greek islands near the Turkish coast where the movement of refugees and migrants has been legally restricted for the past three years. Migrants on the island of Lesbos find refuge on soccer field 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z Last September, Khan posted photos to Instagram from another place shaped by conflict: a refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos. What is Palestinian cooking? Yasmin Khan's new book will show you 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z The following year, after visiting a migrant-detention center on the Greek island of Lesbos, the pope brought three Syrian families back with him to Rome. Pope Brings Pro-Migrant Message to Central America 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z The three women and other Lesbos residents were reportedly nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2016 for their compassion toward arriving migrants. Greek islander famous for nursing refugee baby dies aged 90 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z The targeted administrative offices were at campuses on the island of Crete, Lesbos, and Corfu and well as in Athens and the central mainland city of Volos. Greece: 9 checked over power-filled campus letters 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z Greek authorities are investigating the death of a 24-year-old man from Cameroon who was taken to a hospital from a sprawling refugee camp on the island of Lesbos. The Latest: Man dies at Greek refugee camp, cause unknown 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z Arriving migrants often enter crowded, state-run camps, and in April there were violent clashes between Greeks and migrants seeking asylum on the island of Lesbos, after a protest about living conditions there. These Migrants Rescued Greeks From the Sea. Their Reward: Citizenship. 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z But for others, Lesbos is at the centre of a murky underworld of people-smuggling. 'In jail you're a ball of emotion': Syrian swimmer on her refugee rescue | Hannah Summers 2018-12-22T05:00:00Z She later returned to Lesbos to help other arriving migrants, working with the Emergency Response Center International charity. Greece frees 4 migrant charity workers pending trial 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z The woman was standing in a long line waiting for food handout at Greece’s biggest migrant camp in Moria on the Aegean island of Lesbos, when the police officer insulted her using offensive language. Greece suspends police officer for swearing at a migrant woman 2018-10-21T04:00:00Z Authorities on Lesbos are on alert after overnight temperatures hit freezing, prompting school closures in parts of the island. The Latest: Man dies at Greek refugee camp, cause unknown 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z This was in October 2015, when more than 2,000 people in unauthorised boats were arriving on Lesbos every single day, most of them Syrians escaping civil war. 'The lucky ones were often terrorised' 2018-10-14T04:00:00Z Is she upset her that, in the wake of her own ordeal, volunteers reportedly started leaving Lesbos? 'In jail you're a ball of emotion': Syrian swimmer on her refugee rescue | Hannah Summers 2018-12-22T05:00:00Z Migration Minister Dimitris Vitsas, visiting the island of Lesbos pledged earlier this year to cut from the current level of 15,500 to 6,500 migrants on the islands. Car smuggling migrants crashes, catches on fire in Greece, 11 people dead 2018-10-13T04:00:00Z They come from Afghanistan, Syria and Iraq, and the time has come for them to return to their tents and metal containers in the squalid Moria camp on Lesbos. Let the children play: the man who built a playground on Lesbos 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z Naidoo was in Greece to visit a severely overcrowded refugee camp on the island of Lesbos. Amnesty chief: Trump factor helping human rights campaigns 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z Stuck for months at the camp on the Greek island of Lesbos, Mr. Tamba, 31, tried to end his life by drinking a bottle of bleach. ‘Better to Drown’: A Greek Refugee Camp’s Epidemic of Misery 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z So Sarah, then 20, and Yusra, 17, and two men went into the sea and swam, for hours, in the dark, the sisters said, pushing the boat to the island of Lesbos. She Was Called a Hero for Helping Fellow Refugees. Doing So Got Her Arrested. 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z The gales also halted efforts to ease overcrowding at a much-criticized migrant camp on the island of Lesbos after ferry services to the mainland were cancelled. Fierce gales close schools on 3 Greek islands, halt ferries 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z “A place where the children of Lesbos could go back to being kids.” Let the children play: the man who built a playground on Lesbos 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z Children play inside the Moria refugee camp on the northeastern Aegean island of Lesbos, Greece. Europe’s migration ‘fixes’ trigger disgusting humanitarian crises 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z Gradually, European Union countries tried to gain control over the situation by closing internal borders and building camps at the bloc’s periphery in places like Lesbos, where so many of the refugees arrived. ‘Better to Drown’: A Greek Refugee Camp’s Epidemic of Misery 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z Small numbers of migrant boats arrive on Lesbos and other Greek islands near Turkey every week, though they are a fraction of the nearly 1 million people who landed in Greece in 2015. For asylum-seekers on Greece's Lesbos, life 'is so bad here' 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z Greek regional authorities are threatening to shut a migrant camp on the Aegean Sea island of Lesbos unless the government takes quick action to improve conditions there. The Latest: Greek officials: Migrant camp a health hazard 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z After her first stint with ERCI, she again returned to Lesbos last December to volunteer with the aid group. Arrest of Syrian 'hero swimmer' puts Lesbos refugees back in spotlight 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z The jammed Moria camp on the Greek island of Lesbos and the dangerous migrant detention centers in Libya serve as a sober reminder that the current plans seem to be unworkable. Europe’s migration ‘fixes’ trigger disgusting humanitarian crises 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z Lesbos, not far from Turkey in the northeastern Aegean Sea, was the preferred entry point into the European Union in 2015 for nearly a million Syrians, Afghans and Iraqis. Situation at 'boiling point' at refugee center on Greek island: U.N. 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z The arrests followed an investigation launched in February, after two members of the NGO were stopped on Lesbos in a jeep with fake Greek military number plates under its own license plates. Greece holds 3 NGO members for allegedly aiding traffickers 2018-08-29T04:00:00Z The three people arrested on Lesbos and in Athens on Aug. 21 and on Tuesday are accused of belonging to a criminal organization, money-laundering, espionage, forgery and breaches of immigration laws. The Latest: Greece: 3 held for allegedly aiding traffickers 2018-08-29T04:00:00Z Agents were flown into Lesbos from Athens and Thessaloniki. Arrest of Syrian 'hero swimmer' puts Lesbos refugees back in spotlight 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z The jammed Moria camp on the Greek island of Lesbos serves as a sober reminder that the current plans for migration in Europe seem to be unworkable. Europe’s migration ‘fixes’ trigger disgusting humanitarian crises 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z At Moria camp on the Greek island of Lesbos, there is deadly violence, overcrowding, appalling sanitary conditions and now a charity says children as young as 10 are attempting suicide. ‘We keep the children ready to flee at any moment’ 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z Greek police say eight people were slightly hurt and 19 were arrested following a violent brawl at a refugee camp on the island of Lesbos. The Latest: Austria offers soldiers to help control migrants 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z Lesbos is a major entry point for migrants and refugees illegally crossing over from nearby Turkey. The Latest: Greece: 3 held for allegedly aiding traffickers 2018-08-29T04:00:00Z Later, when they settled into a camp in the island of Lesbos, stories and songs would be circulated about their bravery. After Fleeing War, Refugee Children Face Lasting Psychological Trauma 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z Here’s how it’s made: Munie partnered with a nonprofit, the Amsterdam-based Movement on the Ground, that collects the life jackets from the shores of the Greek island of Lesbos. Scraps of refugee life jackets turned into bracelets 2018-05-26T04:00:00Z A delegation of politicians from Andalusia traveled to Lesbos to show support for the defendants. Volunteers Who Rescued Migrants Are Cleared of Criminal Charges in Greece 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z The three Spanish and two Danish men were arrested in January 2016 on the eastern Aegean Sea island of Lesbos, where the trial started Monday. Greece puts 5 aid workers on trial for migrant smuggling 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z More than 15,000 migrants and refugees remain stuck on Lesbos, Chios, and three other islands, most staying in severely overcrowded camps. Greek riot police fire teargas at protest over EU migration policy 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z In Lesbos, 8,000 refugees are trapped after a deal between Europe and Turkey cut off their route into the mainline in 2016. After Fleeing War, Refugee Children Face Lasting Psychological Trauma 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is due to visit Lesbos Thursday, and islanders are planning street protests and a strike by businesses in the main port. Amid protests, Greece vows to reduce migrants on islands 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z Lesbos bore the brunt of that influx, prompting volunteers from all over the world to visit the island in a bid to help Greece’s strained coast guard officers. Volunteers Who Rescued Migrants Are Cleared of Criminal Charges in Greece 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z Lesbos is one of the areas most burdened by the refugee crisis; about 8,700 of the 60,000 migrants living in Greek camps are housed there. ‘One of the Hardest Nights’: Violence Erupts Between Greeks and Migrants 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z Additional police officers, including members of anti-riot units, were sent to Lesbos and took up positions around Mytilene. Greek riot police fire teargas at protest over EU migration policy 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z An official at the Greek Defense Ministry said the jet was returning from a mission to intercept two Turkish F-16 jets farther east, near the Greek island of Lesbos. Greek Fighter Jet Crashes After Encounter With Turkish Aircraft, Officials Say 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z Caught in limbo on Lesbos, those people cannot loose face + do not tell their family that they may have wasted their money. Greece’s Island of Despair 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z On Wednesday, migrants rioted at a center on the island of Lesbos, which was at the forefront of the migration crisis in late 2015 and early 2016. At Least 16 Migrants Drown Off Greek Island, Including 5 Children 2018-03-17T04:00:00Z Amnesty International’s Greek chapter released a statement saying, “we demand an immediate investigation and the protection of all the victims and all the refugees on Lesbos.” ‘One of the Hardest Nights’: Violence Erupts Between Greeks and Migrants 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z The number of daily arrivals continues to rise on Lesbos and at Greece’s land border with Turkey. Greek riot police fire teargas at protest over EU migration policy 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z “It’s not incompetence; it’s by design,” said Khan, who was inspired to get involved in part by his experience on Lesbos at the height of the crisis in 2015. Conditions are horrific at Greece’s ‘island prisons’ for refugees. Is that the point? 2018-01-15T05:00:00Z Since then, thousands have remained stranded on Lesbos, unwilling to go back to the countries they left, unable to move forward, toward the opportunity they had hoped to find in Europe. Greece’s Island of Despair 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z Foreigners, he claims, now constitute a third of the population of Mytilene, Lesbos’s main town, and he knows many who are afraid to venture out at night. 'Welcome to prison': winter hits in one of Greece's worst refugee camps 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z Theodoros Alexellis, the Lesbos representative of the United Nations refugee agency, said that action should be taken immediately to ease pressure on camps, which are at triple their capacity on Lesbos. ‘One of the Hardest Nights’: Violence Erupts Between Greeks and Migrants 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z According to official data from last week, more than 8,500 refugees and other migrants are staying on Lesbos pending processing of their cases, with 6,600 staying in camps designed to accommodate 2,300. 1 dead in altercation among Afghan migrants on Greek island 2017-11-26T05:00:00Z The result is more than 7,000 people stranded in limbo on Lesbos, more than double the island’s capacity to house. Conditions are horrific at Greece’s ‘island prisons’ for refugees. Is that the point? 2018-01-15T05:00:00Z The scale of the migration crisis that brought them to Lesbos can be measured in piles of discarded life vests that still blight the island. Greece’s Island of Despair 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z High in the hills of the Greek island of Lesbos, in a former military camp now filled with containers and tents, the onset of winter has elicited particular dread. 'Welcome to prison': winter hits in one of Greece's worst refugee camps 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z His remarks followed strongly criticism from aid agencies and human rights groups over conditions at migrant shelters on Lesbos and other Greek islands. Greece’s vows greater effort to protect refugees over winter 2017-11-23T05:00:00Z At the end of 2015, I traveled with my son and girlfriend to the Greek isle of Lesbos. Director Ai Weiwei's 'Human Flow' finds the deep humanity in overwhelming refugee crisis 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z European and Greek officials acknowledge that conditions at the main camp in Lesbos, a former military facility known as Moria, are poor. Conditions are horrific at Greece’s ‘island prisons’ for refugees. Is that the point? 2018-01-15T05:00:00Z I spend a month with a non-profit on Lesbos last year. Greece’s Island of Despair 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z Though the numbers are far lower than they were at the height of the crisis in 2015, boatloads of people continue to land on Lesbos’s shores. 'Welcome to prison': winter hits in one of Greece's worst refugee camps 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z On Lesbos, I saw people sitting huddled in groups at the port. Europe has failed to integrate its refugees – but one tiny Greek island succeeded | David Patrikarakos 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z The image was so shocking I decided to move my studio to Lesbos to film. Director Ai Weiwei's 'Human Flow' finds the deep humanity in overwhelming refugee crisis 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z “Nobody seems to care about Lesbos, the refugees and the people living here anymore,” said Natasha Papanikolaou, a 38-year-old who volunteers at refugee camps and considers some of the occupants her friends. Thousands of refugees have been languishing in an overcrowded camp in Greece for nearly two years 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z The result is millions living in poverty and war, trafficked in Libya and suffering on Lesbos and Lampedusa. Greece’s Island of Despair 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z On Monday, the coast guard said it rescued another 107 refugees or migrants on small boats, in two incidents off the eastern island of Lesbos. Greek authorities pick up 210 migrants off Crete and Lesbos 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z Two children are still missing after the inflatable dinghy hit a freighter off the Greek island of Lesbos. Syrian people traffickers jailed in Germany - BBC News 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z This was my first encounter with the refugees as they approached Lesbos. Director Ai Weiwei's 'Human Flow' finds the deep humanity in overwhelming refugee crisis 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z She worries about what will happen if the backlog of refugees staying in Lesbos continues to rise. Thousands of refugees have been languishing in an overcrowded camp in Greece for nearly two years 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z His brown eyes sunken and flat, Jahangir Baroch had spent another sleepless night in the metal container on the Greek island of Lesbos where he has lived for more than a year. Greece’s Island of Despair 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z Weiwei said: "There is no refugee crisis, only a human crisis. The border is not at Lesbos, but really it is in our hearts and minds." George Clooney and Matt Damon headed for Venice Film Festival - BBC News 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z The "pull factor" that some accuse NGOs of providing to migrants off the coast of Libya is not currently an issue on Lesbos. Refugee children on Lesbos helped to face fear of drowning - BBC News 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z In June, a 6.3-magnitude earthquake gutted a village on the Greek island of Lesbos, killing a woman and leaving more than 15 injured. Greece and Turkey struggle in aftermath of quake that killed two 2017-07-22T04:00:00Z Like many Greeks in Lesbos, however, Sotraki expresses sympathy for the migrants. Thousands of refugees have been languishing in an overcrowded camp in Greece for nearly two years 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z He left Moria, found a job as a house worker and then as a seamster, rented a house in Mytilene, the capital of Lesbos, where he has chosen to stay, his asylum application accepted. Greece’s Island of Despair 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z The 6.2-magnitude undersea quake occurred south of Lesbos on Monday, but was felt as far as Istanbul. Greece declares state of emergency on quake-hit island 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z Their task was to try to entice traumatised children on the island of Lesbos back into the sea to help them tackle their fears. Refugee children on Lesbos helped to face fear of drowning - BBC News 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z More than 3,500 migrants on Lesbos are awaiting the outcome of asylum applications, or deportation. Greece Declares Emergency After Earthquake Hits Lesbos 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z Greeks on the island of Lesbos were counting the cost on Tuesday of a massive earthquake which ripped through its south on Monday, razing an entire village and leaving one person dead. 'He was on a mattress upstairs, then suddenly on the street': Greeks count cost of island quake 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z There are currently more than 7,800 refugees across all of Lesbos. Greece’s Island of Despair 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z Extensive damage was reported at a village on Lesbos, which was at the forefront of a migration crisis two years ago when hundreds of thousands of war refugees landed there seeking a gateway into Europe. Aegean quake shakes buildings in Greece and Turkey, one dead 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z The work of the Spanish charity off the shores of Lesbos is not without controversy. Refugee children on Lesbos helped to face fear of drowning - BBC News 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z Authorities in Lesbos said dozens of homes were damaged in parts of the island and some roads were closed. 10 Injured After 6.2 Earthquake Shakes Western Turkey 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z Damage appeared largely contained to two communities, Lesbos residents said. 'He was on a mattress upstairs, then suddenly on the street': Greeks count cost of island quake 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z A magnitude 6.3 earthquake off the western coast of Turkey and between the Greek islands of Lesbos and Chinos shook buildings from the Aegean Turkish province of Izmir to Greece's capital of Athens on Monday. Quake in Aegean shakes buildings in Greece and Turkey 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z Some damage was reported in the town of Plomari, on the Greek island of Lesbos. Earthquake strikes off Turkey's coast near Greek islands - BBC News 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z You were on Lesbos in the autumn of 2015 when up to 5,000 people a day were landing on the beaches. Giles Duley: ‘I stood on those Lesbos beaches in floods of tears’ 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z There was no reported damage or injuries at refugee camps on Lesbos or the nearby island of Chios. 10 Injured After 6.2 Earthquake Shakes Western Turkey 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z Yet she also noted what she described as a “massive discontentment” among the men living in the makeshift camp on the island of Lesbos. Game of Thrones star speaks out against 'horrendous' treatment of refugees 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z Greek television stations reported some structural damage in the town of Plomari on Lesbos. Quake in Aegean shakes buildings in Greece and Turkey 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z During a visit to a Rome basilica, where he met migrants, Francis told of his visit to a camp on the Greek island of Lesbos, where he met a Muslim refugee. World Digest: April 22, 2017 2017-04-22T04:00:00Z There’s a photograph I took of two Greek ladies walking along the seafront in Lesbos. Giles Duley: ‘I stood on those Lesbos beaches in floods of tears’ 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z Senior Greek government officials, seismologists and response teams are heading from the capital, Athens, to Lesbos to assess the damage. 10 Injured After 6.2 Earthquake Shakes Western Turkey 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z During a visit to a Rome basilica, where he met migrants, Francis told of his trip to a camp on the Greek island of Lesbos last year. Pope likens migrant holding centers to 'concentration camps' 2017-04-22T04:00:00Z Last week three Syrian families replaced those brought by the Francis from the Greek island of Lesbos a year ago. Pope opens free launderette for Rome's homeless people 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z But a year later, that agreement appears at risk, raising fears Lesbos will again become the scene of a humanitarian catastrophe. Argentina welcomes Syria migrants after Trump slams door 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z About half of those who made it landed on Lesbos. Key EU-Turkey migration deal looks wobbly a year later 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z Both islands saw a major influx of migrants leaving from Turkey in 2015, and about 8,000 remain in limbo in Lesbos and Chios as they await news on their asylum applications. 10 Injured After 6.2 Earthquake Shakes Western Turkey 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z He visited 20 refugee sites across the world, including the Greek island of Lesbos, an entry point for many migrants trying to reach western Europe from Turkey. Chinese artist Ai brings new refugee-themed piece to Prague 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z Among the cautionary tales to emerge from this period was the Apanemo transit centre on Lesbos. Where did the money go? How Greece fumbled the refugee crisis 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z In her movie, there’s a kind of tragic contrast between the relaxed locals on the Greek island of Lesbos and the desperate, fractured Syrian families that begin appearing on their shores. Oscar-nominated shorts enter waters features won't dare 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z One year later, that agreement appears at risk amid deteriorating EU-Turkish relations, raising fears that Lesbos once again will become the scene of a humanitarian catastrophe. Key EU-Turkey migration deal looks wobbly a year later 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z Authorities on the island of Lesbos are investigating three recent deaths at a refugee camp there, possibly caused by fumes from makeshift heaters. Charity turns old blankets into winter coats for refugees 2017-02-05T05:00:00Z He used 14,000 discarded life vests collected from the beaches of Lesbos to wrap the columns of Berlin’s Konzerthaus and to create lotus blossoms floating on a pond in Vienna’s Belvedere park. Chinese artist Ai brings new refugee-themed piece to Prague 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z Before the end of the month three asylum seekers in Moria camp on Lesbos died. Where did the money go? How Greece fumbled the refugee crisis 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z Greece was the focus of public outcry this month after shocking footage emerged of refugees on Lesbos living in flimsy, snow-swamped tents as an arctic blast sent temperatures plummeting to -14C. Cold weather reignites fears for refugees poorly sheltered in Greece 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z In Greece on Wednesday, a naval ship used for ferrying military tanks was sent to the island of Lesbos to house about 500 migrants living in a refugee camp. Fewer Migrants Entered Germany in 2016, and Rejections Increased 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z Greece’s navy sent a ship to the island of Lesbos to house some 500 refugees and migrants. Lowest temperatures in decades in parts of eastern Europe 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z The government also said it was sending a navy ship to Lesbos, to serve as a floating shelter for residents of a snowbound camp. World Digest: Jan. 10, 2017 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z The government also said it was sending a Greek Navy ship to Lesbos, to serve as a floating shelter for residents of a snow-bound camp. Europe cold snap: death toll hits 61 as the poor, old and helpless succumb 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z Every day a steady trickle continues to arrive on rickety boats from Turkey, placing increasing pressure on Lesbos and other eastern Aegean islands close to the Asia Minor coast. Cold weather reignites fears for refugees poorly sheltered in Greece 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z On Tuesday, the government said it was sending a naval ship to Lesbos to accommodate migrants. Refugees brave snow, sub-zero temperatures in Greek camps 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z Schools were closed in the worst-affected areas of Serbia and Romania and also on the Greek island of Lesbos. Lowest temperatures in decades in parts of eastern Europe 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z On Tuesday, a flight carrying Mouzalas to Lesbos, where the United Nations refugee agency, the UNHCR, is leading efforts to move people into hotels, was turned back because of the bad weather. Greece: severe weather places refugees at risk and government under fire 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z Chios and Lesbos are home to thousands of refugees, many living in precarious conditions in severely overcrowded camps. Europe's deep freeze causes deaths, disrupts traffic 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z Alongside her parents, brother, and sister, she followed a well-trodden path west - crossing the border from Iraq into Turkey, taking a boat to the Greek island of Lesbos, and eventually entering Macedonia. Iraqi refugee finds love with Macedonian border guard - BBC News 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z He documented the influx of Afghan, Syrian and Iraqi refugees to the Greek island of Lesbos and shed light on the squalid conditions in a camp between the Greek and Macedonian borders. The Best Photojournalism of 2016 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z Asylum applicants must remain on the islands — Chios, Lesbos and Samos chief among them — while their requests are processed. Refugees in Greece find help and resistance as tension simmers in island camps 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z About 10,000 of those are trapped on the Aegean islands, including Lesbos. Greece: severe weather places refugees at risk and government under fire 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z Lesbos and four other Greek islands near Turkey’s coast were turned into holding pens for people crossing the Aegean in small boats. Migrants in Greece Drop Off Grid 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z Lina's husband is one step behind her and her two small children, having reached the Greek island of Lesbos shortly after she was transported to mainland Greece. Afghan migrant woman 'hunted down to Europe by abusive husband' - BBC News 2016-12-05T05:00:00Z Last week a woman and a child died and several others were injured in a fire that swept through a refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos. Greece: 70 migrants found in a snowy northern forest 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z More than 6,000 migrants and refugees are stranded on the island of Lesbos, twice the capacity of state facilities. Fire breaks out at Moria migrant camp on Greek island of Lesbos 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z |
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