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Not one single government in Europe registers how many immigrants die attempting to get across its borders. Nor do they try to find out who they were. But they have stories, if you know where to look.
Sheikyermami 23 November 2009 Even the NYT takes notice: By NIKI KITSANTONIS LESBOS - "Stop the boat! Stop the boat now!” the captain of the Greek Coast Guard patrol vessel yelled over the bullhorn, turning a spotlight on the...
LESBOS, GREECE -- "Stop the boat! Stop the boat now!" the captain of the Greek Coast Guard patrol vessel yelled over the bullhorn, turning a spotlight on the flimsy dinghy as it chugged toward this island in the Aegean Sea.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2009.06.006 by Kyriaki Remoundou 1, Phoebe Koundouri 1, Areti Kontogianni 2, Paulo A.L.D. Nunes 3 and Michalis Skourtos 2 1. Department of International and European Economic Studies, Athens...
Athens - The Greek government shut down a detention centre on the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos on Monday, after months of criticism from the United Nations refugee agency about conditions facing migrants housed there. We...
We’re Levantines … hold your head up high and say, ‘Yes, I am. What of it? Byzantine and Ottoman…’ These are the words of Lev- ent effendi, a dignified out-of-work teacher, a ‘Turk’ who turns out to have been born to a Greek...
Athens - At least eight people were reported dead, all women and children, after the vessel they were travelling on capsized in the eastern Aegean, the Athens News Agency (ANA) reported. Greek coast guard officials rescued nine...
The Greek Island of Lesbos Resorts and Beaches Guide Greece's third largest island has space enough to soak up the summer tourists without ever feeling busy. Laid-back resorts, decent beaches, traditional villages and ancient...
Never before have we experienced a noborder camp on the outer borders of the EU at which political protests and social struggles for the freedom of movement were as intertwined as they were in Lesvos. International press...
Refugees detained in Pagani have broken the locks of the gates and are out in the yard, so still inside Pagani. They refuse to get back into their cells and demand their immediate release. Some 100 people were released today,...
