Fatal accident in the Aegean Sea. A refugee boat capsized off the Greek island of Leros on Sunday, killing three children and a woman. The Greek Coast Guard said 41 people were rescued. Of the survivors, two adults and six children were taken to Leros hospital. According to the Greek news agency ANA, three children … Read more
10 jan 2023 om 08:39 On the Greek island of Lesvos, the trial of 24 aid workers who helped the boat people begins on Tuesday. Among the suspects there is also the 75-year-old Dutchman Pieter Wittenberg. They are accused, among other things, of human trafficking, counterfeiting and espionage. Aid workers have been blamed for helping … Read more
A magnitude 5 earthquake was registered yesterday evening at 04:52 between the Turkish coast and the Greek island of Lesbos in the Aegean Sea, reported the Turkish Directorate for Emergencies and Natural Disasters Presidency (AFAD). The epicenter was 14.29 km from Ayvaçuk district in Canakkale district and 16 km. from p. Lesbos. The earthquake was … Read more
Two Greek Coast Guard patrol boats opened fireplace on a Turkish-owned ship in the intercontinental waters of the Aegean Sea, close to the Dardanelles, Turkish news agency Anadolu confident this Sunday (09/11/2022), citing the Port Authority as supply. safety. Tensions among the two NATO associate nations around the world have greater in new months. In … Read more
Somali Abdi Mohammad was sentenced to 142 years in prison on the Greek island of Lesbos in June this year. For driving a boat with other refugees in the Aegean Sea. “The court is making a smuggler someone who is being smuggled himself,” said Alexandros Jorgolis, a lawyer for convicted refugees. A group of journalists … Read more
Putting out the fire at Camp Moriah – – A fire in the Moriah refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos was staged by six of its inhabitants from Afghanistan. A Greek court sentenced the four people who started the fire in the Moriah refugee camp to 10 years in prison each. This was … Read more
The situation in the new temporary refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesvos is worse than that in Moria camp, which burned down in September. That says the NGO Oxfam on Tuesday. About 8,000 people, mostly families with children, live in summer tents while winter is approaching. – The aid agency sent employees to … Read more
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Sunday promised the country will build a new permanent migrant reception center on Lesvos. Last week, the overcrowded Moria migrant camp on the island burned down. The fires in Moria left nearly 13,000 migrants without shelter. In the chaotic camp there was already talk of what aid organizations have … Read more
After the fires in the Moria refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos, France and Germany are working together on a plan to receive refugees. Greece will send three ferries on Thursday to provide temporary shelter for 2000 refugees. – The plan that France and Germany are working on will mainly include minors. This … Read more
Several fires broke out early Wednesday morning in the overcrowded Greek refugee camp Moria on Lesbos. Inhabitants of the camp are being evacuated. The cause of the fire is still unknown. Fires are currently raging both inside and outside the camp. Images show that many refugees are on the move with their belongings. The local … Read more