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Another fire has swept through the largest refugee camp in Europe, destroying what little was left from the first blaze
A second fire hit Moria, on Greece's Lesbos island, destroying what was left after an earlier fire …
Sinéad Baker
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Masked men working with Greek authorities stole refugees' belongings before dumping them in the middle of the sea: New York Times
Twelve refugees from Somalia, Eritrea, and Ethiopia told the New York Times that they had come from…
Grace Eliza Goodwin
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Greece: 2 migrants on eastern island test positive for virus
The 70 asylum-seekers, who arrived in two boats on May 6 and May 10, were the first to reach Greece…
PTI
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A fire tore through Europe's largest migrant camp, displacing as many as 20,000 refugees
A fire broke out in Moria, a refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos, at 2 a.m. Wednesday, accor…
Bill Bostock
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A fire that left more than 10,000 people homeless in a single night started after an ATM was blocked in a coronavirus quarantine
The entire camp was dependent on one machine for money. Food, soap, and baby supplies became scarce.
Mitch Prothero
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Photos from inside refugee camps show how they could be decimated by coronavirus
"The reality is that after nine years of conflict, the health system and infrastructure that would …
Sarah Al-Arshani,Sarah Al-Ars…
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There's chaos on a Greek island where refugees make up roughly a quarter of the population
"The refugees eat something and then throw things down, and this of course creates another havoc, i…
Barbara Tasch
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This eyewitness account of a Syrian boat rescue in Greece will change the way you see the refugee crisis
Each day, in the summer of 2015, 10-15 boats packed with men, women and children fleeing Syria floa…
Jenner Deal
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9. The European Union will give €500 million (£353 million, $557 million) to help farmers hit by fa…
Dina Spector
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More people were forced from their homes as of last year than any time since World War II
While the ongoing conflict in Syria once again contributed to the largest number of displaced peopl…
Veronika Bondarenko
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Denmark's extreme immigration policies include separating immigrant toddlers from their parents every week to teach them 'Danish values'
Children born in "ghetto neighborhoods" are mandated after their first birthdays to spend 25 hours …
Grace Panetta
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This Syrian lawyer used WhatsApp to reach Greece - and is now helping refugees seek asylum in Europe
"One of the most important things I advised them on was how to handle the interpreter," he said. "M…
Natasha Bertrand
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Google just launched a 'Crisis Info Hub' to help with Europe's worst refugee crisis in 60 years
Coyer told Business Insider that aid workers coordinate via Google Docs and Facebook groups to ensu…
Rob Price
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This is the reason why Greek beaches aren't seeing their usual average of 2,000 daily refugees right now
The organisation showed on its website that the number of immigrants - which include those fleeing …
Lianna Brinded
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These 2 charts from Credit Suisse sum up Europe's immigration crisis
Merkel said last week she wanted to "drastically decrease" the number of refugees entering Germany,…
Ben Moshinsky
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Migrants are scrambling to apply for asylum in Europe as more get deported
Greece started sending back refugees to Turkey, as of April 4, if they entered the country illegall…
Lianna Brinded
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Greece is predicting an imminent descent into violent chaos over new refugee rules
On April 4, Greece will be allowed to sent back Syrian refugees to Turkey, it they entered the coun…
Lianna Brinded
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Merkel heads to Turkey as frustration over refugee crisis grows
German Chancellor Angela Merkel gestures during a joint press conference with the Prime Minister of…
Barbara Tasch,Associated Press
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UN: Over one million refugees and economic migrants reach Europe by sea in 2015
The organisation confirmed the data on its website and included a whole host of charts to show how …
Lianna Brinded
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1. Belgian authorities have launched a public appeal for help in the search for the "man in the hat…