Greek asylum system reaches breaking point
31 March 2016 Migration
As Greece prepares to deport an initial 500 migrants and refugees on Monday under a controversial ...
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The Good Samaritans of Greece
21 March 2016 Migration
When Greece became the epicentre of Europe’s debt crisis after the global banking system imploded in 2008, local volunteer groups sprung up to help...
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Brain drain: the neglected mental health of refugees in Europe
9 March 2016 Migration
In a hotel set amidst an olive grove on the Greek island of Lesvos, refugees fleeing violence in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan and other war zones share...
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Don't know, don't care
29 February 2016 Migration
For the past week, Shaima and Mohamad Ahsad, both schoolteachers from Afghanistan, have slept on the ground in Victoria Square in Athens with their...
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Slipping through the cracks of a broken system
24 February 2016 Migration
On a street corner in central Athens, Shir Muhammad grips his backpack straps and cranes his neck to look for the bus...
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The Aegean’s nameless dead
17 February 2016 Migration
“The girl was lying across the beach, her face down in the pebbles,” says municipal plumber Pantelis Markakis as we walk to the water’s edge...
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Why warships can’t solve the refugee crisis
15 February 2016 Aid and Policy
Another week, another project scrawled on the back of a napkin to try to solve the refugee crisis...
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Turkey is hosting ten times as many Syrian refugees as Europe
10 February 2016 Migration
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How 150,000 people were saved in the Mediterranean
7 January 2016 Solutions and Innovations
“Please, sir, please! This is very serious...
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The Bulgarian route: Between a rock and a hard place
18 December 2015 Migration
The migrants and refugees arriving in Dimitrovgrad, Serbia, have all opted for the land route through Turkey and Bulgaria rather than the more expe...
