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15 May 2018

Seven migrants killed as boat sinks off Turkish coast

At least seven people, including two children, drowned when a boat carrying migrants to a Greek island sank off Turkey's Aegean coast.

12 Jun 2017

Earthquake shakes buildings in Greece and Turkey, one dead

A powerful 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck the western coast of Turkey and the Greek island of Lesbos on Monday, killing one woman and rattling buildings from the Aegean Turkish province of Izmir to the Greek capital Athens.

13 Jan 2017

UN alarmed at migrants dying of cold, "dire" situation in Greece

UNHCR spokeswoman Cecile Pouilly cited five deaths so far from cold and said about 1,000 people including children were in unheated tents and dormitories on the Greek island of Samos.

28 Sep 2016

Pakistani boy gang-raped in Greek migrant camp: Police

Greece is accommodating over 60,000 refugees and migrants stuck in the country after a succession of Balkan and EU states shut their borders earlier this year.

19 Sep 2016

Fire damages Greek camp as migrants flee: Police

17 Apr 2016

There was such suffering: Pope on meeting with migrants

Pope Francis spoke emotionally today of his meeting a day earlier with migrants on the Greek island of Lesbos, which culminated with him taking three Syrian families back to the Vatican.

16 Apr 2016

'You are not alone', Pope tells refugees on Lesbos

Pope Francis on Friday told refugees trapped on the Greek island of Lesbos that they are "not alone" in their plight, and called on the world to respond with "common humanity" to the migrant crisis.

16 Apr 2016

`You are not alone`, Pope Francis tells refugees on Lesbos

Pope Francis on Saturday told refugees trapped on the Greek island of Lesbos that they are "not alone" in their plight, and called on the world to respond with "common humanity" to the migrant crisis.

16 Apr 2016

Pope, on landmark Lesbos visit, `wants to take back refugees`

Lesbos has been the first port of call in the EU for hundreds of thousands of asylum-seekers fleeing war, poverty and persecution in the Middle East and Asia.

16 Apr 2016

Pope met Bernie Sanders at Vatican on Saturday before leaving for Greece

Pope Francis met US presidential candidate Bernie Sanders on Saturday morning before leaving for a visit to the Greek island of Lesbos, a participant at the meeting said.

16 Apr 2016

Pope Francis arrives on Greek island to meet with refugees

Pope Francis on Saturday arrived on the Greek island of Lesbos for a high-profile visit to put pressure on a controversial EU deal with Turkey to tackle an unprecedented refugee crisis.

16 Apr 2016

Pope Francis heads to Greek island of Lesbos

Pope Francis left Rome on Saturday bound for the Greek island of Lesbos, on the frontline of Europe`s migrant crisis.

15 Apr 2016

Patriarch tells EU to open doors to migrants: `Some may be angels`

Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew I reiterated that Christians have a moral duty to show hospitality to strangers.

06 Apr 2016

Pope set to visit refugees in Greece as deportations stall

Pope Francis will travel to the Greek island of Lesbos on the frontline of Europe`s refugee crisis next week, Athens announced Tuesday, as a controversial EU accord to send migrants back to Turkey stalled.

21 Mar 2016

United Nation ceases migrant transfers to sealed Lesbos camp

The UN refugee agency said on Monday it will no longer transfer newly-arrived migrants on Lesbos to a camp on the island, after Greece began to confine them to the facility as part of the EU-Turkey deal.

10 Mar 2016

Five dead, including baby, in fresh migrant sinking off Turkey

Turkish coastguards managed to save nine of the migrants on board while two are still missing.

28 Oct 2015

5 migrants die, dozens missing after boats sink off Turkey

At least five migrants including three children, died today after four boats sank between Turkey and Greece, as rescue workers searched the sea for dozens more, the Greek coastguard said.

17 Oct 2015

Twelve migrants drown as boat sinks off Turkey: Report

Twelve migrants drowned on Saturday when their boat sank off Turkey's coast as they were seeking to reach Greece, while around 25 others were rescued.

30 Sep 2015

Woman, child drown as migrant boat sinks off Greece's Lesbos

A migrant woman and a child drowned off the Greek island of Lesbos after their boat sank, police said on Wednesday, adding 45 other passengers had been rescued.

24 Sep 2015

Migrant influx to Greece's Lesbos continues for second day

About 1,200 migrants and refugees arrived on the Greek island of Lesbos on Thursday in under an hour, in the second day of a sharp rise in arrivals from Turkey.

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