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The new external border of Europe? Berlin to send 30 more officers to police northern Greek border

3rd February 2017 Yannis X 0

The European Union will send urgently 30 border police officers to Greece’s northern border, reported the online edition of Spiegel. The report says that Berlin […]

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German government announcement to lift block on deportations to Greece just a public relations exercise

14th January 2017 Newsroom 0

DW — The German government in an attempt to regain some of its declining popularity over its immigration policy  announced that it is planning to lift […]

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Migrant dies of hypothermia as gov’t tries to improve camps

4th January 2017 Newsroom 0

eKathimerini — As authorities seek to improve living conditions for migrants at reception centers around the country amid forecasts of another cold snap later this […]

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Refugee sentenced to 5 years in jail for beating 3yo son at Greek camp

17th December 2016 Newsroom 0

RT — A 32-year-old Syrian man was sentenced to five years in prison after video footage emerged showing him beating his three-year-old son at a […]

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Spiegel – Frontex reinforcing its presence in Greece, helping to seal northern borders

14th December 2016 Newsroom 0

eKathimerini — The European Union border control agency Frontex was reinforcing its presence in Greece, a Spiegel Online report said on Tuesday. According to the […]

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Ireland agrees to accept 1,100 asylum seekers from Greece

13th December 2016 Newsroom 0

The Tánaiste (Deputy Prime Minister) of Ireland  Frances Fitzgerald has said Ireland will accept at least 1,100 asylum seekers from Greece by September next year. […]

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Scots volunteers near despair over plight of refugees on Greek island

12th December 2016 Yannis X 0

The Scotsman — Scots volunteers on a Greek island have told of their helplessness as scores of refugees continue to arrive in boats every week […]

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Returns to Greece would exacerbate dire conditions for migrants

11th December 2016 Newsroom 0

HRW — Plans to resume returns of asylum seekers to Greece put the rights of thousands of people at risk, Human Rights Watch said Friday. […]

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EU wants states to return newly arrived migrants to Greece

9th December 2016 Newsroom 0

Deutsche Welle — The EU executive has recommended member states resume returning migrants to Greece next year. The aim is to restore the Dublin accord […]

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A British immigration team to provide additional support to Greece

9th December 2016 Newsroom 0

The Mail — A British Home Secretary Amber Rudd will deploy a team of 40 British officials to the popular holiday islands such as Kos and […]

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Turkey poised to send 3,000 refugees to Greece every day, intelligence officials warn

29th November 2016 Newsroom 0

A report in Greek popular Sunday newspaper Proto Thema claiming that according to intelligence officials the Turkish government has a secret plan to allow 3,000 […]

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Two dead after fire breaks out at Greek migrant camp, triggering clashes with police

25th November 2016 Newsroom 0

New York Times — Two people were killed and two others were injured after a fire broke out at a migrant camp on the Greek […]

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Far-right mob attacks refugee camp with Molotov cocktails and rocks in Chios

19th November 2016 Newsroom 0

The Independent — A far-right mob armed with Molotov cocktails and rocks has attacked a refugee camp where hundreds of men, women and children are […]

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UK bands raise money for refugees in Greece in series of one-off events in December

16th November 2016 Newsroom 0

BBC — Some of the UK’s top bands are getting together next month to help raise money for refugees. The series of one-off events is […]

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Refugees set to shiver in tents as winter arrives in Greece

15th November 2016 Newsroom 0

 Voice of America — A bleak winter beckons for many refugees and migrants trapped in Greece, with thousands left vulnerable to the elements. Aid organizations […]

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  • Ten year old mystery of the suspicious death of Jean Hanlon in Crete

    Following a UK Channel 5 documentary entitled ‘Murdered in Paradise : The Killing of Jean Hanlon’, new information has emerged which was  enough to lead […]

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  • PFPO’s stray animals meetings with German MEPs and the Authorities in Crete

    PFPO PRESS RELEASE – (repost) Last month MEPs Professor Klaus Buchner, animal activist Stefan Eck and Georgios Chatzimarkakis, who is from Crete, organized a congress […]

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  • Book club in Apokoronas

    NEW BOOK CLUB Kindle/ebook recommended Meets Monthly Read an entertaining, interesting book every month. Members take turns to propose a choice of books. Meet, discuss […]

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  • A new novel on wartime Crete by Phillip Duke, a former apokoronas resident

    A Cretan village confronts the Nazi juggernaut sweeping across Europe. A village matriarch tries to hold her family together…Her grieving son finds a new life […]

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  • A driver’s licence saga

    AN received a letter from a reader about problems with the renewal of a drivers licence. Name and email supplied. ‘Last autumn, the government introduced […]

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