NGOs

Over 1,000 unmarked graves have been found along migrant routes in the EU, the Guardian writes.

Lesvos Mayor Spyros Galinos chided the government on Tuesday for not living up to its promises to ease crowded conditions at accommodation centers sheltering asylum seekers on eastern Aegean islands, saying nothing has been done.

Many of the richest countries are the "least generous" in supporting refugees or displaced people, a U.N. official and humanitarian aid expert has said, adding that Europe and the U.S. are making "embarrassingly" small efforts in this regard. 

Some 18 people were detained in an operation targeting suspected members of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in the northwestern province of Sakarya on Nov. 17, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.

In the last two days, I have attended a number of meetings in Brussels concerning the state of Turkey after the bloody coup attempt on July 15.

Greek Migration Minister Giannis Mouzalas faced the anger of the refugees and migrants hosted at the Moria hotspot in Lesvos, during his visit there, Tuesday. Tensions were boiling from early Tuesday at the hotspot with migrants and refugees reacting violently when they were informed that 400 asylum applications had been rejected.

NGO pro-refugee solidarity groups at the port of Piraeus are obstructing the orderly departure of refugees and migrants to the hotspot of Skaramanga, by attempting to take control of the procedures.

The refugees and immigrants stranded at Idomeni are once more misinformed, since there are indications that people will try to distribute false information that the borders will open and they will be able to continue their journey to Europe.

The rage and frustration of more than 12,000 stranded immigrants and refugees in Idomeni is now clearly expressed, while some of them take it out on members of NGOs who until yesterday were the only people who were supporting and helping them.

The 12 Greek photo journalists, along with members of NGOs arrested by FYROM authorities while following the 700 refugees that had illegally crossed into that country’s borders Monday have been released. It is unclear whether they paid the 250-Euro fine reportedly demanded by the FYROM authorities.