Giannis Mouzalas

Speaking in front of the cameras before his meeting with French PM Bernard Cazenueve, Greek PM Alexis Tsipras was optimistic that Greece would come out of the current economic crisis stronger and play a significant part in the Eurozone. The French politician is on an official visit to Greece.

The Immigration Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos and Immigration Minister Giannis Mouzalas are visiting together the Moria and Kara Tepe hot-spots in Lesvos.

Despite the Greek government’s reassurances that refugees in the hotspot of Moria on the island of Lesvos would be protected by the extreme weather conditions that have descended on the country, new video footage reveals a contradictory reality.

Residents of Lesvos are alarmed over information that construction of a new hotspot on the Aegean island is under way. Video footage of ongoing construction work at the deserted military outpost of Lemonou, has raised concern among the local population.

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.

Deputy Minister of Migration Policy Giannis Mouzalas stated that from those who enter Greece through Turkey 50% are illegal immigrants and 50% are refugees, while two months ago the ratio was 80% refugees and 20% illegal immigrants.

Episodes occurred between the immigrants and Syrian refuges, while a 22-year old Moroccan was electrocuted at Idomeni, northern Greece, on the Greece-Fyrom buffer zone. The man died when he touched high voltage cables.