Yannis Mouzalas

A group of mainly Syrian women and children who have been stranded in Greece pitched tents opposite parliament in Athens on Wednesday in a protest against delays in reuniting with relatives in Germany, reported Reuters.  

Some of the refugees, who say they have been in Greece for over a year, said they had begun a hunger strike.

Greece's government is considering emergency measures to house migrants and refugees confined to Greek islands over the winter months following a roughly four-fold increase in the number of daily arrivals from Turkey.

European countries are preparing to start returning refugees to Greece, according to an article by British news medium The Guardian.

Greece managed the refugee crisis with dignity and continues the efforts to improve the living conditions of refugees and facilitate their integration, Greek Migration Policy Minister Yannis Mouzalas told Xinhua in a recent interview in Athens.

Former Spain captain Carles Puyol posed for selfies and talked soccer with more than 1,000 refugees in Thessaloniki, Greece, ahead of the "clasico" Spanish league match between Real Madrid and Barcelona.

The refugees live in four camps near Thessaloniki and will watch the game later on Sunday on two giant indoor screens on the grounds of the Thessaloniki International Trade Fair.

A group of migrants Monday tried to prevent Migration Minister Yannis Mouzalas from entering a facility set up at the former Athens airport terminal at Elliniko, on the city's southern coast, in protest at poor living conditions.

A group of migrants and refugees on Monday blocked a Greek minister from entering the former Athens airport terminal, where they have been stranded for months, in a protest against their living conditions.

A boy browses through the pages of a dictionary at Eleonas refugee camp in Athens, Monday. Switzerland's ambassador to Greece Hans-Rudolf Hodel and Greek Migration Minister Yannis Mouzalas distributed the mini lexicons aimed at giving some basic communication information from various languages to migrants in Greece. [Yorgos Karahalis/AP]

Leftist daily Avgi, which is close to the ruling SYRIZA party, on Wednesday criticized the government's failure to adequately protect refugees living in camps across the country from sub-zero temperatures and heavy snowfall.

English site Guardian is highly critical of the Greek government in dealing the refugees exposed to arctic weather conditions on the island of Lesvos:
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