Refugee camp
Bid to enlarge Chios refugee camp contested
Residents of Chios continue to resist the Migration Policy Ministry's efforts to install more prefabricated huts at the Vial hotspot on the island, as the two sides debate the issue of financial compensation.
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UN agency warns of sexual violence at Greek refugee camps
The United Nations refugee agency is urging Greece's government to provide separate housing and washing facilities for women and children at island refugee camps, citing the risk of sexual violence.
The UNHCR says it has received reports from about 180 camp residents who say they have suffered some form of sexual or gender-based violence after arriving in Greece.
Sergeant who refused to serve at refugee camp cleared by court
A military court in Thessaloniki has exonerated an army sergeant who was charged with refusing to serve at a refugee camp in Derveni, northern Greece, last year.
The court accepted the sergeant's claim that serving at the camp was not part of his responsibilities.
He had initially been disciplined on charges of insubordination last November.
Minister fears new crisis on islands if migrant influx continues
Amid fresh threats by Turkey to stop enforcing an agreement with the European Union to curb human smuggling over the Aegean, Greek authorities fear a renewed crisis on the islands.
Tensions in Rohingya camps before return to Myanmar
Tensions mounted on Jan. 21 at refugee camps in Bangladesh holding hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims over an operation to send them back to Myanmar, from where they have fled following a military crackdown.
Greece, Europe and the refugee crisis
There is an irony to the phrase "European refugee crisis." If you are in Africa, the Middle East or South Asia, you know that the refugee crisis is felt most acutely in countries neighboring those in conflict. Now is the time for Europeans to address the seriousness of the issues we face. Greece is a good place to start, since it has been in the eye of the storm.
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Deadly ‘long-lost disease’ diphtheria rages through Rohingya camps
In a makeshift bamboo clinic, small children struggle to draw breath through surgical masks, victims of a forgotten but deadly disease that has torn through the teeming Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh.
Turkish PM hands out food to Rohingya Muslims in refugee camp in Cox’s Bazaar
Turkish PM hands out food to Rohingya Muslims in refugee camp in Cox’s Bazaar
Rohingya ‘rather die’ than return to oppression in Myanmar
Disease, hunger and misery stalk the Rohingya living in Bangladesh’s refugee camps but despite the grinding hardship, few are willing to consider the alternative -- returning home under a deal struck with Myanmar.
Police say murdered Afghan 'rented out' compatriots as farm hands
Police investigating the murder of an Afghan man on the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos said on Tuesday that the victim was known for exploiting fellow Afghans by "renting" them out to local farmers.