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Pope Francis returned Sunday to the Greek island of Lesbos to offer comfort to migrants at a refugee camp and blast what he said was Europes indifference and self-interest "that condemns to death those on the fringes."

LESBOS, GREECE - Pope Francis on Sunday returned to the island of Lesbos, the migration flashpoint he first visited in 2016, calling the neglect of migr

Pope Francis returned Sunday to the Greek island of Lesbos to offer comfort to migrants at a refugee camp and blast what he said was Europe’s indifference and self-interest “that condemns to death those on the fringes.”

ATHENS: Pope Francis on Saturday blamed the EU’s nationalist divisions for a lack of coordination on migration as he began a landmark trip to Greece, aiming to improve complicated relations with the country’s Orthodox Church. Francis said that Europe was “torn by nationalist egoism” on migration during a meeting with EU vice president Margaritis Schinas, Greek President

Two drown in migrant boat sinking: Greek coastguard % Two migrants died early Friday when a speedboat over-turned near the Greek island of Kos, the

Greece has opened two new EU-funded "Closed Controlled Structures" for migrants, with barbed wire-fences and CCTV, on the islands of Kos and Leros. "We have finally put behind us a migration crisis that started in 2015," Greek migration minister Notis Mit...

"In the last two years, more people are leaving than those coming," he said, adding: "We are seeing a decongestion both on our islands and in mainland Greece."

ATHENS, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- Two EU-funded refugee reception centers were inaugurated on Saturday on the Greek islands of Kos and Leros to improve conditions for

Greece has opened two new migrant receptions on Saturday on the islands of Leros and Kos, drawing the praise of the visiting European Commission vice

EU Commission vice president Margaritis Schinas was on hand for the inauguration