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InfoMigrants By InfoMigrants Published on : 2021/01/29 A Syrian NGO based in the United States has filed a case with the International Criminal Court (ICC) to demand an investigation into alleged abuse and mistreatment of refugees by Greek authorities. The Syria Justice and Accountability Center filed the case on Thursday, saying it had received witness testimony and video evidence to prove that refugees had been mistreated at Greek borders and in camps. Greek security guards dispersed refugee protests using tear gas, and people were...

Greece: Government attacks on NGOs debunked 22 December 2020 Claims by the Greek Migration Minister, Notis Mitarakis, that NGOs have been helping organise the irregular arrival of people onto the Aegean islands, have been debunked by a media investigation. Mitarakis' claims were made following the publication by the government of four video interviews with Somali citizens, which the government claimed proved they receiving illegal assistance from NGOs to arrive on Greek territory. However, the videos raise a number of questions that the government has failed to answer. "A few days ago, Greek ...

PEOPLE stuck inside a refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos are facing a deluge of water and mud. Heavy rainfall at the weekend caused some of the tents and roads inside the Kara Tepe refugee camp to overflow with water, leaving those stuck inside to eke out their existence in ankle-deep waters and sludge. Pic: Aegean Boat Report After the overcrowded Moria refugee camp on Lesbos burnt down in September, forcing thousands of refugees to live on the streets, the Kara Tepe camp was hastily constructed right beside the sea on an old military firing range.   Kara Tepe is often referred to a...

BBC News By Kostas Kallergis image captionThree boats landed on Lesbos in the early hours of 29 November: those on two of the boats ended up back in Turkey In the early hours of a Sunday in late November, 16-year-old Jeancy Kimbenga tried to reach Europe for a third time. He was on one of three dinghies that landed on the Greek island of Lesbos that day from Turkey. On that occasion, as with his two previous attempts, Jeancy claims he was forcibly returned to Turkish waters. So-called pushbacks, without consideration of a migrant's individual circumstances and without any possibility of appl...