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Refugees and migrants arrive on a dinghy from the Turkish coast to the Greek island of Lesbos, Friday, Dec. 18, 2015. (AP Photo/Santi Palacios)
March 4, 2017, 6:46 pm
Syrian refugee in Greece smuggles son in suitcase
Authorities catch mother of two trying to get her 23-year-old boy from island of Lesbos to Greek mainland despite prohibition
By TOI staff
Rabbi Shu Eliovson receives a hug from Thanasis Voulgarakis at the Pikpa refugee camp in Mytilene, Lesbos, Greece. January 19, 2017. (Nave Antopolsky/iAID)
January 19, 2017, 9:35 pm
Jewish and Israeli organizations deliver emergency aid to refugees on frozen Greek island
Team from Amaliah and iAID ships to Lesbos 1.5 tons of winter supplies collected from Israelis in just five days
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Illustrative: A refugee girl looks on as refugees and migrants on a rubber boat arrive at the northern Greek island of Lesbos after crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey, in Mytilene, on February 23, 2016. (Aris Messinis/AFP)
October 8, 2016, 11:27 am
After six-month lull, Greek islanders fear new refugee wave
EU-Turkey deal has drastically reduced the number of new arrivals from Syria, but Ankara has threatened to scuttle it
By Catherine BOITARD
Child refugees protest on the Greek island of Chios, April 3, 2016. (AFP/Louisa Gouliamaki)
June 3, 2016, 7:45 am
Greece to return gay Syrian refugee to Turkey in migrant deal
Athens rejected asylum claim of 46-year-old man, with appeal board ruling it was safe for him to stay in Turkey
By AFP
Milana Vayntrub on the beach in Lesbos, where she aided refugees arriving on shore. (Courtesy of Vayntrub/Can't Do Nothing)
April 25, 2016, 12:51 pm
AT&T ad girl asks world to help out refugees
Actress and former Soviet refuseknis Milana Vayntrub hopes to change the world with new Can’t Do Nothing initiative
By Victor Wishna
US presidential candidate Bernie Sanders flanked by his wife Jane O'Meara, right, arrive at a hotel near the Vatican Saturday, April 16, 2016. (AP/Alessandra Tarantino)
April 17, 2016, 3:55 am
Pope: Sanders encounter sign of good manners, ‘nothing more’
Democratic candidate says he conveyed appreciation for Francis’s calls to inject morality into world economy
By Ken Thomas
Pope Francis greets migrants and refugees at the Moria refugee camp on April 16, 2016 near the port of Mytilene, on the Greek island of Lesbos. (AFP PHOTO POOL/FILIPPO MONTEFORTE)
April 17, 2016, 3:33 am
Pope lauded by refugees he helped resettle in Italy
Francis says decision to assist 12 Muslims who were stranded in Greek camp after fleeing war-torn Syria is ‘purely humanitarian’
By Nicole Winfield
A group of Syrian refugees board a plane with Pope Francis on April 16, 2016 at the airport of Mytilene, in the Greek island of Lesbos. (AFP PHOTO POOL / FILIPPO MONTEFORTE)
April 16, 2016, 4:43 pm
Pope brings 12 Syrian refugees to Italy in lesson for Europe
Pontiff makes ‘gesture of welcome’ during brief visit with migrants and asylum seekers at Greek detention center
By Derek Gatopoulos, Nicole Winfield and Elena Becatoros
Pope Francis greets migrants and refugees at the Moria refugee camp on April 16, 2016 near the port of Mytilene, on the Greek island of Lesbos. (AFP PHOTO POOL/FILIPPO MONTEFORTE)
April 16, 2016, 11:01 am
‘You are not alone,’ pope tells refugees in emotional Lesbos visit
At detention center on the Greek island, pontiff urges world to show ‘common humanity’; plans to take 3 families back to Rome
By AP and AFP
Pope Francis arrives for an audience to the Padre Pio Prayer Groups, on February 6, 2016 in Vatican. (TIZIANA FABI / AFP)
April 7, 2016, 8:22 pm
Pope to visit Greek island on frontline of Europe’s refugee crisis
Francis expected to meet asylum seekers on Lesbos to draw international attention to plight of those fleeing war zones
By AFP
A small Turkish ferry carries migrants who are deported to Turkey from the port of Mytilene, Greece, on April 4, 2016. (AFP/Aris Messinis)
April 4, 2016, 10:18 am
Greece sends first migrants back to Turkey under EU deal
Europe’s newest effort to manage massive influx of refugees comes under heavy criticism from rights groups
By Will Vassilopoulos and Louisa Gouliamaki
Refugees and migrants arrive on a dinghy from the Turkish coast to the Greek island of Lesbos, Friday, Dec. 18, 2015. (AP Photo/Santi Palacios)
February 12, 2016, 6:01 am
Refugees in Greece get medical aid from Jewish-funded group
New York-based Ayfa Foundation has sent a shipping container full of supplies to help doctors on island of Lesbos treat migrants
By JTA
Turkish soldiers take photos of the body of a migrant washed up ashore in Izmir's Dikili district on January 5, 2016. (AFP/Dogan News Agency/Taylan Yildirim/Turkey OUT)
January 5, 2016, 4:17 pm
Turkey finds drowned bodies of 21 migrants, including children
Images reminiscent of three-year-old Aylan Kurdi show more Syrian casualties of deadly capsizes on the Aegean Sea
By Stuart Williams
Migrants waiting to be processed at the increasingly overwhelmed Moria camp on the island of Lesbos in Greece, October 21, 2015. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images/via JTA)
December 7, 2015, 6:32 am
After Paris attacks, Greek migrant tests remain cursory
Budget-strapped Athens asks EU for police, supplies and intelligence sharing to help screen flood of refugees
By Marina RAFENBERG
Afghan refugees take a group picture after their arrival on a dinghy, with other refugees and migrants, from the Turkish coast to the northeastern Greek island of Lesbos, November 30, 2015. (AP/Santi Palacios)
November 30, 2015, 10:02 pm
Turkey detains 1,300 migrants in sweep
Authorities intercept asylum seekers from Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria as they head to Greece
By AP
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