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Lesbos
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September 9, 2020, 2:58 pm
Thousands homeless as Greece’s main migrant camp gutted by blaze
Asylum seekers flee Moria camp on Lesbos island, many sleep on the street; fire may have been started by people who resisted isolation after COVID-19 cases found
By
Will Vassilopoulos
and
John Hadoulis
March 8, 2020, 2:45 pm
Fire damages refugee center founded by Israelis on Greek island; arson suspected
Blaze at International School of Peace for Refugee Children in Lesbos comes amid tense standoff with Turkey over refugees; second fire in under a week at a migrant installation
By
ToI Staff
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AP
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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