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May 20, 2016 | PRI's The World
Protests, Violence and Tears at Unofficial Refugee Camp in Greece
Clash between small group of refugees and Greek police escalated into large-scale protests.
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May 17, 2016 | PRI's The World
Trapped in Greece, These Refugees Wait, Just Before Another Frontier
An agreement between the European Union and Turkey, which took effect on March 20, severely limits the options of Syrian refugees.
May 10, 2016 | PRI's The World
Athens: For Long-Suffering Refugees, a Three-Star Respite
It's been a long journey, one that skirted death at least once. So Ali Jaffari at first thought it was a scam when a Greek friend offered his family of four a room at a three-star hotel in Athens.
May 09, 2016 | Deutsche Welle
Three-Star Squat Opens for Refugees in Athens
An empty three-star Athens hotel is now home to more than 300 refugees.
May 09, 2016 | PRI's The World
Photos: In Athens, an Abandoned Hotel Becomes a Refuge for Asylum-Seekers
The movement of refugees into Europe has subsided, but there are still thousands of migrants and asylum-seekers in Europe who are awaiting word on their status: Will they be granted asylum, or not?
January 27, 2016 | Global Press Journal
Podcast: Kenya's Migrants to Europe
Pulitzer Center grantee talks about her project "In Limbo: Kenya’s Exodus to Europe."
January 25, 2016 | Global Press Journal
Kenyans Brave Dangerous Journeys in Hopes of Slipping into Europe
Some migrants work for years to save enough for a trip that requires them to risk their lives. Some are turned back at international borders, but many others slip unnoticed into Europe.
January 20, 2016 | Pulitzer Center
Refugees Find Hope and Despair on Lesbos
The arrival of over 500,000 refugees to the Greek island of Lesbos in 2015 has turned the eastern shoreline into a crisis zone. Locals, NGOs and volunteers have come together to care for arrivals.
January 20, 2016 | PRI's The World
On Lesbos, a Courageous Doctor Struggles to Save Syrian Refugees and Help Locals
Dr. Zoi Livaditou is a Lesbos native. She has worked as an emergency medicine doctor in war zones in places like Afghanistan, Gaza and Haiti. Now crisis has come to her home.
January 04, 2016 | Foreign Policy
Greece: The Ghosts of Refugees Past
On the Greek island of Lesbos, thousands of Syrians are arriving each day. But will empathy for an earlier flood of refugees trump the fear of being overrun?
November 24, 2015 | The Intercept
After Paris, Syrian Refugees Face a Darkening Future
Syrian refugees on Lesbos head to Europe in search of "peace and security."
November 17, 2015 | The Takeaway
Greece: Epicenter of Refugee Crisis Faces New Questions After Paris Attacks
Growing anti-immigrant sentiment in the wake of the Paris attacks could put stress on the Greek island of Lesbos, where 3,000 refugees arrive each day.