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Grace O'Sullivan pictured with Seán Binder ahead of his trial

MEP concerned over rescue worker's trial in Greece

A rescue worker who grew up in Co Kerry has said his trial in Greece over smuggling-related charges is "deeply damaging" to the European Union.

Ireland • 10 Jan 23

Pope Francis speaks to children who lined up to meet him on the island of Lesbos

Pope calls neglect of migrants 'shipwreck'

Pope Francis has returned to the island of Lesbos, the migration flashpoint he first visited in 2016, to plead for better treatment of refugees as attitudes towards immigrants harden across Europe.

World • 05 Dec 21

Pikpa camp, which is run by residents and volunteers, received a last-minute postponement on its closure (Pic: @pdmcneill)

Greek refugee camps threatened with closure

Two smaller camps on the Greek island of Lesbos are being threatened with closure, even as heavy rains led to flooding at a new camp being hastily prepared to house migrants displaced by last month's fire at Moria.

World • 21 Oct 20

The Moria camp on the island of Lesbos was damaged by fire earlier this month

Calls to assist children displaced by refugee camp fire

Eighteen Irish organisations have written to Taoiseach Micheál Martin urging him to do more to help unaccompanied children and migrants who have been displaced as a result of a fire at a refugee camp in Greece earlier this month.

Ireland • 23 Sep 20

People view the remains and debris after a fire destroyed the Moria refugee camp

Ireland to take 4 unaccompanied minors from Moria camp

Ireland is to take four unaccompanied minors left homeless following the fire which destroyed large parts of the Moria camp on the Greek island of Lesbos.

Ireland • 17 Sep 20

Greek police fire teargas during migrant protest

Greek police fired teargas during a protest by angry migrants left homeless by a blaze at Europe's largest refugee centre, who demanded to leave the island of Lesbos as authorities started building a new encampment for them.

World • 12 Sep 20

The fire broke out at the camp, which is home to 12,000 people, on Tuesday night

Ireland asked to take unaccompanied minors after fire

Ireland has been asked to take a small number of unaccompanied minors following the fire at Greece's largest migrant camp, Moria on the island of Lesbos, the Department of Justice has confirmed.

World • 11 Sep 20

The cause of the blaze was not immediately clear, with fires burning both inside and outside the camp

Greek refugee camp fire 'catastrophic' - Irish doctor

An Irish doctor based on the island of Lesbos has described last night's fire at an overcrowded refugee camp as "absolutely catastrophic".

World • 09 Sep 20

Migrants run from riot police after being pushed to go back to Moria camp from the port of Mytilene

Tensions on Lesbos causing disruption to NGO work

Lesbos is simmering with tension. Some 20,000 refugees and migrants live in camps on the Greek island, making up around a fifth of the population.

World • 05 Mar 20

Greek riot police face demonstrators during protests against the construction of a new migrant camp on Lesbos

Greek islanders clash with police over migrant centre

Riot police on the Greek island of Lesbos fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of protesters angry about the creation of a new detention centre for migrants, the latest bout of unrest over the matter.

Europe • 27 Feb 20

There are over 34,000 people living in overcrowded Greek island camps

Migrants on Greek islands 'on edge of catastrophe'

The situation for migrants in camps on Greek islands is "explosive" and "on the edge of catastrophe", the Council of Europe's Commissioner for Human Rights has said.

Europe • 31 Oct 19

A man and a boy react after police fired tear gas during clashes outside the refugee camp of Moria

UN calls for transfer of migrants from Greek camp

The UN has called for the immediate transfer of migrants from an overcrowded Greek refugee camp on the island of Lesbos after a deadly fire at the camp there sparked riots.

Europe • 30 Sep 19

Andrew Foley was determined to come up with a solution to give migrant children in camps a proper education (Pic:Fionn MacArthur)

Lesbos school: 'Normal kids with traumatic stories'

After experiencing the harsh reality of life in a squalid migrant camp in Greece and the lack of facilities for children, Co Waterford man Andrew Foley was determined to come up with a solution.

Europe • 14 Mar 19

Debris shaken from buildings in the town of Plomari on Lesbos

Building shake as quake hits between Greece and Turkey

A magnitude 6.3 earthquake off the western coast of Turkey and between the Greek islands of Lesbos and Chios has shaken buildings from the Aegean Turkish province of Izmir to Greece's capital, Athens.

World • 12 Jun 17

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