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GreeceWildfires across France and Spain forced more than 325,000 people from their homes during July 2026. Reporting on 29 July placed the evacuation total at 330,000, including about 220,000 people in France and more than 110,000 in Spain. Three firefighters were reported killed in Greece as fires spread across southern Europe, while more than 42,000 hectares…
GreeceOne person is dead and at least nine have been injured in a strong earthquake that struck the Greek island of Crete on Monday morning. Greece’s climate crisis and civil protection ministry confirmed the death of a man who had been completing church renovations in the town of Arkalochori, and was crushed when the dome c
GreeceThousands of tourists and residents have been evacuated from towns north of the Greek capital, Athens, as wildfires spread across the country. Strong winds and high temperatures are making it difficult to control the blazes, which have killed at least two people, including a firefighter. Huge clouds of smoke and ash ne
GreeceThe Paranesti detention centre opened on 28 September 2012 with a capacity of 557 within a former military site. It is composed of four distinct fenced-in single-storey accommodation blocks, each with its own yard, and two small administrative buildings. When the centre was visited in 2013 by the CPT delegation , it held 324 people. However, as the…
GreeceFylakio Pre-removal Detention Centre (formerly Fylakio Special Holding Facility for irregular migrants)
GreeceAnother very isolated and small camp that we have helped since August 2017. Over that time it has risen from about 120 to 150 people living in cramped conditions and miles from any shops and services. Invited by the UN Refugee Agency to see if we could provide food, it was immediately apparent that we could help the people on the camp and support Oxfam…
GreeceThe Camp is located in the Northwest of Greece, around 4 km outside the town of Filippiada. It is of the main road leading to Ioannina, with lots of traffic. It is situated on a large gravel-covered area. On the other side it faces a dense forest leading towards a river. In order to enter the camp, one has to register with the municipality. The reason…
GreeceFour weeks after the fires destroyed Moria Reception and Identification Centre on Lesvos, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is reiterating its call that urgent action and improvements are needed to avoid further deterioration of living conditions for some 7,800 refugees and asylum-seekers currently sheltered in the emergency site in Kara Tepe. Colder weather…
GreeceOn Tuesday 8 September, a huge fire engulfed Moria camp, Europe’s largest migrant camp on the island of Lesbos in Greece. It has completely destroyed the camp, leaving 12,000 people homeless. In addition, Covid-19 has been identified among the stranded asylum seekers.
GreeceUN urges Greece to act as Moria refugee camp reaches 'boiling point' The UN refugee agency has urged Greece to move asylum seekers off Lesbos after the Victoria Derbyshire programme exposed appalling conditions. It said the Moria camp was "reaching boiling point" and the Greek government should rapidly speed up the process of transferring people to the…
GreeceMORE THAN 100 hundred firefighters are battling a wildfire that broke out in Greece’s southern Mani peninsula, prompting several village evacuations. The fire department said 103 firefighters with 24 fire engines and 15 aircraft had been deployed to the forest of Langadia, in the Peloponnese peninsula of Mani. Five villages were evacuated as a…