Postcards: On a Greek island, volunteers remake burial site for refugees lost at sea
ELIAS MARCOU, of Reuters, reports from the Greek island of Lesbos…
Wildfires burn coastal homes, forests in Greece as Europe’s heatwave spreads east
Athens, Greece Reuters Greek firefighters battled wildfires on the island of Lesbos for a second day on Sunday as well as new fires in the western Peloponnese and in northern Greece, evacuating nearby settlements as a heatwave set in. A wildfire that started in mountainous forests on Lesbos in the Aegean Sea near Turkey on […]
Pope chides Europe, comforts migrants on return to Lesbos
Lesbos, Greece AP Pope Francis returned Sunday to the Greek island of Lesbos to offer comfort to migrants at a refugee camp and blast what he said was Europe’s indifference and self-interest “that condemns to death those on the fringes”. “Please, let us stop this shipwreck of civilization!” Francis said at the Mavrovouni camp, a […]
Migrant crisis front and centre in Pope’s Greece-Cyprus trip
Lesbos, GreeceAP When Pope Francis visited the Greek island of Lesbos in 2016, he was so moved by the stories he heard from families fleeing war in Iraq and Syria that he wept and brought a dozen refugees home with him. Speaking to reporters on the way home that day, he held up a drawing […]
Pope to visit Cyprus and Greece, including Lesbos island, on 2nd to 6th December
Vatican CityReuters Pope Francis will visit Cyprus and Greece, including the Greek island of Lesbos to meet migrants, from 2nd to 6th December, a Vatican source said on Tuesday. Francis will stay in Cyprus from 2nd to 4th December his first visit to the ethnically split Mediterranean island, the source said. Pope Francis arrives to […]
Pope urges respect for protestors in apparent Belarus reference; urges solidarity after Lesbos refugee camp fire
Vatican CityAP Pope Francis urged political leaders to listen to protesters and heed their calls for political and social change, an apparent reference to protests in Belarus against the country’s authoritarian President. Francis didn’t mention Belarus or any country in his appeal Sunday during his noontime prayer but his comments came as the Vatican foreign […]
Essay: Fire destroys Moria refugee camp – another tragic wake-up call for the EU’s asylum policy
GEMMA BIRD, a senior lecturer in politics and international relations at the University of Liverpool, says – in an article first published on The Conversation, that the fire at a migrant reception centre on the Greek island of Lesbos is a “stark reminder” of the need for systemic change…
A lifeline disrupted: In Greece, pandemic deprives refugees of vital link to food and locals
MAGDALENA ROJO, writing for Religion News Service, reports from the Greek island of Lesbos…
BOOKS: THE REFUGEE CRISIS THROUGH THE EYES OF THE CHILDREN
JANEY DEMEO, in an article first published on ASSIST News Service, writes about a new book capturing a child’s eye view of Europe’s refugee crisis…