Lesbos: 'We want our island back'
More than 50,000 refugees are stuck on the Greek islands, living in appalling conditions. The situation is also impacting on the local population, who want change. Max Zander reports from Lesbos.
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Only 189 migrants returned to Turkey despite EU refugee pact: report
The EU and Turkey reached a so-called refugee deal in 2016 to prevent illegal migration. But new figures show that a tiny fraction of migrants are being returned to Turkey, while the EU is resettling significantly more.
Life in the Moria camp on Lesbos: 'Every day, someone is injured'
Since the start of this year, two people have died after being stabbed in the Moria migrant camp on the Greek island of Lesbos. According to Doctors Without Borders (MSF), the main reason for the surge in violence is the severe over1
How does the European 'solidarity mechanism' work for migrants rescued at sea?
In 2018, several European countries agreed to set up a "solidarity mechanism" with the aim of fairly redistributing migrants, rescued in the Mediterranean, among them. InfoMigrants takes a closer look at the scheme's function and li1
A graveyard for unnamed Afghans in Turkey
A number painted on a plain cement gravestone is all that marks the resting place of hundreds of Afghans in a city in Turkey’s east. The unnamed migrants buried here lost their lives trying to cross the treacherous border from Iran.