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Greece Fined for Death of Syrian Refugee Shot by Coastguards
The European court of human rights has ruled that Greece violated a Syrian refugee's right to life when coastguards opened fire on a migrant smugglers' vessel and the Syrian was shot in the head.
The Strasbourg-based court ruled that Greece...
Immigration
Record Migration Expected in 2024, ICMPD Report Says
The International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) has released a new report which forecasts record levels of displacement resulting from war and conflict in 2024.
The migration think tank states in its report, released today on Wednesday, January 17th,...
Greek News
At Least Three Migrants Dead Off Greece’s Lesvos
Authorities in Greece say at least three people died after a boat carrying refugees and migrants tried to cross from the Turkish coast to the island of Lesvos on Wednesday morning amid northerly winds of nine Beaufort.
The boat reached...
Greek News
US Immigration Crisis Worsens as Blinken Heads to Mexico
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The migration crisis in the US is worsening, due to a sharp increase in the number of irregular migrants trying to enter the country from Mexico.
By Josep Freixes
According to US authorities, around 10,000 people try to enter the country...
History
DNA Reveals Indigenous Mexicans Migrated to California 5,200 Years Ago
Over five thousand years ago, hunter-gatherers from Mexico moved to California. A recent genetic study suggests those indigenous Mexicans might have brought unique languages from the south about a thousand years earlier than previously thought.
This new discovery questions the...
Environment
How Climate Change Weakened the Ottoman Empire
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At its peak, the Ottoman Empire spanned three continents, controlling a vast part of Southeastern Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa.
Europe
EU Reaches ‘Historic’ Migration Deal
EU home affairs ministers reached a migration deal described as historic by officials that would see EU states pay €20,000 for each migrant they refuse to host.
Swedish immigration minister Maria Malmer Stenergard, who chaired the talks in Luxembourg on...
Greek News
Greece Stopped 154,000 Migrants from Entering This Year
Greece has prevented more than 154,000 irregular migrants from entering the country this year, Greek Migration Minister Notis Mitarakis said on Sunday.
Some fifty thousand people attempted to cross the Turkish-Greek border in August alone, he told Greek daily Eleftheros...
Diaspora
Demetrios Papademetriou, Top Scholar on Migration, Dies at 75
Demetrios Papademetriou, a leading scholar on international migration, passed away last Wednesday at the age of 75 according to a statement released by the Migration Policy Institute (MPI), where he served as President Emeritus until his death.
He is survived...
Diplomacy
Pope Francis: Greece Helped Humanity Expand its Horizons
Pope Francis, who began a three-day visit to Greece on Saturday, spoke warmly about the hosting nation and its contribution to humanity at a ceremony held in the Presidential Mansion in Athens.
Addressing Greece's President Katerina Sakellaropoulou, PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis,...