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Migrant Invasion of Europe Part 10

TOPSHOT - Migrants help a woman who fell as they run away from tear gas during clash with Greek police on the buffer zone Turkey-Greece border, at Pazarkule, in Edirne district, on February 29, 2020. - Thousands of migrants stuck on the Turkey-Greece border clashed with Greek police on February 29, 2020, according to an AFP photographer at the scene. Greek police fired tear gas at migrants who have amassed at a border crossing in the western Turkish province of Edirne, some of whom responded by hurling stones at the officers. The clashes come as Greece bolsters its border after Ankara said it would no longer prevent refugees from crossing into Europe following the death of 33 Turkish troops in northern Syria. (Photo by BULENT KILIC / AFP) (Photo by BULENT KILIC/AFP via Getty Images)

Politicians have weighed in loudly. “Greeks shouldn’t have to adapt their way of life to accommodate immigrants,” Konstantinos Kyranakis roared from the backbenches of parliament, in a heated exchange over the Diavata cookout. The lawmaker, among the prime minister’s closest advisers, later doubled down and posted a picture on Facebook featuring himself and friends eating… Continue reading Migrant Invasion of Europe Part 10

Migrant Invasion of Europe Part 9

Unlike the open-arms migration policy embraced by the previous leftist government in Greece, the newly installed conservative administration of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is marshaling a tougher stance to the Invasion of Muslims from Turkey. It has vowed to deport some 10,000 migrants back to their homelands by the end of the year. The government… Continue reading Migrant Invasion of Europe Part 9

Migrant Invasion of Europe Part 8

“It is high time authorities wake up and realize what’s really happening here,” many are saying. Leftist parliamentarians and human rights groups have condemned the protests. They say it bodes badly for a country that just decades ago welcomed more than 600,000 Albanians, who are majority Muslim, allowing them to assimilate and start a new… Continue reading Migrant Invasion of Europe Part 8

Migrant Invasion of Europe Part 6

Some years ago and at the height of Europe’s refugee crisis, violent demonstrations emerged out of the region as authorities moved to set up some of the nation’s first migrant camps. Then, months later, locals in surrounding districts kept their kids home, padlocking the gates of state schools to block migrant children from seeking education… Continue reading Migrant Invasion of Europe Part 6

Migrant Invasion of Europe Part 5

“People travelled from Turkey to Greece to seek safety, yet they were met with violence so serious that at least two were tragically killed. Allegations of violence must be promptly and impartially investigated. Everyone should be treated humanely, shielded from violence and be granted access to protection in the countries where they are seeking safety”… Continue reading Migrant Invasion of Europe Part 5

Migrant Invasion of Europe Part 4

In the midst of violence at the Greek-Turkish border, at least two men were killed and a woman remains missing after Greek border forces reportedly fired live ammunition and tear gas against asylum-seekers and migrants. This occurred after Turkish authorities recklessly encouraged them to travel to Greece under false pretences, new research by Amnesty International… Continue reading Migrant Invasion of Europe Part 4

Migrant Invasion of Europe Part 2

Authorities in Greece say they are worried that migrants and refugees are gathering on Turkey’s coast with plans to cross the Aegean Sea. As many as 2,000 migrants who were quarantined in camps in Turkey have reportedly been taken by bus to coastal towns near the Greek islands of Lesbos and Chios. The Greek government… Continue reading Migrant Invasion of Europe Part 2

Migrant Invasion of Europe Part 3

Greece’s new conservative government is moving away from a once welcoming migration policy. But is increasing animosity to asylum-seekers giving cover to nationalists, like the organizers of a pork-and-alcohol barbecue? To outsiders, Diavata may seem like a sleepy village tucked in the rolling hills and bucolic landscape beyond Thessaloniki, Greece’s second-largest city. But it’s actually… Continue reading Migrant Invasion of Europe Part 3

Migrant Invasion of Europe Part 1

Migrants on the Greek islands are to be offered €2,000 (£1,764) per person to go home under a voluntary scheme launched by the European Union in an attempt to ease desperate conditions in camps. The amount is more than five times the usual sum offered to migrants to help them rebuild their lives in their… Continue reading Migrant Invasion of Europe Part 1