Turkish Refugee Camp

ISTANBUL The Greek police have been bringing in asylum seekers living in the country and expelling them to Turkey by force while using the coronavirus pandemic as a cover for their abuses, according to a report published on May 20.  The Wall Street Journal report, based on evidence from asylum…

New findings suggest Greek authorities are illegally deporting refugees across the Turkish border. As part of an international research team, DW identified and met some of the victims who were forced back.  "Come with us and we will issue you new papers," a Greek police officer told Bakhtyar on a Wednesday…

“I have always felt very strongly that I need to work against inequality and the forces that make it possible,” says Niku Jafarnia J.D./M.P.P. ’20. For her, draconian and difficult immigration systems that favor certain populations are key sources of the disparities she hopes to eliminate. When President Donald Trump…

ATHENS - Human rights activists are urging the government of Greece to release 276 unaccompanied migrant children from police detention cells. Human Rights Watch is leading the appeal, saying the children's continued detention is a breach of both local and international laws. Back in November, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis…

Toward the end of “The Trip to Greece,” British comic Rob Brydon (playing a version of himself) is talking to his wife (played by an actress who is not his wife) about the trip he’s just taken with his old pal and sparring partner Steve Coogan. “Is it all fun…

In March, a naval freight ship could be seen floating off the coast of Lesvos. It contained new arrivals to the Greek island, people who wanted to seek asylum but were denied this right. The ship was overcrowded. Asylum seekers were not allowed to shower on board, and there were…

Scientists at the University of Cape Town have developed a coronavirus tracing app for emerging markets — designed to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. However, implementing the app has been proving difficult. The view from the window of Co-Pierre Georg's workplace at home looked like a picture postcard. The…

Scientists at the University of Cape Town have developed a coronavirus tracing app for emerging markets — designed to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. However, implementing the app has been proving difficult. The view from the window of Co-Pierre Georg's workplace at home looked like a picture postcard. The…

Scientists at the University of Cape Town have developed a coronavirus tracing app for emerging markets — designed to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. However, implementing the app has been proving difficult. The view from the window of Co-Pierre Georg's workplace at home looked like a picture postcard. The…

Vaccination opponents, conspiracy theorists and activists with drastically different political views have been protesting Germany's pandemic measures. Outside Germany this show of unity is rare — except for in the US. Earlier this month, some 400 people turned up to demonstrate in front of the chancellery against the government's measures…