So far, 4,776 asylum-seekers have been relocated from Greece and Italy, only 3% of the original target. UNHCR is calling on States to increase pledges, including for unaccompanied and separated children.
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Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah called for a collective global response to the refugee crisis during her visit to Lesvos.
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“We talk a lot about each other, but never with each other.” With that thought in mind Marieke van der Velden and Philip Brink traveled to Lesvos and invited European tourists and Syrian refugees to talk to one another about life. The result was a short documentary entitled, “The Island of All Together”. Philip and Marieke spoke to EmbassyNews.net about the project and the people that made it all happen.
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The U.S. will provide an additional 20 million dollars for protection, shelter, food and other life saving assistance to the most vulnerable refugees and migrants throughout Europe.
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The educational program of the Molyvos International Music Festival aims at bringing children closer to music.
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UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi will conduct his first official visit to Greece on 23 and 24 February 2016; he will visit Athens and Lesvos and is scheduled to meet with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and other members of his Cabinet.
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Five vehicles were donated to the Prefecture of the Northern Aegean, the Municipalities of Samos, Lesvos, Paionias, KEDE and the Apostoli NGO.
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Eighteen migrants, including six children, were killed on Thursday morning, while trying to reach the island of Lesvos.
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EU member state Ambassadors to Greece visited Lesvos in order to be informed on the current conditions at the refugees and migrants reception and identification centers.
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Of the 660,000 refugees and migrants who have reached Greece this year more than half have landed at Lesvos. With winter approaching, reception conditions and capacity there remain overstretched and inadequate.
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