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Number of sea arrivals in Greece hits half million mark
UNHCR, 20 Oct 2015
GENEVA, Oct 20 (UNHCR) – Sea arrivals so far this year to Greece have now passed the half-million mark with the arrival yesterday on the Aegean Islands of nearly 8,000 people, the UN refugee agency said today. It added that the latest arrivals had taken the overall total to some 502,500 for thi...
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Seven people die off Lesvos as tensions flare at crowded reception facility
UNHCR, 16 Oct 2015
GENEVA, Oct 16 (UNHCR) – Authorities in Greece have reported up to seven people were killed – four of them children – in a collision between a smuggling boat and a Greek Coast Guard vessel off the coast of Lesvos, the UN refugee agency said today. It added that UNHCR staff had also had to b...
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Turmoil and tragedy in Lesvos as sea arrivals surge, urgent support needed to rapidly improve reception
UNHCR, 16 Oct 2015
Turmoil and tragedy in Lesvos as sea arrivals surge, urgent support needed to rapidly improve reception Briefing Notes, 16 October 2015 This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Adrian Edwards – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at the press briefing, on 16 October 2015,...
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UNHCR head thanks Greece, frontline islands, for improved response to continuing arrivals
UNHCR, 11 Oct 2015
LESBOS, Greece (UNHCR) – In a weekend mission to the main EU entry point for nearly 450,000 refugees and migrants so far this year, UNHCR chief António Guterres witnessed the improved humanitarian response mounted by Greek local authorities and civil society while lamenting the continued lack of ...
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High Commissioner Guterres to visit Greece
UNHCR, 09 Oct 2015
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Melissa Fleming – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at the press briefing, on 9 October 2015, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. High Commissioner António Guterres is scheduled to begin a two and a half-day mission to Greece to...
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