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Afghan garden keeps idle hands busy, produces food for hosts
24 Oct 2016 A small vegetable garden produces tomatoes, aubergines and a way for people seeking asylum to help local families on Lesvos. -
UNHCR concern over the return of 10 Syrian asylum-seekers from Greece
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Volunteers who saved lives on Lesvos nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
7 Oct 2016 Two volunteers who spent 2015 helping refugees and migrants on the Greek island of Lesvos honoured with Nobel Peace Prize nomination. -
Greek volunteers receive UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award
3 Oct 2016 Joint winners the Hellenic Rescue Team and Efi Latsoudi of PIKPA village on Lesvos presented with humanitarian award at ceremony in Geneva. -
2016 Nansen Award winner pays her respects to refugees lost at sea
29 Sep 2016 Efi Latsoudi, joint winner of this year's Nansen Refugee Award, has worked hard to provide Muslim refugees who have died at sea with proper burials in Greece. -
Talk, or the water will break your heart
23 Sep 2016 Volunteers for 2016 Nansen Refugee Award winners Hellenic Rescue Team share their experience of a traumatic year. -
Fire at Reception Site on Lesvos island, Greece
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Over 300,000 refugees and migrants cross Med so far in 2016
20 Sep 2016 Numbers crossing sea to Europe in first nine months of 2016 are down on last year, but higher than whole of 2014. -
Displaced Syrian swimmer makes a splash at 2016 Paralympic Games
12 Sep 2016 While Ibrahim Al-Hussein did not make it through to the final of the 100 metre freestyle, competing at the 2016 Paralympic Games was a "dream come true."