Authorities in Lesbos, Greece, were rushing to trying thousands of asylum seekers after a fire burned down much of the housing at the island’s main refugee camp.

Alkhuder arrived on the Greek island of Lesvos in October 2015, and eventually made it to Germany. "Once I arrived, I turned myself in to a refugee reception camp," he recalled. "I started to ...

Farah Elnaqa shares the reality of providing dental care treatment in a refugee camp, including the difficult decisions she had to make.

UNHCR High Profile Supporter Douglas Booth travelled to Greece in May 2015 to learn more about the experiences of refugees and their journeys fleeing from conflict and persecution. Reflecting on his ...

Based on his schedule, he was to meet 250 refugees and ... a disused army camp, as appalling. Journalists have no access to the facility on a hillside just outside Lesbos's main town of Mytiline ...

I needed a translator. So I called a friend, Dr Nasir, an Afghan refugee who I had worked with when he and his family were living in the prison-like camps of Lesvos. He translated Muhammad’s ...

Since Moria was destroyed, migrants and refugees have been protesting against plans to build another camp. Locals on Lesbos are also opposed to a permanent centre, saying that another camp would ...

Read about the trip, and David's reflections. David has also visited Syrian families in Zaatari refugee camp and Amman in Jordan, and in 2015 travelled to the Greek island of Lesvos to meet refugees ...

He grew up with friends who had moved there from the Middle East; seeing refugees from Syria ... the disease-ridden camp near Idomeni, and the outer islands Lesvos and Chios, where the majority ...