Tag: Refugee Crisis

New Zealand Lifeguards Heading to Greece: “We Can’t Just Sit Here and Watch People Drown”

Six New Zealand lifeguards from that country’s famed Bethells Beach Surf Lifesaving Patrol will travel to the Greek Island of

February 8, 2016

Turkey Wants More Money From EU for Refugee Support— €2 Billion More than Originally Agreed

Turkey is demanding an additional €2 billion— on top of the 3 billion that has already been pledged by the

February 6, 2016

(Listen) Greek Ambassador to Washington Christos Panagopoulos: Migrants “Aren’t Coming From Mars”; Points Finger to Turkey

Greece’s ambassador to the United States Christos Panagopoulos pointed the finger at Turkey as the cause of the European refugee

February 3, 2016

Photo of the Day: A Pleasant Sunday Afternoon Sorting Socks on the Beach

This past Sunday, a team of Czech, Croatian, German, Swedish, Irish, American, British, Spanish, Greek and Australian volunteers gathered on

February 2, 2016

Guernica Transformed: A Bulgarian Cartoonist Transforms Picasso’s Classic to Raise Awareness of Refugee Suffering

Volunteers are lending their time, celebrities use their fame, while others donate money. People everywhere– including artists– are showing their

February 2, 2016

Greek Islanders Officially Nominated for Nobel Prize; A Grandmother, a Fisherman and a Hollywood Actress Symbolically Represent Everyone’s Efforts

Three names have been put forward by a team of academics who nominated Greek islanders and volunteer works for the

February 1, 2016

Nobel Petition Started by an Engineer from Washington Approaching 1m Signatures: I Just Wanted to Honor the Sacrifices of the Selfless People of the Greek Islands

More than 600,000 people have signed their names to a petition that was initiated by a Greek American from Washington

February 1, 2016

NBC Nightly News: “Momentum Growing” for Greek Islanders to Receive Nobel Peace Prize

NBC Nightly News reportedly extensively on the role of Greek islanders and volunteers who were “risking their own lives” to

January 31, 2016

Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei is Aylan Kurdi for a Moment

The photograph of a dead 3-year old Syrian refugee who drowned in the Aegean Sea last year was inspiration for

January 31, 2016

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