Lesvos
‘I Can’t Take It Anymore’: Refugees Struggle To Cope in Extreme Heat
One of the worst heat waves in recent history is making life hell for people in the Mavrovouni refugee camp in Greece.
Pregnant Woman Who Set Herself on Fire Could Face Arson Charges
The heavily-pregnant Afghan woman set her tent in a Greek migrant camp on fire with her inside it, in desperation over what she believed was an unsuccessful asylum decision against her.
Violence Is Exploding in Europe's Most Notorious Migrant Camp
Residents of the Moria refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesvos are living in fear under lockdown and a spate of vicious knife attacks.
What It's Like to Run a Swimming School for Refugees in Your 20s
Meet the young volunteers working to undo the damage that a perilous journey across the ocean has done to refugee children fleeing conflict in their home countries.
Tourists Are Avoiding Lesvos Because of the Refugee Crisis
'We feel like we are being punished': speaking to the hotel owners, NGO workers and residents of the island that became a focal point of the refugee crisis.
Greek Volunteers Are Bracing for Another Wave of Migrants
If a deal between the European Union and Turkey falls apart, migrants could once agains start crossing the Aegean Sea to Greece en masse.
At Least 5 Children Among Nearly 40 Drowned as Migrant Boat Sinks Off Turkish Coast
The Turkish coast guard was continuing rescue efforts on Saturday after a 17-meter boat carrying at least 120 people sank on the way to the Greek island of Lesvos.
How I Became a Volunteer Refugee Gravedigger
Adonis Khan quit his job as a mortgage advisor to help refugees in Lesvos. He ended up burying the bodies of those drowned at sea.
How Volunteers From All Over the World Have Transformed the Refugee Crisis on Lesbos
We went to the Greek island of Lesbos to meet the hordes of people from all over the world who have gone to to try to help after being horrified by what they were seeing on the news.
What Refugees in Greece Think About the Paris Attacks
"Those who did this say they are Muslims—they are not. No religion teaches terrorism."
I Spent a Frenzied Night Saving Children Washed Up on a Greek Island
We need more money, medical staff, volunteers, and translators. And we need more compassion so that men, women, and children stop dying on the water.
Migrants and Refugees Test Lesbos' Limits: Breaking Borders (Dispatch 5)
VICE News travels to Lesbos, where a sudden influx of 20,000 migrants has stretched the island's ability to cope to breaking point.