Dec 17 Watch 6:40 Migrant crisis crashing ashore, Lesbos fishermen now fish for people By PBS News Hour More than 800,000 migrants have arrived in Greece by sea during 2015, with most of them landing on the island of Lesbos. The crisis has had both economic and emotional impacts for the island inhabitants. Special correspondent Malcolm Brabant talks… Continue watching
Dec 14 Watch 7:30 Roadblock creates bottleneck of stranded migrants in Greece By PBS News Hour Syrian, Afghan and Iraqi migrants are assured a relatively swift passage through Europe, but migrants of other nationalities arriving on the shores of Greece are finding the gates have been shut. Special correspondent Malcolm Brabant reports from the Greek island… Continue watching
Dec 09 Watch Blocked by the Balkans, where will migrants stranded in Greece go? By PBS News Hour Greek riot police closed down a temporary transit camp used by refugees and migrants after Balkan countries like Macedonia closed their frontiers to those seeking passage who do not come from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan. Where will the rejected migrants… Continue watching
Dec 03 Meet the millionaire who's spent a fortune rescuing migrants in the Mediterranean By P. J. Tobia When Christopher Catrambone and his wife Regina set out on a luxury cruise on the Mediterranean, they had no idea that one of the most beautiful places on earth had become a mass grave. Continue reading
Nov 01 Watch 6:24 Cash-strapped Greece struggles against overwhelming tide of refugees By PBS News Hour As the E.U. debates what to do with a steady flow of migrants and war refugees, Greece remains Ground Zero for refugee arrivals, and fears are growing that resistance to migrants in central and northern Europe will lead to refugees… Continue watching
Oct 30 Watch 6:33 Greeks find tax hike on a traditional liquor hard to swallow By PBS News Hour Amid the financial crisis, there's one EU-imposed austerity measure that's causing particular angst among Greek citizens: a tax hike on one of the country's favorite traditional liquors. Greeks are worried that raising taxes on tsipouro, a powerful, clear type of… Continue watching
Oct 30 Watch 3:55 News Wrap: Dozens of shipwrecked migrants drown off Greece By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, 31 people, most of whom were children, drowned trying to cross from Turkey to Greece. On the island of Lesbos, bodies washed ashore including several babies. Also, President Obama says he's ready to sign a… Continue watching
Oct 29 Watch 4:36 Deadly tide of migrant trafficking crashes on Greek shores By PBS News Hour A boat carrying an estimated 300 people capsized while crossing from Turkey to the Greek island of Lesbos -- just one of a series of deadly accidents involving traffickers’ boats on Wednesday. More than 240 passengers were saved, but the… Continue watching
Oct 28 Watch 5:16 Traffickers' trade turns to refugee tragedy off Greece By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Oct 28 Boat carrying refugees capsizes off coast of Lesbos By Malcolm Brabant LESBOS, Greece -- A medical team worked frantically to revive a small child after a boat carrying migrants capsized off the coast on Wednesday. The doctor’s efforts were in vain. Continue reading