Lesbos

Myrta Kalampoka says investing in her olive trees saved her family from the Greek economic crisis. Now she hopes their olive oil can rescue them from an ongoing drop in tourism to Lesbos.
Economics
Hear how investing in olive trees saved one Lesbos family from economic crisis
EMILY is a livesafing device being used to safe refugee and migrants found at sea.
Conflict
It’s a buoy, it’s a life raft, it’s Emily — the robotic craft that’s saving refugees off the coast of Greece
Somali refugees
Media
Three Somali journalists on Lesbos hope for the best — asylum in Europe
Sheep graze on the Greek island of Lesbos.
Lifestyle
The home of Sappho could really use some tourist love
An Iraqi man mourns his wife on the beach on Lesbos on October 15, 2015.
Conflict
How one Syrian refugee wound up bringing his dying wife with him to Greece
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Justice
The cemeteries on Lesbos are full. But refugee families still need to bury their dead.