Lesbos, the Greek vacation island in the Aegean Sea between Turkey and
Greece, faces massive refugee flows from the Middle East countries, arriving day and night on unsafe inflatable boats. November 2015 - April 2016.


And inflatable boat crammed with refugees from Afghanistan and Syria arrive at night on the shores of Lesbos near Skala Sikaminias, Greece. With no lighting, no elementary navigation aides, the 9km distance to cross is perilous in case of engine failure among heavy ships traffic. Many of those invisible boats sank at night with refugees drowning. 05 November, 2015. Lesbos, the Greek vacation island in the Aegean Sea between Turkey and Greece, faces massive refugee flows from the Middle East countries.



Refugees from Afghanistan and Syria that arrived on boats to the shores of Lesbos near Molivos walk out from the beach to a transit camp, on 04 November, 2015. Lesbos, the Greek vacation island in the Aegean Sea between Turkey and Greece, faces massive refugee flows from the Middle East countries.

Flattened trouser abandonned by refugees on a dirt road near a lighthouse in Skala Sikaminias, on 09 November, 2015. Lesbos, the Greek vacation island in the Aegean Sea between Turkey and Greece, faces massive refugee flows from the Middle East countries.













Refugees from Afghanistan and Syria frantically disembark from an inflatable boat on the shores of Lesbos near Skala Sikaminias, Greece on 03 November, 2015. Lesbos, the Greek vacation island in the Aegean Sea between Turkey and Greece, faces massive refugee flows from the Middle East countries.





An inflatable boat overcrowded with Syrian refugees had it's engine failed during the night trip from Turkish coast, but was safely spotted and towed to Skala Sikaminias port by a Greek fishing boat, Lesbos, Greece on 12 November, 2015. At the port, refugees are told to calmly disembark, children first. Lesbos, the Greek vacation island in the Aegean Sea between Turkey and Greece, faces massive refugee flows from the Middle East countries.




As deportation back to Turkey of some refugees has begun few days earlier, this Egyptian man waits with growing anguish about his faith near Mytilene port, on 07 April, 2016. Lesbos, the Greek vacation island in the Aegean Sea between Turkey and Greece, received massive refugee flows from the Middle East countries.