The World PostJanuary 25, 2016
The network of Greek islanders who have rescued, sheltered and embraced refugees fleeing terror in their homelands may be up for the Nobel Peace Prize.
A group of academics from Oxford, Princeton, Harvard, Cornell and the University of Copenhagen will submit a Nobel nomination for residents of Lesbos, Kos, Chíos, Samos, Rhodes and Leros, The Guardian reported Sunday. Of the 900,000 or so Middle Eastern refugees who arrived in Europe last year, most did so by way of the various Greek islands in the Aegean Sea, where they docked and were helped ashore by local volunteers.
The academics behind that submission say they have the support of the Greek minister for migration, Yiannis Mouzalas, and will submit their nomination by the Feb. 1 deadline.
An anonymous user has also created a petition on the campaign action site Avaaz calling for a Nobel nomination for the Greek islanders, who are going through an economic crisis of their own.
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This Greek grandmother and fisherman have been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for helping refugees who've been risking their lives to reach Europe.
This Greek grandmother and fisherman have been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for helping refugees who've been risking their lives to reach Europe.
