An unprecedented incident happened yesterday afternoon in Fera, near the Delta of the Evros on the Greek-Turkish border. Five Turkish citizens who entered Greece illegally to seek political asylum attacked a young…
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Early on Saturday afternoon, Turkish citizens illegally arrived on Chios island in order to escape the regime of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. 26 Turkish citizens arrived on the island of Chios…
One hundred refugee children will be relocated to Germany on Friday, following an agreement in March, a spokesperson of Germany’s federal Interior Ministry said on Monday. Their countries of origin include Afghanistan,…
Referring to a Frontex report, Migration and Asylum Minister Notis Mitarachi stated that Greece is not currently the main gateway for migration into the European Union, ANT news reported. Based on the…
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) , is urging Greece to investigate multiple reports of pushbacks by Greek authorities at the country’s sea and land borders, possibly returning migrants and asylum…
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said it is “deeply concerned” about the departure of some 9,000 recognised refugees from Greece’s reception system, which began on June 1. Read the summary of…
An Iranian migrant was charged on Monday with plotting to arm thousands of illegal immigrants trying to force their way into Europe and Greece at the Greek Evros border. Greek police said…
Opinion Piece We’ve spent the last six years watching refugees and economic migrants arrive in droves on the Greek mainland and islands. Statistics from UNHCR show that since 2014, when the migration crisis…
Greece’ Ministry of Migration & Asylum on Friday announced that its asylum service offices will be temporarily closed in order to protect public health and limit the further spread of coronavirus. According…
On March 9, an Iranian national granted political asylum by Greece, posted a provocative message on an anarchist website, calling for the movement to arm illegal immigrants at the Greek-Turkey border with…
Residents on the island of Lesvos prevented the NGO ship ‘Mare Liberum’ to tie at the port of Mytilini for resupply on Thursday. The move was part of the continuing protests on…
Greek authorities on Tuesday reported that some 26,532 migrants have been denied entry to Greece via the Evros Greek-Turkish border since 06:00 am on Saturday up until 06:00 pm on Tuesday. During…
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Wednesday at the European People’s Party (EPP) summit, declared that Greece had reached its limits with migrant arrivals and called for a new EU asylum policy. Mitsotakis…
The Greek government announced on Monday that it will hire 400 border guards for Evros borders in the northeast, 500 staff for asylum services on the islands and the mainland and 800…
Greek MPs were presented with a draft bill in Parliament on Tuesday, aimed to change the country’s asylum system. The government hopes that the new measures, which are to go into effect next…
Greece’s Citizen Protection Minister, Michalis Chrisochoidis confirmed on Thursday that refugee families numbering a total of at least 20,000 individuals will be transferred from the Greek islands to the mainland. The Minister…
At a press briefing on Tuesday, government spokesperson Stelios Petsas confirmed that the European Union was preparing sanctions against Turkey over its provocative behaviours on so many fronts, including Cyprus and recently,…
Greece’s Citizen Protection Ministry issued a statement on Wednesday confirming that a delegation of German specialists on issues of migration, met with their Greek counterparts to find ways of collaborating and dealing…
Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced key migration policy decisions on Monday following his meetings with European Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship; Dimitris Avramopoulos and government ministers including Citizen Protection…
Alternate Minister of Migration Policy Giorgos Koumoutsakos on Friday visited the island of Samos where he described the refugee crisis as “unsustainable”. Koumoutsakos made the comments following his visit to the island’s…