asylum

BREAKING: EU Council Adopts Landmark Pact on Migration and Asylum Reform

BREAKING: EU Council Adopts Landmark Pact on Migration and Asylum Reform

In a significant move aimed at overhauling the European Union's approach to migration and asylum, the EU Council has adopted…

2 days ago

EU Unveils Strict New Migration and Asylum Pact

The European Union has unveiled a new migration and asylum pact that aims to strengthen border security while upholding humanitarian…

1 month ago

Cyprus Suspends Asylum Applications for Syrians Pending Reassessment of Safe Areas

The exodus has triggered calls from Nicosia to its European Union partners to do more to assist Lebanon, as well…

1 month ago

Nearly 5,000 Applications Submitted for New Greek Work Permit

Nearly 5,000 applications have been submitted for a new type of work permit designed for third-country nationals, according to the…

2 months ago

Forty Pakistanis and 10 Georgians have their asylum requests rejected - Deportation imminent

Forty Pakistanis and 10 Georgians will be returned to their country of origin after their asylum requests were rejected, Greece's…

3 months ago

Greece Sees Surge in Asylum Applications Amid EU-Wide Increase

Greece has seen a surge in asylum applications, an estimated 10,285,  amid an EU-wide increase which saw the country along…

3 months ago

UK Potential Returns Agreement to Send Migrants Back to Turkey

The possibility of a returns agreement to send migrants back to Turkey seems highly unlikely in light of recent reports…

3 months ago

Migrants’ agreement with Italy, Constitutional Court paves way for ratification

Italy and Albania's migrant agreement is set to be ratified after the Constitutional Court of Albania deemed it constitutional. The…

4 months ago

Thessaloniki: Turkish man arrested for orchestrating telephone scams in Germany

Police in Thessaloniki arrested a Turkish citizen after executing a European warrant issued by the German judicial authorities. German authorities…

2 years ago

REFUGEE CRISIS: Embarkation for Kythera

This was no mythical embarkation to 'Cythera' as the idyllic pilgrimage, as Aphrodite's birthplace is depicted in the art of…

2 years ago

Greek Prime Minister meets refugee student facing deportation

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis received refugee student Saidu Kamara at Maximos mansion on Tuesday ahead of his potential deportation.…

2 years ago

17 Turkish asylum seekers permitted to enter Greece

Greece has allowed 17 Turkish nationals seeking asylum to enter Greece after they crossed the border from Turkey and were…

2 years ago

Cypriot administration will suspend asylum applications

Cypriot authorities said they would suspend asylum applications amid an influx of  migrants. The island was facing "demographic change" and…

3 years ago

Iraqi citizen in Greece charged with links to Daesh/ISIS

The man was arrested in Athens after being informed by a foreign service A 34-year-old Iraqi asylum seeker was charged…

3 years ago

Government rubbishes claim Afghan president seeking asylum in Cyprus

Government spokesman Marios Pelekanou has denied a Turkish newspaper report that Afghan President Ashraf Ghani intended to apply for asylum…

3 years ago

Cyprus Asks EU to Relocate 'Significant' Numbers of Syrian Asylum-Seekers

Cyprus asked European Union executives to relocate a "significant" number of Syrian asylum-seekers given international protection after authorities said the asylum system hit…

3 years ago

Greece applies to EU for return of 519 migrants rejected asylum status

Greece filed a request with Frontex and the European Commission for the immediate return of 519 migrants to their countries…

3 years ago

FRONTEX: Migration flows to Greece drop by 74%

In the first ten months of 2020, migration flows to Greece dropped 74% compared to flows registered in the same…

3 years ago

Greece, Italy, Spain and Malta sign joint memorandum on migration

The four European Union countries on the front line for migration - Greece, Italy, Spain and Malta - sent a…

3 years ago

Turks seeking asylum beat up farmer after illegally entering Greece from Evros

An unprecedented incident happened yesterday afternoon in Fera, near the Delta of the Evros on the Greek-Turkish border. Five Turkish…

4 years ago