A group of 121 asylum seekers including 28 unaccompanied minors with medical needs who were living in migrant camps on the Greeks islands, arrived in Germany on Wednesday in order to be…
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A group of 175 asylum seekers are leaving for Germany today, consisting of 85 unaccompanied minors and 90 families with children from migrant camps on the Greek islands, in order to be…
The Greek government is preparing a diplomatic push for the European Union to sanction Turkey as a first response to its decision of converting Hagia Sophia into a mosque. According to Open…
Greece’s newly appointed Alternate Minister for Immigration Policy, George Koumoutsakos and Deputy Labour and Social Affairs Minister Domna Michailidou met with Serbia’s Ambassador to Greece, Dusan Spasojevic in Athens on Wednesday to…
Germany’s Ambassador to Greece, Mr Ernst Reichel announced on Tuesday that his country had donated 1.56 million euros worth of winter provisions to Greece to help refugees. During a joint press conference…
Greece’s Alternate Minister of Citizen Protection, George Koumoutsakos met with the Dutch Minister of Migration, Ankie Broekers-Knol in Athens on Thursday to discuss way on resolving the migration crisis unfolding in Greece.…
Alternate Citizen Protection Minister for Migration Policy, George Koumoutsakos announced that the Mitsotakis government was preparing a comprehensive “master plan” tackling all aspects of the migration and refugee issue. The announcement was…
Greece’s Alternate Citizen Protection Minister for Migration Policy, George Koumoutsakos called for more effective implementation of the EU-Turkey Statement in particular the dismantling trafficking networks operating in Turkey. Koumoutsakos made the comments…
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…
Greece’s newly elected Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is scheduled to meet senior EU officials today, Monday 15 July to discuss migration policy. Specifically, the Greek PM will chair a meeting on migration at…
Greece’s main opposition party warned that if FYROM proceeds to implement the agreement following the referendum, there will be implications for Greece. The warning came from New Democracy’s Shadow Foreign Minister George…