With a sprint of Olympic standards, the management of illegal immigrants climbed to the top of positive indicators of the government, overcoming all obstacles within a year: lack of confidence, distrust and…
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An F-16 of the Hellenic Airforce, upgraded by the Hellenic Aerospace Industry (EAV) and Lockheed Martin, completed its first test run on Sunday. “The first Greek #F16 upgraded to version #Viper in…
Greece submitted a request to the European Commission and Frontex to immediately return 1,450 illegal immigrants not entitled to international protection under the EU-Turkey Joint Statement. This is a very important development…
A group of illegal immigrants, including small children, was transported by bus to the Thebes Refugee Accommodation Center last Tuesday, Radio Thiva reported. When they arrived at the center in Thebes, the…
Greek Minister of Immigration and Asylum, Notis Mitarakis has released the findings of an NIS secret report saying Somali immigrants have been purchasing their passage to Lesvos and Chios for between 500 to 800 euros to be transferred illegally to the Greek islands via boats from Turkey’s coasts. The investigation has helped to locate and stop over 2,500 illegal immigrants from Somalia, who were ready to cross into Greek territory from Turkey.
The ‘Greece and Germany relocation program’ for refugee children with serious health conditions and their families, has been completed. According to a joint statement released by the ministry and the German embassy…
The Greek government yesterday accused Turkey of encouraging Somali migration through promotion campaigns and visa offers, and then allowing the migrants to continue to Greece. Athens has long accused Ankara of weaponising…
Greek Minister of Migration and Asylum Notis Mitarachi accused the Turkish coast guard of refusing to respond to a distress signal sent out by a dinghy carrying 34 illegal migrants in the Aegean Sea Wednesday.
A special European Union committee will investigate claims that the Hellenic Coast Guard and the European Union border protection agency FRONTEX carried out pushbacks of illegal immigrants. The investigation was requested by…
25-year-old Afghan asylum seeker, Ayoubi Nadir, has been charged with endangering the life of a child and is also accused of abandoning his son, after the boat bringing them and 22 other…
Authorities in Greece arrested three suspected members of a people-smuggling gang responsible for transporting migrants from Greece to Italy, the Hellenic Coast Guard announced on Tuesday. The arrests were made after the…
The police arrested eight people for being members of a human tracking network in the wider area of Omonia and Agios Panteleimon in central Athens. The leading member of the human trafficking…
A human trafficker and an illegal immigrant were arrested on Sunday in northern Greece between the cities of Kavala and Komotini, Evros24 reported. At noon in the Xanthi Prefecture of Thrace in…
For some of the illegal immigrants on Samos, today’s 6.6 Richter earthquake was an opportunity to start looting at the expense of the local people. At a time when people were running…
Greece’s Migration and Asylum Minister Notis Mitarachi reiterated that “Greece does not participate in so called push-backs.” His post on twitter was made following the announcement by the European Union’s border agency, Frontex,…
The European Union’s border agency, Frontex, on Tuesday announced that it is conducting an investigation into media reports of alleged illegal pushbacks of migrants and refugees in the Aegean. It is noted…
One hundred and four illegal immigrants who had been living in overcrowded Greek island camps, have been relocated to Hannover, a city in Germany. According to the German embassy in Athens, the…
A Memorandum of Understanding between Greece and Afghanistan was signed yesterday by Greek Deputy Foreign Minister Miltiadis Varvitsiotis and Afghan Deputy Foreign Minister Meerwais Nab. The signing ceremony of the Memorandum in…
The Greek Armed Forces have begun setting up barbed-wire obstacles and battle positions, repairing lookout posts and installing lighting along the country’s border with Turkey in Evros. The works are taking place…
“The construction of the new fence on the Greek-Turkish border in Evros was the least the government could do to make Greek citizens feel safe who are keeping the country’s morale high…