The number of people caught trying to enter the EU illegally dropped last year to its lowest level in seven years, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency reported. An estimated 124,000…
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Greece’s Citizen Protection Minister Michalis Chrysochoidis visited the Greek-Turkish border region of Evros on Tuesday. There he met with police and army officers at the border stations of Kastanies and Feres and…
A memorandum of cooperation for the construction of a new migrant reception centre on the island of Lesvos by early September 2021, was signed by Greek Migration and Asylum Minister Notis Mitarachi…
A report released by the Council of Europe on Thursday, “urges the Greek authorities to change their approach towards immigration detention and to ensure that migrants deprived of their liberty are treated…
The European Commission on Wednesday revealed a new migration plan that stresses mandatory burden sharing and sending illegal migrants back to their home countries. Ursula von der Leyen, European Commission president, called…
Three people died and fifty-three were rescued when a migrant boat sank off the southern Greek island of Crete on Monday. According to the port authority, one of the passengers called the…
Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens and All Greece expressed his “deepest sorrow” over the destruction of the Moria refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesvos. “It is time for the European Union…
Migration and Asylum Minister Notis Mitarachi said that refugee camps have been decongested by 38% compared with January 2020, during an interview on ERT1 on Tuesday. He clarified that some of the…
Greek authorities are preparing for the possible second wave of illegal immigrants at the Greek-Turkish border. In March this year, Turkey attempted to asymmetrically invade Greece with the use of tens of…
Cypriot authorities have raised alarm bells after four boats carrying Syrian and Lebanese migrants arrived in waters of Cyprus within a 48-hour span. According to police, a total of 123 migrants are…
Greek Shipping Minister Yiannis Plakiotakis said that authorities have prevented more than 10,000 migrants from entering Greece clandestinely by sea so far this year, despite a recent lack of cooperation from the…
Greek authorities announced that a broken down yacht with 73 immigrants and two alleged migrant smugglers, were rescued off the coast of the island of Zakynthos on Saturday, after the vessel sent…
Despite harassment from Turkish authorities, the Hellenic Coast Guard rescued 96 foreign nationals at sea, Greek Port Authority/Coast Guard spokesperson Nikos Lagadianos said on Wednesday. “Ninety-six people have been rescued so far…
The construction of a fence running along a section of the Greek-Turkish land border in Evros will be completed in eight months, Citizens’ Protection Minister Michalis Chrysochoidis announced in Parliament on Monday.…
A major search and rescue operation took place in the eastern Aegean Sea on Tuesday night, after authorities received an emergency call from a migrant boat. The Hellenic Coast Guard said authorities…
From February 28 to August 3 this year, over 60,000 illegal immigrants were prevented from entering Greece from the Evros area on the Greek-Turkish border region. A total of 61,508 people, as…
The VIAL Reception & Identification Center for migrants in Chios, has been placed on lockdown after a 35-year-old man and a staff member of the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) tested positive…
Seventeen of the thirty-eight illegal immigrants who landed at a beach in the area of Plomari in Lesvos last week, have tested positive for coronavirus. The announcement was made by the municipality…
The number of migrants hosted on the Greek islands fell by 29.6% in July in comparison with January 1, 2020, the migration and asylum ministry announced on Friday. Migration and Asylum Minister…
On Thursday, 140 Iraqi nationals will voluntarily return home on a charter flight, the Migration & Asylum Ministry announced. One requirement is that they must be tested for the novel coronavirus before the…