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Migrant Arrivals Spike on Southern Crete

Dozens more migrants have reached a small island south of Crete, highlighting a surge in arrivals and a potential shift…

March 14, 2024

Wild fight between 25 immigrants in Makrinitsa

A fierce fight took place on Friday night at the Shelter for Unaccompanied Minors in Makrinitsa Pelion, according to TheNewspaper.gr.…

January 28, 2024

Alexandroupolis: Police arrest 2 human traffickers in separate incidents

A total of 24 migrants entering Greece illegally through the borders with Turkey at Evros were found in two separate…

January 3, 2024

Michalis Afolayan: "I was arrested in Syros as an illegal immigrant," remembers Bakou from The Witch

Michalis Afolayan talked about his career as an actor and the difficulties he faced until he obtained Greek citizenship. Bakou…

October 25, 2023

Four more arrests of migrant smugglers in Evros and Rodopi

Another three cases of trafficking of illegal immigrants occurred yesterday in areas of Evros and Rhodope, while four foreign traffickers…

September 3, 2023

Continuing exodus of Pakistanis to the West via Greece

All street interviews on YouTube featuring Pakistani youth have one common feature - the shared sentiment of going abroad for…

June 21, 2023

Migrant makes history by paragliding into the EU (video)

The paraglider is thought to have used equipment which cost just £5.50 online Source: Daily Mail This is the moment…

December 6, 2022

Man arrested on suspicion of migrant smuggling

A 65-year-old man was arrested in the northern Greek city of Kilkis on Monday on suspicion of attempting to smuggle…

April 12, 2022

Death toll rises to 16 in latest Greece migrant boat accident

16 people died when their boat overturned off the Greek island of Paros in the central Aegean Sea, hours after…

December 25, 2021

Second migrant shipwreck this week off Greece leaves at least four dead

At least four migrants have died after their boat was wrecked on an islet north of the island of Antikythera…

December 24, 2021

Greece and Malta call for effective European border protection

The Greek Minister of Migration and Asylum, Notis Mitarachi, met with the Minister of the Interior of Malta, Byron Camilleri,…

October 15, 2021

Migrant car crash in Greece kills 2, injures 6 in Thessaloniki

Greek police said Friday a car believed to have been transporting migrants from the Turkish border toward the northern Greek…

June 5, 2021

51-year-old Iraqi man found dead in Chios migrant camp

A 51-year-old man of Iraqi origin was found dead last night in the VIAL structure in Chios where he had…

May 10, 2021

More than 1,100 asylum seekers left Lesvos in the last 20 days

According to Greece's Migration & Asylum Ministry, more than 1,100 approved asylum seekers were transferred off Lesvos between March 23…

April 15, 2021

120 refugees leave Lesvos for Germany

Another 120 recognised refugees left Lesvos on Wednesday for the German city of Hannover. This is the last flight from…

March 31, 2021

Temporary refugee accommodation facility to be built in Athens

A temporary shelter housing refugees and asylum seekers will be built in Athens following an agreement signed between the Migration…

November 20, 2020

Migrant child killed in shipwreck near Samos

The body of a young migrant boy was discovered by the Hellenic Coast Guard on Sunday near the island of…

November 9, 2020

Poland sends 156 mobile housing units to accomodate refugees in Greece

The Polish government sent 156 mobile housing units to Greece for the accommodation of refugees. They were received by Alternate…

October 8, 2020

Burnt Moria refugee camp is a "garbage dump"

Photographs published today by Protothema, show that the burnt Moria refugee camp has turned into "garbage dump," which residents of…

October 7, 2020

"Athens is not doing well", says Australian-born immunologist Sotiris Tsiodras

Experts are concerned about the epidemiological situation of the novel virus in Athens, Infectious disease specialist Sotiris Tsiodras said on Wednesday.…

October 1, 2020
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