The four European Union countries on the front line for migration – Greece, Italy, Spain and Malta – sent a joint memorandum on Wednesday, outlining their positions regarding the bloc’s new pact…
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Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis also met with visiting Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. During their joint news conference, Mitsotakis stated that Greece and Egypt will welcome “a more decisive role of…
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis appealed to Turkey to find a diplomatic solution to the tension in the Eastern Mediterranean, in a pre-recorded address to the 75th United Nations General Assembly on Friday.
Sixteen out of the 350 unaccompanied children refugees that will be relocated to France from Greece left on Friday, the Migration office said in a press release. “Close Greco-French cooperation now extends…
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…
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met with Minister-President (Ministerpräsident) of North Rhine-Westphalia Armin Laschet, at Maximos Palace on Monday. Mitsotakis and Laschet discussed the important measures announced at the recent Summit, aimed at funding…
Authorities on the Aegean island of Lesvos have put 27 undocumented migrants who reached the island on Sunday in a dinghy from Turkey, into quarantine. The boat reached the village of Thermis…
The Foreign Ministers of Greece, Cyprus, France, Italy, Malta, Portugal and Spain, a group dubbed the ‘Med7’, issued a joint declaration on Thursday calling on “all countries of the region to respect…
Greece’s Ministry of Migration and Asylum on Wednesday announced the signing of an agreement with the United Kingdom in intelligence sharing and cooperation in their efforts to tackle the migration crisis. According…
Greece’s Government announced this week that it is holding off plans to build new closed migrant detention camps on the Greek islands, to allow for negotiations with local authorities who strongly oppose…
We continue our weekly snapshot on the migrant crisis on the Greek islands from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. The latest figures concern the arrivals of migrants…
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has released the latest figures concerning the arrivals of migrants and refugees to Greece via Aegean islands, for the period 13 Jan…
Vice president of the European Commission, Margaritis Schinas said that the European Commission will propose a new migration and asylum agreement in order for all the state members to fairly share the…
Greece’s Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis spoke with Cyprus Republic President, Nicos Anastasiades by telephone on Thursday and briefed him on his meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday, that occurred…
The President of the Hellenic Republic, Mr. Prokopios Pavlopoulos congratulated on Friday the European Commission’s new President Ursula von der Leyen and Vice President Margaritis Schinas. In his congratulatory letter to both…
Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met with his Bulgarian and North Macedonian counterparts on the sidelines of the 4th Thessaloniki Summit on Thursday. In his meeting with North Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran…
The 3rd Trilateral meeting between Greece, Cyprus and Egypt concluded in Athens yesterday with the National Defence Mministers of all three nations condemning Turkey’s illegal actions in the East Mediterranean and Syria.…
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.…
Greek government spokesperson Stelios Petsas conceded that the migration issue is the greatest social problem, during in interview with SKAI TV on Sunday. Petsas also noted that Greek citizens should know that…
Greece’s Foreign Minister, Nikos Dendias on Thursday called for EU member states who do not share their burden of the migration crisis, to be punished perhaps with even sanctions. Dendias made the…