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…
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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…
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…
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…
The construction of a fence running along a section of the Greek-Turkish land border in Evros, has started. In March this year, Turkey attempted to asymmetrically invade Greece with the use of…
Strong reactions were provoked by a video that was uploaded on social media where an illegal immigrant appears in a supermarket on Samos island licking a package of dairy product from a…
According to information from Iefimerida, Dutch members of an NGO chartered a plane and departed from the Netherlands to Lesvos in order to take with them any refugees and illegal immigrant who…
Greek police have dismantled an organized human trafficking network in Lesvos, in which a total of four Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) are involved. A case has already been filed against 33 NGO members…
Unaccompanied child migrant uses foul language against Greeks while others trash hotel room (VIDEOS)
A video has emerged online of a child migrant staying in a hotel in Central Greece “expressing his gratitude” for being hosted in the country, after entering illegally, by using foul language.…
What some do not seem to realise, or simply turn a blind eye to as it does not suit their theories, is that the European Union, led by Germany, is NOT trying…
A 26-year-old illegal immigrant from Afghanistan was arrested and a case was filed against him for attempting to rape a woman in northwest Greece. Incidents of sexual assault by illegal immigrants against…
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…
Illegal expenditures, financial management problems, issues with the lack of quality in services provided to minors, issues in the legality in using premises, and observance of public hygiene rules regarding COVID-19, were…
Protesters in Germany’s capital on Sunday demanded that the government do more to help migrants stranded on Greek islands following a series of fires that devastated the refugee camp of Moria. The…
All the illegal immigrants who are in Lesvos today will have left by Easter 2021, Greek Minister of Civil Protection Michalis Chrysochoidis told The Guardian. “They will all leave. Of the roughly…
European Council President Charles Michel said he refuses to “paper over this migration challenge,” after visiting Lesvos on Tuesday. He was accompanied by Greece’s Migration and Asylum Minister, Notis Mitarachi. Michel said that the…
Almost a week after the catastrophic fire that turned the Moria migrant camp to ashes and left thousands of illegal immigrants on the street without shelter, the Minister of Civil Protection, Michalis…