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Greek Citizen Protection Minister Mihalis Chrysohoidis underlined Greece's determination to protect its borders while addressing a discussion held Wednesday on migration, asylum and guarding...

According to president of the Greek correctional officers Spyros Karakitsos, interviewed by the newspaper To Vima, decades of immigrants who have served their sentence imposed...

Much has been said and written about the financial crisis in Greece and the devastating consequences it has had on people’s lives. Returning to...

ATHENS – A hundred years ago, Omonia Square was filled with trees and benches and was a beckoning oasis in the middle of the...

Ahead of May elections, more than six in 10 Greeks, or 61.7 percent, agree with recent government moves to clamp down on illegal immigration...

Amnesty International has described as "deeply alarming" the Greek government's move to round up and detain irregular migrants and asylum-seekers, including those suspected of...

ATHENS – There aren’t many Greeks left in Omonia Square, which some years ago used to be a rotary with a fountain and greenery,...

European Union interior ministers Thursday were torn over whether to expand Europe΄s visa-free travel area, with Bulgarian and Romanian dreams of joining the group...

The Greek community is divided in its response to the Gillard government’s policy shift on asylum seekers. Last week Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced the...

Amnesty International stated in a new report today that Greek authorities should immediately review their policy of locking up irregular migrants and asylum-seekers, which...