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The European Union will use submarines, warships, drones and helicopters in an operation to gather intelligence on gangs who smuggle thousands of asylum-seekers to...

  Amnesty International has called on the Greek government to investigate allegations that the Greek Chief of Police advised officers that undocumented immigrants should be detained...

Viewed as a hostile place for immigrants as the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party grew in popularity, Greece is working with outside organizations and NGOs...

Greek Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis, who is reviewing whether to impose a 25-euros per visit fee for being seen at hospitals, said he wants...

Refugees and migrants trying to reach the EU via Greece from conflict-torn countries like Syria and Afghanistan are being unlawfully returned to Turkey by...

As Greece completed a 10.5-kilometer (6.5 miles) long fence on its border with Turkey along the Evros River in a bid to keep out...

Human rights group Amnesty International has blasted Greece’s treatment of immigrants and asylum seekers, joining in a chorus of criticism against an ongoing roundup...

ATHENS – Mayor George Kamminis said he is prepared for the capital city to host a holding center for illegal immigrants, one of a...

Every week more than 100 people, including a few women and children, wait for hours overnight outside a police building in Athens, hoping to...

“The Economist” stated the importance of Greece’s issue of illegal migration in an article. The magazine commented that Greece has become the main illegal migration-route...