Greek authorities rescued 71 people from a boat in distress south of Crete on Tuesday, October 20, in an operation involving the European Union’s border agency, Frontex, and the Hellenic Coast Guard.
The boat was located 52 nautical miles south...
Twelve migrants, including an infant, died in two separate boat incidents off the Greek islands of Samos and Lesbos on Monday, October 19, according to Greek authorities.
Six people died in each incident, while coast guard crews rescued a total...
Greece’s asylum approval rate fell to 37 percent in the first eight months of 2026, marking a sharp decline from previous years as authorities apply stricter criteria to applications, according to sources at the Ministry of Migration and Asylum.
The...
Italy is preparing new rules for schools that would limit the number of foreign students in a classroom and ban face-covering garments such as the burqa and niqab.
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni announced the plans on September 20, saying the...
Greece and four European Union partners are in advanced talks with an African country to establish a return hub, with an agreement targeted by the end of 2026 and operations planned for the second half of 2027, Greek Minister...
A search for missing migrants continued south of Gavdos on Monday, September 14, after a boat partially sank on Sunday, leaving one person dead and 51 rescued. Survivors said 77 people had been aboard, according to Greek Coast Guard...
British far-right commentator of Greek descent Milo Yiannopoulos was detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport in Kenner, Louisiana and deported to the United Kingdom on Friday.
According to the US Department...
Germany is signaling that migrant and asylum transfers to Greece could resume under the European Union's new migration framework, raising fresh questions only months after Athens declared it had cleared outstanding obligations from the previous system.
The issue has emerged...
A sixteen-year-old Greek basketball player has spoken out against racial abuse she says she received online while representing Greece at the FIBA U16 Women’s EuroBasket Division B tournament in Ioannina.
Lisa Itoya, a guard for Panathlitikos Sykies, has Nigerian roots...
US President Donald Trump reposted an interview featuring Greek Minister of Migration and Asylum Thanos Plevris on his Truth Social platform without an accompanying comment. The original interview was published by the US outlet Breitbart News.
In the interview, Plevris...
President Donald Trump signed two executive orders on Thursday aimed at defining the limits of birthright citizenship and stopping foreign nationals from traveling to the United States primarily to give birth, the White House announced.
The signing of the orders...
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has called on the European Union to strengthen its response to what he described as the "weaponization" of migration, arguing that existing rules are no longer sufficient to deal with countries that use migrant...
At least eighteen migrants are dead after a sudden surge of arrivals from Morocco overwhelmed Ceuta, prompting Spain to deploy troops and reinforce its police presence in the North African enclave.
Spain’s Interior Ministry estimated Friday that about 49,000 people...
Dedicated to fostering hope and unity, a Greece-based refugee organization is transforming lives through the power of sport. By breaking down ethnic and religious barriers, they create safe, inclusive spaces where diverse cultures can connect, cooperate, and build a...
Greece's Parliament has passed a major migration bill that officially integrates the European Union’s new Pact on Asylum and Migration into domestic law. The legislation introduces stringent measures to overhaul border controls, expedite asylum applications, and fast-track the deportation...
