asylum seekers

The situation on the Greek island of Samos is deteriorating as days go by, due to the huge number of refugees and migrants that have reached the island's shores over the last few months. Following the serious clashes that erupted...

According to the findings of a recent study titled ''Data on Children in Migration'' conducted by the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission, Greece is the EU member state with the highest number of child asylum requests...

The Greek government is planning to tighten up procedures for providing free health care and other benefits to thousands of migrants and asylum seekers. According to a circular issued this week to all state agencies by the Labor Ministry, the...

A total of 360 refugees and illegal migrants were registered just from midnight Tuesday to 4 PM the same day at the Moria Reception and Identification Center on the Greek island of Lesvos, authorities reported on Tuesday. Some 62 of...

More than 700 migrants and asylum seekers have landed on several Greek islands from Turkey over the weekend, as PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis warned Ankara on Sunday not to coerce Greece and Europe over the explosive issue. At east 207 migrants...

The European Commission has contacted Greek authorities concerning reports of alleged illegal pushbacks of migrants to Turkey in the Evros region on Greece's northeastern border. This news was confirmed by Commission spokesperson for Migration issues, Natasha Bertaud, on Tuesday. "The...

On the third anniversary of the signing of the EU-Turkish migrant deal on Monday, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) called on European leaders to take action to end the harmful policy of containment on the Greek island "hotspots’" The medical charity...

A 15-year-old girl went missing on Tuesday off the coast of Greece’s Lesvos Island. The girl disappeared when a boat carrying fifty-two migrants who were trying to reach Greece in order to seek asylum in Europe capsized off the coast of...

Six dinghies carrying migrants and refugees landed on the Greek islands of Lesvos, Chios and Oinousses on Monday. Three dinghies carrying a total of 123 people reached the coast of Lesvos. The individuals were transferred to the port of Mytilene...

The Aegean Islands have seen an increase of migrants from 10,349 earlier this year to 16,334 this summer. Local authoroities on Lesvos, Chios and Samos are once again calling for the central government to reduce the amount of migrants on...