asylum seekers

More tension on the Aegean island of Lesvos is being reported after hundreds of asylum seekers were redistributed amid the deteriorating situation in the Moria refugee camp. The mostly Kurdish refugees have set up temporary shelters in square and parks...

Greece's Council of State has ruled that migrants and refugees who have applied for asylum should be able to move freely until the authorities decide on their status. Legislation based on the legal ruling will go before the Greek parliament...

Turkey plans to leverage its millions of Syrian refugees for money and other concessions at a summit in Europe next week as Greece faces criticism for its implementation of the migrant deal signed with Ankara in March 2016. A report...

Thousands of asylum-seekers and migrants remained trapped on the Greek islands in "appalling conditions" Amnesty International said on Thursday. An Amnesty report which documents the state of the world’s human rights in 159 countries and territories during 2017, notes that security...

The Greek government, with the support of EU member states, should act now to end Greece’s “containment policy,” 20 human rights and aid groups said on Wednesday. The policy forces asylum seekers arriving on the Greek islands to remain in...

France announced that they will take 234 asylum seekers from Greece on Wednesday October 18th, as part of a Europe-wide program of relocation. In a press release the French embassy in Athens states that the transfer is within the framework...

The Council of State on Friday ruled that Turkey is safe for the deportation of migrants and refugees who entered Greece illegally. Greece's highest administration court deemed that refugees and migrants deported to Turkey do not face threat of torture,...

The symbol of peace was formed by a group of asylum seekers on the roof of the White Tower, the symbolic feature in Thessaloniki. The gesture to commemorate Thursday’s World Peace Day was organized by the UN High Commission for...

In a desperate appeal to the Greek government, the mayor of Lesvos calls for immediate measures to reduce the number of asylum seekers in the Aegean island. In a letter addressed to the Minister of Migration Policy, Yiannis Mouzalas, Mayor...

About 100 migrants from Eritrea and Ethiopia staying in the Moria, Lesvos reception and identification center camp, celebrated New Year 2010 in the early hours of Monday. With traditional music from their homeland, dances and food they prepared themselves, they...