asylum seekers

There have been over 16,000 migrants seeking asylum relocated from both Italy and Greece to other EU countries over the past two years, which is a new record for the bloc, the EU Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and...

With the weather warming up, the influx of migrants to the Aegean islands in Greece is picking up as well and the country's migration minister, Yiannis Mouzalas is expected to issue a circular in the coming days. Sources have reported...

Following the failed military coup attempt in Turkey last July, an increasing amount of Turkish nationals have come to Greece seeking asylum, according to data at the Asylum Service. In a publishing by the Greek newspaper Kathimerini, the number of...

Following comments by German Interior Minister Thomas de Maizière that Germany would be returning rejected asylum seekers to Greece once the asylum system has improved, Greece's Foreign Minister, Nikos Kotzias responded saying that Greece has neither the funds or...

The European Union has put the "Dublin Treaty" back into effect and is to start sending asylum seekers back to Greece, according to Deutsche Welle. "Fresh" asylum seekers arriving to Europe via Greece can once again be sent back to...

On Wednesday the NPO Human Rights Watch (HRW) made statements criticizing the EU-Turkey deal, blaming it for the entrapment of migrants on the Greek Aegean islands known as "hotspots." "The EU-Turkey deal has trapped thousands of people in abysmal conditions...

Migrant and refugee flow to the eastern Aegean islands was low in the last three days. Three persons arrived on Lesvos, 31 on Chios and 47 on Samos. Police said that on Monday 8,888 persons that have sought asylum in...

A 41-year-old Syrian woman was arrested on Thursday for hiding her undocumented 23-year-old son in a suitcase in order to leave Lesvos island for Athens. Specifically, the Syrian refugee, who holds an international protection card and has the right to...

In an effort to re-establish the migrant relocation plan from Italy and Greece, to other EU countries, the European union has called out its member states to live up to their side of responsibility. At the height of the migrant...

Seventeen migrants and refugees were readmitted to Turkey on Wednesday and Thursday according to the EU-Turkey agreement. Seven Syrian nationals left from Mytilene airport for Adana on Wednesday, while 10 people left from Mytilene port on Thursday with destination the...