asylum seekers

On Wednesday an announcement by the European Commission stressed the need to pick up the pace at which the resettlement program for refugees is moving along. The program began in September 2015 and thus far a mere 8,766 refugees...

More than 100 Turks have requested asylum in Greece following the failed military coup attempt last July in Turkey claiming that they are facing persecution in their country for being linked to the attempted coup. Most recently two families...

Police said that as of Thursday 10,956 people that have applied for asylum remain stranded on the islands of Lesvos, Chios and Samos as their requests have been not examined yet. A total of 20 migrants and refugees arrived on Wednesday on...

On Tuesday Greek authorities reported that a second migrant's life has been lost in direct correlation to the freezing temperatures in the northern region of the country. The body of a man was found buried in the snow outside of...

The extremely bad weather conditions prevailing in Greece in the last days prevented refugees from attempting to cross the Aegean. No arrivals were recorded on the northern Aegean islands in the last 48 hours. Police said that the number of refugees...

In October 2015 Syrian Lawyer Mahmoud Alkuder was making the treacherous journey across the Aegean to reach Greece in hopes of seeking asylum in the European Union when the vessel that he and some 60 people were on ran out...

Asylum applications in Greece skyrocketed 593 percent in November compared to the 2015 monthly average, according to figures released by the Greek Asylum Service on Thursday. Despite the fact that migrant arrivals in Greece have dropped since the European Union-Turkey...

The decongestion of Greek islands and the removal of refugees according to their legal rights will start in April, stated Migration Policy Minister Yiannis Mouzalas in an interview with the Sunday edition of Avghi newspaper. He also said that in parallel...

German authorities were in possession of information on the identity and fingerprints of the Afghan national accused of the rape and murder of a 19-year-old girl in Germany before November 2015, the Greek Justice and Citizen's Protection Ministries said...

On Tuesday, Frances Fitzgerald, the Irish Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality visited the refugee reception centers in the Athens district of Elaionas and in the Skaramangas district of Piraeus, accompanied by the Irish ambassador to Greece. During her...