illegal immigrants

The Greek coastguard reported that twelve immigrants, which included four children drowned on Friday, after their boat capsized just off the Greek island of Lefkada in the Ionian Sea. Earlier reports said eight people had died, but now the number...

A boat, full of illegal immigrants that are now out of danger, were found this morning in the Ionian Sea. The boat was spotted by an AB-205 helicopter of the Hellenic Air Force, west of the island of Cephalonia...

According to Washington post newspaper, Greek authorities have stopped a vessel carrying 73 illegal immigrants. A statement made by the Merchant Marine Ministry said the boat, which is safe, was located 60 miles away from shore on Monday. Many immigrants seek...

The G.Hatzikosta General hospital in Ioannina has been occupied for a long time. According to the Greek media, it seems that the police have arrested eight people. Five of them are from Bulgaria, two from Romania and one from...

According to Greek authorities, a man died when a small boat crammed with immigrants sank while trying to enter Greece. The coastguard stated that the victim was found unconscious at sea on the morning of July 25 off the...

Policemen from a regional department in the prefecture of Ilia found a 22-year-old man from Bangladesh chained by the leg to a metal pole. The police operation took place on March 30, when authorities were called by some other Bangladeshi...

A human trafficker from Turkey has disclosed the methods he used to smuggle illegal immigrants into Greece and charged that he had bribed a Greek Coast Guard official to look the other way. In an interview with the Turkish newspaper...

A 20-year-old Greek man has been arrested on suspicion of belonging to a gang of racists that mounted a string of attacks on Pakistani immigrants in Athens last year, the Associated Press reported. The arrest comes amid a...

An ongoing government sweep to round up illegal immigrants, Operation Xenios Zeus, has also deterred them from trying to enter Greece across the Evros River on the Turkish border, Greek police said. The influx in the region has been reduced...

Human rights group Amnesty International has blasted Greece’s treatment of immigrants and asylum seekers, joining in a chorus of criticism against an ongoing roundup of foreigners in the country unlawfully and the conditions in which many are being held...