illegal immigrants

The Greek Coastal Guard has intercepted a suspicious boat off the coast of Astakos, in southwestern Greece. The boat was carrying 40 male illegal immigrants. Both the captain and the immigrants have been arrested. Although Greek border police and Frontex...

The head of Greece's conservatives said Thursday his party aimed to win enough votes in Sunday's election to govern alone with a "strong mandate," despite opinion polls suggesting this will be a tall order. "I want to govern along with...

On Friday, April 20, the Coast Guard of Elafonissos headed with its vessels out to the open sea. They took action when receiving a distress-signal from an illegal immigrant after a sailing boat was run aground somewhere near Elafonissos...

Ahead of May elections, more than six in 10 Greeks, or 61.7 percent, agree with recent government moves to clamp down on illegal immigration in the country, a poll showed. A survey of 1,610 Greeks over the age of 18...

3,000 illegal immigrants crossed the Greek borders during the first two months of 2012 only from Northern Evros, when last year the same figure totaled 1,609 –therefore minus 50%. Despite the public announcements of Frontex regarding the construction of...

THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) -- Greek police say a shootout between smugglers of illegal immigrants and Greek authorities on the Greek-Turkish border has left two of the smugglers wounded. Police said Friday that a patrol of Greek police and border guards...

Greek detention officers treat migrants "like caged animals", and prison conditions for Greek inmates have deteriorated, the Council of Europe's anti-torture committee said in a report on Tuesday. Publishing a detailed account of a study completed last March but kept...

Greek police on Tuesday recovered the bodies of three illegal immigrants, among them a 12-year-old boy and his mother, who froze to death while trying to cross the river that marks the country's northern border with Turkey. The bodies of...

The Committee on Immigration revealed alarming figures about the illegal immigration from African countries, especially North Africa and Maghreb regions. Notably, 1971 illegal migrants died off  Mediterranean coasts during 2011. Dutch MP Tineke Strik has been asked to prepare a report on...

Greek authorities mounted a rescue operation on Friday to save 92 illegal immigrants adrift on a trawler disabled in rough seas 30 miles from the island of Kythira. According to a coast guard statement, patrol boats, merchant ships and a military...