Immigration

Greek rescuers were seeking four missing immigrants after a small boat with seven people on board sank off the eastern Aegean island of Farmakonissi. The Greek coast guard stated that until now three survivors have been pulled out of the...

A 22-year-old Moroccan man lost his life this morning after suffering electric shock from the border fence in Idomeni, Greece. After praying for the young man, immigrants covered him with a black cloth and delivered his body to...

About 1,500 Pakistanis, Moroccans and Iranians have been stuck in Idomeni -- a little town which is the border between Greece and FYROM -- for weeks after non-EU Balkan states began filtering migrants and granting passage only to refugees...

EU Commissioner for Migration and Internal Affairs Dimitris Avramopoulos spoke at the European Parliament Plenary Session and stressed the need for collective effort to fight radicalization in order to avoid stigmatizing any community, ethnicity, or origin whether they are...

A 2-year-old boy from Syria was found wandering on his own at the borders of Evros-Greece. It is unknown how he ended up there or how he got lost from his parents but for the time being he has...

By Charlotte Taylor* Across Europe, a debate is raging about how to describe the thousands of people escaping war and turmoil in their own countries and making the journey to safer places. Are they refugees or migrants? The question is important:...

FYROM could soon be erecting a fence at its southern border with Greece to curb rising immigration to the country. FYROM Foreign Minister Nikola Poposki told Hungarian weekly Figyelo that his country is considering the "physical defence" option for the border, which could include a fence,...

Greek Alternate Migration Minister Giannis Mouzalas had said on Monday morning that the East Aegean Greek island of Lesvos had between 15,000 and 17,000 migrants and refugees. That number looks to be significantly reduced by late Tuesday evening. Around 8,000 migrants and refugees...

During a meeting with Greek Prime Minister Vassiliki Thanou on Saturday, European Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos said that 33 million euros will be given to Greece by September 15 to help the country deal with...

Lesvos, the beautiful Greek island in the Aegean once known for its spectacular beaches, has lately been in the news as the main entry point to Europe for thousands of migrants and war-torn Syrian refugees. Only on Tuesday, Lesvos had...