migrants

An undocumented migrant passed away, while another two are currently missing, after an incident on the Greek island of Lesvos. A rubber boat carrying 16 migrants capsized but the Greek Coast Guard were only able to save 13 of the...

The ferry that was to transfer 3,000 refugees from Kos to Athens, will now transfer them to the Thessaloniki Port after stops to board more from the islands of Kalymnos and Leros. The ferry "Eleftherios Venizelos" is already in the...

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) announced on Monday that 20,483 seaborne immigrants arrived in Greece between August 8 and August 14. To put this number in perspective, in 2014, 43,500 migrants and refugees entered Greece through the sea. By the end...

Five migrants were found dead early on Tuesday morning by the Turkish coast guard. It appears that they drowned off the Turkish coast, while trying to reach the Greek islands, their last stop before traveling to northern Europe. Overcrowded plastic...

A 16-year-old Syrian refugee was found dead yesterday in a remote area on the Greek island of Kos. He appears to be another victim on the long list of undocumented migrants who lose their lives in the "journey of...

About 180 migrants who had camped out at the Pedion tou Areos park were transferred on Sunday to the new hospitality facility in the Elaionas area of Athens. There was confusion on the number of migrants and refugees who were...

Early Sunday morning, 321 Syrian migrants on the Greek island of Kos boarded the Greek passenger ship that will house refugees currently on the Dodecanese island. Thge island has received 7,000 migrants and refugees this past week. 2,000-2,500 Syrian refugees are scheduled to live in the Eleftherios...

32.74 million euros of aid will soon arrive in Athens from Brussels to cope with the refugee crisis, said European Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos on Friday. A first disbursement of 30 million euros will take...

A wider Greek government meeting on migration issues affecting the Greek islands and ways to deal with the problem took place at Greece's Interior Ministry on Thursday. The meeting was attended by European Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos,...

According to a group of Turkish fishermen, the Greek Coast Guard allegedly tried to sink a boat carrying Syrian immigrants on Thursday, Hürriyet daily reported. The boat, trying to cross into Greek waters, started its journey from the coast of...