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Greece will extend the fence along the entire border with Turkey in order to prevent illegal immigration to the country the cabinet agreed on Tuesday. The decision was taken during a meeting of the Government Council on National Security chaired...

The Greek Minister of Migration and Asylum provided details on the rescue of the group of 38 migrants in Evros River.

The group of 39 migrants reported stranded on an islet in Evros River last week were rescued by Greece on Monday, August 15.

40 migrants trapped on an islet in Evros River plea for help as neither Greece nor Turkey assumes responsibility for their rescue.

Greek police say they have dismantled an international criminal organization that trafficked undocumented immigrants into and out of the country. Arrests were made throughout Athens' Attica region last week with authorities apprehending nine foreign nationals suspected of working for the...

Greece has been coercing migrants into pushing fellow asylum seekers back to Turkey at Evros, a joint investigation by international media outlets alleged this week. A joint investigation by the Guardian, Lighthouse Reports, Le Monde, Der Spiegel, and ARD Report...

At least 46 people, believed to be migrants, have been found dead in an abandoned lorry on the outskirts of San Antonio, Texas in one of the most deadly recent incidents of human smuggling along the U.S. - Mexico...

Nearly twice the number of migrants and refugees entered Greece in May 2022 in comparison to the previous year, led in large part by the 8,700 Ukrainians fleeing the Russian invasion. Since the onset of the invasion in late February,...

Greek authorities on Monday charged six of the 108 migrants rescued off Mykonos in a rudderless sailboat over the weekend with illegally transporting third country nationals. Charges against the group also included causing a shipwreck and forming a criminal organization....

The Greek coastguard rescued 108 migrants off the island of Mykonos on Sunday onboard a sailboat that sent a distress signal late on Saturday. A search and rescue operation is ongoing for four missing migrants, officials say. A coastguard vessel located...