migrants

Athens is planning to build another migrant camp on Chios island in an order to tackle the overcrowding of reception facilities on the five Aegean islands receiving the majority of the flow from Turkey. In an emergency meeting chaired by...

  “Winter is coming” has become an anxious refrain among asylum seekers living in tented refugee camps across Greece, that offer no shelter from damp and cold. Ali, a 25-year-old father of three very young children from Afghanistan, including a 6-year-old...

The man, aged 40, was in Greece in August 2015, when his life changed forever after being moved by the scenes he witnessed. Rather than return home to Kiesen, he talked it over with his wife, deciding to resign...

"We abide by the agreement with the European Union and we expect Europe to do the same. If not, we will suspend our agreement with the EU on this issue," said Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu. The Turkish foreign minister...

A rescue operation is in progress in the sea region of Neapolis (southern Peloponnese) to locate a vessel transporting an unknown number of migrants. Migrants aboard the vessel called for emergency help at 112 and asked for assistance late Monday evening. The rescue...

Greece was critical of the European Union on Monday due to its failure to fulfill commitments that would ease pressure on Athens as foreseen by a burden-sharing deal signed a year ago. Speaking to the Greek state broadcaster, Migration...

A plan for the prevention and handling of the phenomenon of radicalization of Muslims in Greece has been undertaken by Hellenic Police (ELAS) in cooperation with pertinent authorities. Greek police have already identified strains of radicalized Islamic groups integrated in...

The refugee and migrant flows from Turkey to Greece continue unabated with the number of trapped foreigners on Greek islands at 15,714 people. Over the last 20 days, there were 2,228 refugees and migrants arriving in Greece from Turkey,...

European Commissioner for migration issues Dimitris Avramopoulos said that even though the number of migrants and refugees arriving in Europe has dropped, there are 60,000 illegal migrants trapped in Greece. The European Commission proposed that the five countries that conduct...

There will be chaos on Greek islands as the overcrowded migrant registration centers will collapse if the European Union-Turkey stops being in effect, a Spiegel magazine report says. The German magazine quotes European Stability Initiative Chairman Gerald Knaus, the mastermind...