The government of Greece is considering setting up a migrant detention facility on the island of Rhodes to address the issue of rising arrivals of migrants from Turkey.
Hundreds of migrants arrived on the island and nearby Symi in October....
Angelina Jolie has weighed in on the migrant boat disaster that occurred in the waters off Greece on Wednesday. The boat was carrying approximately 750 people and capsized in a deep part of the Mediterranean Sea. 78 deaths have...
Julien Makalou, a refugee from Congo, overcame several hardships to build a successful new life in Greece.
Makalou, who was forced to flee from his home by political turmoil and persecution, is now the owner of a business based in...
The number of Ukrainian refugees fleeing the country after the Russian invasion approached three million on Tuesday, the United Nations said.
Data from the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) suggests about 2.95 million people have left Ukraine thus far. The UNHCR...
Ukrainian refugees fleeing the Russian invasion have begun to trickle into Poland and Rmania, with dozens of people arriving at the normally placid Medyka border crossing with Poland on Thursday.
Local media from countries bordering Ukraine report that small numbers...
Following the fire that devastated the Moria migrant facility on the Greek island of Lesvos, the EU Commission announced on Wednesday that it will establish a dedicated task force to improve the situation on the island in a meaningful...
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, urged Greece on Friday to investigate multiple reports of pushbacks by Greek authorities at the country’s sea and land borders.
UNHCR Spokesperson Babar Baloch said in Geneva that there are credible allegations that Greece may...
The United Nations High Commission for Refugees has issued a call for hotels and ships on Greek islands that can be leased to house vulnerable groups of asylum-seekers who might be affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
The move was approved...
The Greek government late on Monday defended its decision to stop processing asylum requests for one month after thousands of migrants converged at the border seeking to enter the EU from Turkey, saying it was in response to “emergency...
