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Greek Supreme Court Orders Investigation of Racist Incidents Involving Refugees
An investigation was ordered by Greece’s Supreme Court Prosecutor Xeni Demetriou on Thursday to investigate an attack on refugees which took place recently in Attica and...
Number of Migrants Rises in Greece as EU Fails in Relocation Efforts
More than five thousand refugees and migrants came to Greece during the first sixty-three days of 2019, according to the most recent data from...
Three Dead in Migrant Boat Sinking off Samos Island, Greece
One man and two children died on Thursday after the vessel they had been on sank in the sea off the east coast of...
Greece Records Threefold Rise in Migrant Arrivals Over Land
The Greek Minister of Migration, Dimitris Vitsas, revealed on Friday that the influx of migrants over the land border with Turkey increased by almost...
Greek Government Extends Low-VAT-Rate Period For Five Aegean Islands
Five Greek islands that have dealt with the brunt of migration inflows will keep their reduced VAT rate, Migration Policy Minister Dimitris Vitsas said...
Declining Refugee Flows to Greek Islands and Evros
The flow of refugees to the Greek islands and through Evros, the land bridge which forms the border with Turkey, has been on the...
Lesvos Migrant Camp 'a Scar on the Conscience of Europe', Says Amnesty International
The secretary-general of Amnesty International, Kumi Naidoo, has sent an open letter to Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, calling on him to take all necessary...
Greek Government Vows to Improve Migrant Living Conditions
The Greek government aims to transfer 6,000 people from island refugee areas to the mainland by early 2019, Migration Policy Minister Dimitris Vitsas said...
Portugal's Interior Minister Visits Refugee Center in Athens (video)
Greece’s Migration Policy Minister Dimitris Vitsas, accompanied by visiting Portuguese Interior Minister Eduardo Cabrita, paid a joint visit to the Eleonas refugee reception center,...
Greece Blames Turkey for Surge in Migrant Flow on Evros Border
Greece issued an official complaint to the European Commission and the Turkish authorities blaming the Turkish side for deliberate negligence in guarding the borders...