European refugee crisis

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras expressed confidence on Sunday that today’s EU-Turkey Summit on the refugee crisis in Brussels will be constructive and that solutions will be found to tackle the flows. “Today the EU-Turkey summit is an important step in...

EU Commissioner for Migration and Internal Affairs; Dimitris Avramopoulos stressed the need for a collective effort to fight radicalization by all means in order to avoid the stigmatization of any community, ethnicity, or origin - whether they are Muslims, refugees, or...

The belief that Greece is "not alone in the management of the refugee flows"  was highlighted today by the European Commission representative, Natasha Bertro. She was called upon to comment on if the European Commission believes Greece should be left...

The daily influx of migrants and refugees into Europe is not likely to stop anytime soon, despite the worsening weather conditions, a new United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees report predicts. The UNHCR foresees 5,000 people crossing from Turkey to Greece...

  The departure of 30 refugees from Athens International Airport to Luxembourg was one of those events where the staging overshadowed, and spoiled, the symbolism. Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras admitted that 30 people among the quarter of a million who...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and European Parliament President Martin Schulz will visit the East Aegean Greek island of Lesvos this upcoming Thursday in the context of the ongoing refugee crisis, Greek media reports. Out of the more than 500,000 migrants...

"I feel ashamed by Europe's inability to deal with this drama," Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said addressing the House on the refugee issue. Tsipras criticized harshly the European Union for its stance and lack of action to curb the...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras underlined the need for a European solution to the refugee crisis, upon his arrival at the leaders EU Summit in Brussels on Sunday. "I hope common ground can be found for this difficult problem. I believe we are before a...

Greece 's main opposition leader Vangelis Meimarakis, the temporary head of New Democracy called for the foundation of a European coast guard to patrol the European Union's borders, while addressing a European People's Party (EPP) conference in Madrid, on...

New Democracy Interim President Evangelos Meimarakis has called for the establishment of a European Union Coast Guard. The European Union does not have an established common border patrol body. Frontex is a coordinating body that helps member states cooperate in...