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The Hellenic Coast Guard, in cooperation with FRONTEX, the E.U. border and Coast Guard force, released a video on Wednesday of the moment their men jumped onto a Syrian-flagged vessel. As a result of the ship's seizure, which took place...

On Friday, the Frontex EU border agency reported that they intercepted 87 migrants off the shores of the Greek island of Lesvos. Reports say that there were two separate rescue operations. The first operation occurred earlier this morning when a Frontex...

The dramatic rescue of a Russian tourist holidaying in Greece's Crete was captured on camera by an aircraft belonging to the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex). The 55-year-old woman drifted out to the sea by the currents and...

New data from the EU's border protection agency claim 7,900 migrants entered Europe through the Eastern Mediterranean route in the first quarter of 2018 -- 30 percent more than in the same period of 2017. FRONTEX, in a new report,...

The number of irregular migrants to enter Greece in January dropped 43 percent compared to the previous month, as there were 1,850 recorded arrivals, FRONTEX - the EU's border security agency - said. According to the agency, Syrians and Iraqis were...

A total of 254 migrants and refugees arrived on the northern Aegean island of Lesvos, in the last 24 hours, Greek authorities announced on Thursday. The migrants and refugees were in four dinghies that were located by the Coast Guard...

German Chancellor Angela Markel and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker pledged to offer assistance for the asylum services and with Frontex at the Greek-Turkish and Greek-Bulgarian borders during a quadrilateral meeting with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Bulgaria's premier...

The three unidentified dead bodies that washed up on the northeastern shores of Lesvos in November may belong to a Turkish family fleeing persecution as Gulen supporters, investigating authorities on Lesvos said on Thursday. It was originally believed that the...

A Frontex vessel located and rescued 35 migrants and refugees on Tuesday, in a dinghy off the coasts of Ro islet near the island of Kastellorizo. The migrants and refugees had left for the opposite Turkish coasts. (Source: ANA-MPA)

A vessel with 110 refugees aboard was located 54 nautical miles southwest of Sapienza islet, south of Methoni, the Peloponnese. According to the Greek Coast Guard, one of the passengers sent a distress signal via OLYMPIA RADIO that the vessel...