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PIRAEUS, (AP) - Greece has requested emergency additional funding from the European Union's border protection agency, saying that war in Syria and Iraq is triggering a crisis of asylum seekers and illegal migrants. Coast Guard officials on Thursday said they...

A Super Puma helicopter of the Greek Air Force saved 15 Syrian immigrants found on a boat 75 nautical miles southeast of the island of Rhodes in the Dodecanese on Thursday. The 15 Syrians aboard the vessel were transferred in Rhodes and...

This interactive map reveals the top three birthplaces for immigrants in cities and suburbs across Australia. Greeks show highest concentration in Melbourne and Sydney and in many cases are the first ethnic group after England and and New Zealand-born...

After many delays in payment, inhumane living conditions and racist treatment by the Greek Police, 800 immigrant farm workers of mainly Pakistani origin proceeded with a strike last week in the town of Skala, Peloponnese, in southern Greece. The strike began on July 3 and...

ATHENS, (AP) — Greek authorities say at least two people have drowned and about a further 20 are missing after a boat carrying immigrants trying to enter the country illegally sank off the Aegean Sea island of Samos. A Merchant...

Members of the Greek Coast Guard rescued 14 illegal immigrants in the sea area of Cape Prassos, located near the Greek island Samos, in the eastern Aegean Sea. The immigrants were traced in a small dinghy during a Coast Guard patrol. The immigrants...

In a report released today on the occasion of International Immigrants Day, several organizations report that Greek authorities and Frontex, the European Union agency for external border security, are violating immigrants' rights. The report by the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH),...

The United Nations High Commission of Refugees in Greece honors the strength and courage of millions of people around the world who are forced to leave their homes because of war or the violation of human rights. These people,...

On Tuesday morning, June 10, the Greek Coast Guard collected 17 immigrants from the sea, in the northeast of Farmakonisi. The immigrants had no legal documents in their possession. The immigrants jumped in the water after their boat flooded and...

A recent poll conducted by the Pew Research Center showed that 86% of Greeks want fewer immigrants allowed in their country.  In Italy, the similar rate stands at 80%, in France at 57% and in the UK at 55%. In Spain,...