migrants

There is great concern within the Greek government regarding the possible blow up of the agreement between the European Union and Turkey on the refugee issue. The agreement between Ankara and the EU calls for the readmission to Turkey of...

More than 60 migrants and refugees arrived on Tuesday in various coasts of Lesvos island, coming from Turkey. The Hellenic Coast Guard collected 15 people from the Skala of Sykamia area, in the north part of the island, at 5...

After the completion of the pre-registration process of asylum seekers in Greece, hundreds of unaccompanied children were found among them. The pre-registration process started on June 8 by the Greek Asylum Service and was implemented with the support of the...

Athens Mayor Giorgos Kaminis sent a letter to Citizen Protection and Migration Policy Ministers Nikos Toskas and Yannis Mouzalas asking for the evacuation of squats used for migrant accommodation. In the letter, that was also forwarded to Prime Minister Alexis...

As 34 more migrants reached the shores of the Greek Island of Lesvos on Monday, the hot spots for migrants are rapidly approaching capacity, official data from the reception centers reveals. With some 57,000 refugees currently living in Greece in...

Following a week of almost no activity of migrants arriving to Lesvos, on Monday Coast Guard officers rescued 34 migrants piled onto a dinghy off the shores of the island. Although the migrant crisis had slowed in regards to new...

Turkey's foreign minister Melvut Cavusoglu said that the agreement with the European Union on stemming the migrant flow is at risk if Europe fails to deliver visa-free travel for Turks. Cavusoglu warned Brussels that the EU has until October to...

Ankara has called back Turkish officials who were on Greek islands to monitor the readmission of illegal migrants to Turkey as per the agreement with the European Union. According to information from Turkey, the officials were recalled because their passports...

The remaining migrants who had camped out at Piraeus Port left on Wednesday, after camping there for several months. According to the Hellenic Coast Guard, since early in the morning, more than 400 migrants departed from Piraeus Port to destinations...

New government data points to 57,182 migrants and asylum seekers currently stranded in Greece. The figures released show that 22,692 individuals are currently in northern Greece, 2,279 are in central Greece, 251 are in southern Greece, whereas an estimated 9,140...