refugees

The situation in Idomeni continues to be exasperating as thousands of refugees and migrants are trapped at the borders since no one is allowed to pass. Moreover the heavy rain that fell on Monday night made things worse causing further...

"There was convergence in practical issues and this is positive. We did not reach an agreement because Turkey's proposals were extremely radical for the majority of the EU member states," Alternate Foreign Minister responsible for European Affairs Nikos Xydakis...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel early on Tuesday referred to the negative impact of the continuing flow of refugees and migrants on Greece. "In today's summit of the 28 member states, we looked into ways to improve the humanitarian conditions in...

The European Union leaders did not come to any final decisions on the refugee crisis on Monday's summit with Turkey, but the Greek side appeared satisfied with the initial outcome. The final decisions will be taken on March 17-18, at...

Following their meeting with Prime Minister Davutoğlu, the EU Heads of State or Government addressed the migration situation, in particular as regards the Western Balkans route. They welcomed their discussion with the Turkish Prime Minister on EU-Turkey relations and...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel had hinted last week that the much-anticipated EU-Turkey summit was going to be more than a simple discussion about how Turkey was going to help curbing the flow of migrants to Europe. In turn, Turkish Prime...

Greece is to have 15 new refugee hosting areas with a total capacity of 17,400 people by Sunday, with four of them being in the Attica region. The four Attica camps will be at Malakasa (4,000 capacity), Afidnes (3,000 capacity), Agios...

The 28 European Union leaders finally decided to close the borders in the Balkans and Greece has agreed to it, according to a report in French newspaper Le Figaro. The report says that Greece has agreed to keep refugees and...

Alternate Migration Minister Yiannis Mouzalas referred to the condition of thousands of refugees that are stranded in Greece, in his address on Sunday to SYRIZA Central Committee. Mouzalas said that a huge effort has been made in the last period...

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras goes to the European Union summit on the refugee crisis on Monday with low hopes as several countries have essentially shut down the Balkan route for migrants. Tsipras will come face to face with Austria, Balkan...