Greece

More than 700 migrants and asylum seekers have landed on several Greek islands from Turkey over the weekend, as PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis warned Ankara on Sunday not to coerce Greece and Europe over the explosive issue. At east 207 migrants...

European Commissioner for migration issues Dimitris Avramopoulos said that even though the number of migrants and refugees arriving in Europe has dropped, there are 60,000 illegal migrants trapped in Greece. The European Commission proposed that the five countries that conduct...

Around 150 illegal migrants from Afghanistan and Pakistan arrived in custody at Piraeus Port on Tuesday in order to be transferred to a migrant detention center before they are sent back to their countries. The migrants arrived handcuffed in Hellenic...

The Hellenic Coast Guard rescued 237 illegal migrants in seven separate incidents that occurred in the Aegean Sea, Greece over the last 24 hours. The location and rescue operation were conducted off the coast of three Greek islands located...

Omonoia Square and surrounding streets in downtown Athens, Greece, turned into a camp for refugees and illegal migrants as hundreds were transferred in the capital from the islands where they landed. A large number of them are refugees from war-torn...

More than 165,000 illegal migrants crossed the Mediterranean Sea the first 10 months of 2014, according to figures released by the United Nations. Illegal migrant inflow through the Mediterranean was 60,000 people in 2013. This year's numbers show a 223.22...

The tragic Norman Atlantic incident has surfaced the major issue of illegal migrants who board ferries in Patras and Igoumenitsa, Greece, in order to reach Italy. People who have escaped from the war in Syria, Afghanistan or Pakistan are...

On the morning of December 19, a ship carrying some 200 illegal migrants was found floating adrift, 117 nautical miles southwest of the Greek town of Pylos in the Peloponnese, after the Italian coast guard alerted the Unified Search and...

Criminal organizations are taking advantage of migrants who, having illegally entered Greece, are on the lookout for ways to obtain a residency permit. These crime rings specialize in targeting unemployed or poor Greek women, who are given 5,000-7,000 euros in...

A total of 24 illegal migrants were found dead in the international waters of the Aegean Sea between Greece and Turkey after a speed boat carrying them capsized, according to a report here on Wednesday. Antolian news agency first reported...

A boat carrying illegal migrants to Greece caught fire off the southern Aegean Sea island of Crete on June 23,  resulting in the injury of eight persons, according to Greek Coast Guard officials. The small vessel was spotted by Coast...

The Greek coast guard on Friday detained 90 migrants, among them thirteen children, off the eastern Aegean coast, radio reports said. Officials were alerted to a vessel ferrying 36 illegal immigrants, among them six woman and six children, near the...

Greek authorities say they plan to build detention centers to house 30,000 illegal immigrants by 2014. Public Order Minister Michalis Chrysohoidis said on Monday that 30 facilities — officially named "closed hospitality centers" — would be created from unused military...

The coastguard of Igoumenitsa port in Western Greece arrested an army officer because he was the driver of a truck carrying illegal migrants. In particular, the truck was carrying oranges and seventy illegal migrants that were hidden in a special...

A Lebanon-flagged vessel dropped off 51 illegal migrants in Irakleio, Crete early Saturday after rescuing the group when the small boat carrying them to an unknown destination was left adrift some 50 nautical miles north of Crete on Friday. The...