Agathonisi

A Turkish captain of a smuggler boat which capsized off the coast of Agathonisi killing three Syrian children under five years of age that were aboard, has been arrested by Greek authorities on the island of Samos. Turkish smugglers are...

A number of different shipwrecks in the East Aegean Greek Sea has left seven people dead, including five children. The Hellenic Coast Guard conducted a rescue operation after a boat carrying migrants and refugees capsized north of East Aegean Greek island of Lesvos....

An undocumented migrant passed away, while another two are currently missing, after an incident on the Greek island of Lesvos. A rubber boat carrying 16 migrants capsized but the Greek Coast Guard were only able to save 13 of the...

Greek Coast Guard has rescued 1,417 migrants in 59 search and rescue operations near several Greek islands in the eastern Aegean Sea, authorities said on Monday. Tens of thousands of refugees and illegal migrants have arrived on Greek islands from...

A woman from Cameroon who gave birth to twins inside a sinking boat carrying illegal migrants to Greece was transferred to an Athens hospital for precautionary reasons. The woman was among 36 migrants in a dinghy boat rescued by the...

Not 16, but 156 Turkish islands and islets in the Aegean Sea are occupied by Greece, said a Turkish news website odatv.com report. The report comes after a discussion in Turkish parliament a few weeks ago regarding 16 islands of the...

On Wednesday morning, the Greek coast guard located and rescued 207 illegal migrants in seas around the eastern Aegean islands, in four separate operations. The first case concerned 95 illegal migrants in two inflatable dinghies sighted near a marina on the island of...

The Turkish side has proceeded to yet another provocation earlier this (Friday) morning. Specifically, the gunboat “TCG POYRAZ” which was taking part in the Turkish Navy scheduled training program for the first quarter of 2015, entered the Greek territorial...

A total of 237 undocumented migrants and three human traffickers were intercepted within 24 hours in several incidents in eastern Aegean Sea islands, the Greek Coast Guard said on Friday. The three suspects were arrested when they allegedly attempted to...

The Hellenic Coast Guard rescued 65 illegal immigrants off the coast of Samos and Agathonisi islands, something that has become very common in recent months. In the first incident, 31 immigrants were aboard a vessel at the sea area of...