Greek Coast Guard

A group of 190 illegal migrants, who had been sailing in a rudderless ship near the Greek island of Karpathos, were safely collected and transferred to Sitia, Crete on a freighter. They arrived at the port early in the...

At least 17 people of unknown nationality are still missing after a sailboat carrying dozens of migrants sank in the Aegean Sea between the Greek islands of Agathonisi and Farmakonisi on Tuesday afternoon. According to the Greece's Maritime Ministry, the Greek Coast Guard along...

Tension broke between migrants at the port of Mytilene, Greece, on Wednesday morning, June 17, due to the suffocating situation on the island. The incident occurred when two migrant groups started a brawl that caused several injuries, with about 10 people taken...

A boatload of 93 illegal migrants plus three suspected traffickers rescued on Thursday while adrift in a wooden craft near Rafina, Greece, will be temporarily housed in an indoor basketball court, authorities announced. According to information from Greek Coast Guard...

The Mediterranean has once again been turned into an underwater grave for at least three migrants. According to local media reports, a boat arrived on the Greek island of Rhodes earlier this morning, carrying more than 200 illegal migrants. The boat hit...

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...

New waves of refugees and illegal migrants are flooding Greece on a daily basis. The data released by the North Aegean Prefecture are alarming. Prefect Christianna Kalogirou said that in the last 57 days, Greece has received 75% of the total...

The number of undocumented migrants located on Thursday on various parts of the small island of Gavdos, south of Crete, Greece , is 140, according to police from Chania on the nearby island of Crete. According to sources, the migrants...

The number of undocumented migrants who have entered Greece by sea through various means amounted to 10,445 people in the first quarter of 2015 (January, February, March) compared to 2,863 people in the same period last year, according to...

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...