illegal immigration

A search and rescue attempt is currently underway off the Greek island of Lesvos after three women were reported to have fallen off a migrant boat as it neared the island early on Friday. The Greek Coast Guard launched the...

Greek officials implored Turkey to try to stop the movement of migrants and refugees from its soil, charging that the individuals who have come over from that nation recently -- particularly from Somalia -- appear to have been part...

Greek Migration and Asylum Minister Notis Mitarachi and European Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Cooperation for the construction of a new reception center for migrants and refugees on the Greek island of...

The leaders of four Mediterranean nations who are the most affected by illegal immigration  sent a joint memorandum regarding the European Union's new migration rulebook to the EU on Wednesday. The nations of Greece, Italy, Spain and Malta together signed...

The Greek police announced on Monday that they had busted a huge trafficking ring which was assisting migrants and asylum seekers to cross illegally into the country from the Turkish coast. Police say that they identified 35 suspects -- among...

  According to local Greek media reports, Greece's Alternate Migration Minister Giorgos Koumoutsakos, accompanied by Armin Laschet, the state premier of Germany's West Rhine-Westphalia region, was stopped from entering the Moria refugee camp on Tuesday due to unrest at the facility. The German...

Greece’s Deputy Immigration Minister Tasia Christodoulopoulou called the thousands of migrants sleeping in the streets of Athens and Aegean Sea islands a "tourist attraction." Speaking to Proto Thema newspaper, Christodoulopoulou said that the thousands of homeless migrants are not a...

The situation in several islands of the Aegean Sea is out of control as hundreds of refugees and irregular migrants arrive daily from the coasts of Turkey, creating grave problems to local communities. Refugees from war-torn Syria and irregular migrants...

The European Commission is planning to take a series of measures in order to deal with illegal migration and take strong actions against human smugglers. Ii is estimated that in the first four months of 2015, almost 2,000 people lost their...

The Greek government has announced a series of emergency measures to deal with the flood of refugees and illegal migrants who land in Greek shores. In the last 48 hours alone, 838 people tried to enter Greece coming from the...