illegal immigration

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is in continuous communication with the European Commissioner on Immigration issues and with Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy over the issue of the recent flood of refugees and...

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...

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...

A wooden vessel carrying 138 undocumented immigrants was tracked by a Latvian Coast Guard patrol east of Symi island in the Dodecanese, Greece. Latvian Coast Guard was patrolling the area under the joint EU sea patrol program “Poseidon.” The vessel...

Greek authorities arrested 77 migrants trying to enter the country illegally in the sea area of Mykonos. The migrants – 53 men, 12 women and 12 children – were picked up by a coast guard vessel and transferred to the...

Crime rate has dropped in the first semester of 2014 compared to the previous year, according to a Greek Police report released on Thursday. The report showed 52 cases of manslaughter recorded in the first six months of this...

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras had a luncheon with his Italian counterpart Matteo Renzi in Florence on Friday, following the latter's invitation. The Prime Ministers were accompanied by their spouses. Samaras - on a private visit - discussed with Renzi issues...

The Hellenic Coast Guard will soon enrich its fleet with a new open-sea patrol vessel, the Stan Patrol 5509. The problem of illegal immigration flows into Greece by sea has made the need for modernizing and enforcing sea patrols a...

Five people who were above suspicion have been arrested by the Greek police Internal Affairs Department, with charges of immigrant smuggling. Specifically, two retired mariners aged 67 and 52 years old, a 42-year-old woman who was a bank employee, a 50-year-old...