illegal migrants

Seven illegal migrants were found dead while another nine were rescued by members of the Turkish coast guard, after they were spotted east of the Greek island Symi, near Rhodes, on Monday. Authorities are currently investigating the area in search...

“The country cannot handle any more migrants,” stated the Deputy Citizen Protection Minister Giannis Panousis on Friday March 27. The Minister hinted that the decision regarding detention centers would be reviewed, expressing concern about the increase of illegal migration...

Greek authorities rescued 70 migrants trapped on a berm at the Greek-Turkish border. According to the authorities, after the migrants crossed the rivers that divide the two countries, they were trapped in the Greek fields that had been flooded due...

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 evacuation of the Amygdaleza migrant detention center continues at a rate of 30 migrants per day. The migrants go through an evaluation committee and they are given temporary permits to stay in Greece. The migrants are transported from Amygdaleza...

Once again, the European Court of Human Rights has condemned Greece for the inhumane treatment of 14 illegal migrants originating from Iran, the Ivory Coast, Egypt, Nigeria and China. During today’s judging of the Mahammad and others versus Greece appeal,...

The European Commission representative, Natasha Bertaud, reiterated the organization’s intention to announce a new complete strategy to combat migrant smuggling in Europe, in the near future. Bertaud reminded the Greek Commissioner of Immigration, Home Affairs and Citizenship, Dimitris Avramopoulos, of...

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...

A “Blue Sky” cargo ship with a Moldova flag, carrying aproximately 600 illegal migrants has sent a distress signal from west of Corfu, through the European frequency 112. There are initial unconfirmed reports in Greek news, that there are armed...

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...