Immigration

Tension flared at the reception center at Lesvos as refugees who entered Greece after March 20 demanded to leave the island. The protestors are asylum-seekers who are under restriction at the island's facility due to the application of the...

Internal border controls imposed by five Schengen-area countries will have to be extended by an additional six months as there are still some problems with the external borders, European Commissioner for Migration Dimitris Avramopoulos said on Wednesday. He noted that...

54,042 identified refugees and migrants were on the Greek territory on Tuesday including 61 persons that arrived on the Greek islands in the last 24 hours. According to the Refugee Crisis Management Coordination Body's figures, 29,283 of the refugees are...

Greece has begun refugee transfers from the Greek border town of Idomeni where some 13,00 people are stuck after Balkan countries completely sealed off the migrant trail as part of an EU plan, although Germany has publicly denounced the...

Anyone who thought that NATO’ patrols in the Aegean sea would solve the problem of smugglers taking migrants from Turkey to Greece needs a reality check. “630 refugees and migrants landed on Greek shores during the last 24 hours,” said...

More than 100,000 refugees and migrants have reached the shores of Greece and Italy this year, according to data that was released by the International Organization for Migration (DOM). Among these numbers, 97,325 people reached the Greek islands and 7,507...

A seven-month-old Syrian baby temporarily staying with his/her family in a refugee registration camp on the island of Lesvos, Greece died today of natural causes. Health officials are trying to determine the exact cause of the baby's death. Lesvos,  is...

The poor economic situation, pessimism about the future and general dissatisfaction make Greeks the most disappointed people of Europe, according to the Standard Eurobarometer. The Eurobarometer is a series of public opinion surveys conducted on behalf of the European Commission....

Pakistan sent 30 deportees back to Greece, demonstrating its resolve to enforce a newly announced policy not to take in deportees without mandated prior verification of national status. The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) of Pakistan detained 49 deportees aboard a chartered...

The situation in Idomeni-Greece is going from bad to worse. The Greek economy is beset by the blocking of the railway line and the closure of borders by FYROM. The situation has reached an impasse, and the matter was...