migrants

A total of 1,694 third-country nationals were deported or returned to their native countries from across Greece in April, under operational planning to combat irregular migration, Greek Police announced on Thursday. These were based either on return and deportation orders for illegal entry into...

Greek Deputy Migration Minister Yannis Mouzalas said that 30,000-40,000 refugees will stay in Greece for a long time. Mouzalas headed a meeting on the migration issue in Thessaloniki. He said that the makeshift migrant camp in Idomeni, on the Greek-FYROM...

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...

A European Commission report finds that there are gaps in Greece's border controls regarding Europe's external borders. "There are still some gaps to be addressed and concrete actions need to be undertaken," said EC deputy spokesperson Mina Andreeva in a...

Three-and-a-half-year-old Maria-Eirini Printezi who went missing on Sunday afternoon was found on Monday by Hellenic Coast Guard officers in near Athens, Greece. Reportedly, according to Coast Guard officials, the first words the girl said were, "They let me go." Young...

On Holy Saturday morning, members of the Greek Coast Guard located and rescued 49 refugees East of Samos. The refugees were transferred to Vathy, where they received first aid. According to data released on Good Friday by the Coordinating Committee for...

Father Antonios of the Kivotos tou Kosmou (Arc of the World) charity organization is hosting unaccompanied migrant children at a summer camp that used to be a tourist village. The charity organization cares for mothers and children who were living under conditions...

The number of refugees and migrants currently in Piraeus port is 2,680. According to Greek media, 300 people are expected to be transferred to the Skaramangas accommodation center. On Thursday morning, three ships with 52 refugees and migrants arrived at...

Greece's Deputy Migration Minister Yannis Mouzalas announced that the 380 unaccompanied minors at the Moria refugee registration camp in Lesvos will be transferred to a separate camp. The decision came after the riots on Holy Tuesday, when refugees and migrants of...

The railway in Idomeni has been reopened, after the refugees and migrants in the camp have removed their tents. In addition, the police have started handing out flyers by the Ministry of Interior and Administrative Reform, so that the...