refugee crisis

Following his meeting with Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras also met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara on Wednesday. Tispras and Erdogan held a discussion on the refugee crisis and how the two neighboring countries can cooperate...

It was November 14, 2015 that news broke out that one (if not two) of the assailants in the Paris attacks had passed through Greece, as a "refugee" using a Syrian passport. The Paris attacks, tragically, left 129 people killed and...

A new tragedy involving migrants took place in the early hours on Tuesday, November 18, near the Greek island of Kos. Around 3:30 am a Frontex vessel that was patrolling the area spotted a capsized plastic boat. A search...

More than 6,500 refugees arrived on Sunday at Piraeus port from the islands of Mytilene, Chios and Samos, Greece. "El. Venizelos" and "Blue Star 1" carried 3,657 refugees and two more ferries, "Nisos Rhodos" and "Ariadni", carried another 2,918 refugees. (source:...

It has been 50 days since the second SYRIZA-ANEL coalition Greek government was sworn into power on September 23, 2015. Less than a month and a half into the new administration, Greece has already been through adversity on the political, economic...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will meet with both Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during his visit to Ankara on November 18th, Greek media reports. The primary goal of his state visit to Turkey is to discuss...

A non-governmental organization founded and run by American millionaire Christopher Catrambone, announced that it will be conducting private rescue operations of migrants and refugees in the Aegean Sea. The Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS) announced that it will be expanding its Mediterranean...

The refugee crisis is a “special case” and therefore the impact on the economies of member-states must be taken into consideration when examining their draft budgets, as presented by the European Commission in Tuesday’s meeting of EU finance ministers...

  Over 540,000 migrants and refugees entered Europe through the Greek islands between January 1, 2015 and October 1, 2015, according to a latest report published by Frontex. The European Union's border patrol agency noted that this is 13 times the number that had...

EU Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos on Monday referred to the significant progress made on the refugees issue at the extraordinary Justice and Home Affairs Council, held in Brussels.   Avramopoulos briefed the ministers on the...