refugees

The refugee issue dominated a meeting between main opposition New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis and the president of the European Parliament Martin Schulz on Wednesday in Brussels. Mitsotakis underlined that Greece's northern borders should not close and Schulz shared the...

Foreign reporters pay refugees 20 euros to act as if they have drowned, said Bishop of Kos and Nisyros Nathanael. The unusual testimony was made during a radio interview on Alpha 98.9 on Wednesday. Bishop Nathanael said that, "I witnessed...

A tragic incident occurred at 8:30 am at the Agia Ermioni area of Chios when an Afghan couple came out of a boat crying, carrying their dead 4-year-old child. According to the Chios Port Authority, the cause of death of...

"It would be neither legally nor politically acceptable to work with third countries in order to close the border in one of our member states," European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said. Speaking to German newspaper Bild, the EC chief referred...

The Greek government is rushing to complete the refugee registration centers and hospitality camps in order to stop pressure from certain European Union states that call for border closing. However, there are citizen reactions at some of the sites, with...

Alternate Migration Policy Minister Yiannis Mouzalas criticized on Tuesday the countries of the Visegrad Group – the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia – for insisting that borders should close, saying they are affected by xenophobia and are targeting...

The effective management of the refugee and migratory flow is an international and European issue and it requires a common European approach with respect to the principles of international law and the EU, solidarity and the need for fair...

Virtually since the start of Europe’s refugee crisis, the Visegrad states have adopted a posture on the issue that is antithetical to Europe’s values and poses a real threat to European integration. The Visegrad group consists of Poland, the Czech...

Two men being held in Austria on suspicion of links to the Paris terrorist attacks in November passed through the Greek island of Leros, according to a Kathimerini newspaper report. The two suspects are French citizens of Algerian and Pakistani...

Greek Defense Minister Panos Kammenos said that "it is a given that some neighboring countries will close their borders with Greece," referring to the migrant flow in Europe. The closing of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) border to...