refugees

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that Greece did not sufficiently fulfill its obligations so far on the migrant issue, but added that a border fence will not solve the problem. "To raise a protective fence in Former Yugoslav Republic of...

The European Commission has allotted Greece 12.7 million euros to tackle the migrant crisis, European Commission Chief Spokesperson Margaritis Schinas said today. Athens is currently implementing a program of construction of five so-called hotspot centers for hosting and registering refugees...

The leaders of Germany, France and other European Union countries will meet with Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu prior to the start of the February 18 European Council summit to discuss the migration crisis. European government officials are concerned over...

For the last few months, European Union (EU) authorities have maintained a rather schizophrenic approach to Greece with regard to the management of the migration crisis. With over 850,000 people having landed on Greece’s shores alone this past year, EU...

As Europe’s refugee and migrant crisis continues with no end in sight, the voices against Greece for alleged failure to fulfill its border obligations under the Schengen agreement seem to grow louder with every passing day. At the forefront of...

New Democracy (ND) leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis' meeting with the 28 envoys of EU state members was completed on Monday. The working breakfast was part of Mitsotakis' initiative for the promotion of the Greek position on the refugees issue abroad. The main...

On Sunday residents of the island of Kos in the Eastern Aegean organized a protest against the creation of an identification and registration centre for refugees and migrants who are entering the European Union through Greece. Protesters are demanding that...

The U.N. refugee agency has expressed concern over the increasingly restrictive policies being adopted by European countries against asylum seekers. It warns the measures will not stop people from coming to Europe in search of a safe haven. People in...

Austria has asked the government of FYROM to be ready to stop entirely the inflow of refugees from its southern borders with Greece, warning that it will do so with its own borders within the next two months. The call...

Members of the Human Rights Watch visited the Greek-FYROM border in Idomeni and reported that the refugees are facing discrimination based on their ethnicity, and inhumane treatment. “Desperate people who are the wrong nationality are being denied the right...