refugees

In an interview on Der Spiegel International, head of the EU border agency Frontex, Fabrice Leggeri puts Europe’s refugee/migrant crisis in perspective when he says “we should have no illusions” about the problem that is currently tearing apart the...

Children now make up more than one third of asylum seekers crossing the perilous Aegean waters from Turkey to Greece, according to UNICEF. "Children currently account for 36 percent of those risking the treacherous sea crossing between Greece and Turkey,"...

About 14,000 lifejackets used and discarded by refugees and migrants after their arrival on the coast of Lesvos are traveling to Berlin on Tuesday so that they can be used by Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei for a...

Consistent with expert assessments that massive immigration into Europe is unstoppable and that the problem will only get worse in the years ahead, the number of migrants and refugees arriving in Greece in January is over 62,000, according to...

Ways to strengthen Greek –Turkish cooperation in order to reduce the flow of refugees and migrants, as well as efforts to better combat migrant trafficking were discussed at a second meeting of the Greek-Turkish joint working group, which convened...

Greece's proposals for the Nobel Peace Prize include an elderly woman, a 40-year-old fisherman of Lesbos and actress Susan Sarandon who volunteered to save lives of refugees. According to Greek Deputy Migration Minister Yiannis Mouzalas, there will be "at least two...

Aylan Kurdi was the three-year-old child that drowned off the coast of the Greek island of Kos, in September 2015, along with his five-year-old brother Galip and their mother. The three people were on board an overcrowded dinghy fleeing...

Europe's police agency says more than 10,000 unaccompanied migrant children have disappeared in the past two years. Europol chief of staff Brian Donald told Britain's Observer newspaper that organized crime rings and sex traffickers may be involved. "We just do not...

Main opposition New Democracy (ND) spokesman Giorgos Koumoutsakos, in his first briefing on Friday to the press since assuming the post, referred to the issues of refugees and the operation on independent authorities in Greece. On the refugees issue, he expressed...

Yet another boat carrying immigrants to Greece has capsized off Turkey’s western coast, leaving at least 39 people dead, according to Turkish news agency Anadolu. Five children were among the dead, said the Turkish coast guard. While 75 people aboard...