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Greece's Deputy Migration Minister Yiannis Mouzalas stated on Friday that the migrant flows from Turkey are manageable and that Ankara still honors its agreement with the European Union on stemming refugee flows. His statement came after Greek government concerns over...

International tourist arrivals on the island of Chios tumbled 71.6 percent in July compared to the same month of 2015, a decline which is widely attributed to last year’s refugee crisis, the local airport said in a press release...

More than 60 migrants and refugees arrived on Tuesday in various coasts of Lesvos island, coming from Turkey. The Hellenic Coast Guard collected 15 people from the Skala of Sykamia area, in the north part of the island, at 5...

Two boats with 100 refugees and immigrants arrived at the isle of Lesbos (Mytilene) on Friday that were gathered by the Greek Coast Guard. The arrival of the new wave of refugees, along with the 430 people that arrived...

According to a report on Sunday by the ANA-MPA, last week the total amount of migrants that reached the shores of the eastern Aegean reached 270. The number of 270 migrants is reflective of a mere 5-day period from last...

According to the General Secretary of Civil Protection, the areas of Attica, Evia, Chios, Samos, Ikaria, Crete and islands in the South Aegean are at high risk of wildfires breaking out. The Civil Protection warning was issued Friday. The General Secretary...

A violent fight that erupted at the migrant camp in Samos, left 15 people injured, one of them seriously, and a part of the camp burnt down. A group of Afghan men and another group of Pakistanis started fighting late...

Twenty-three refugees and migrants were returned to Turkey from the Greek island of Lesvos by boat on Friday in the fourth such readmission this spring under the March 18 EU-Turkey deal to cope with the refugee crisis, local authorities...

There is concern in Brussels that the number of refugees Greek authorities have deported to Turkey per the EU-Ankara deal is below expectations. Specifically, after the European Union-Turkey agreement went into effect on March 20, only 386 refugees have been...

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...