In the early hours of Wednesday, over five hundred people were rescued off the tiny Greek island of Gavdos, having packed ...

In recent days, more than 2,000 migrants have landed on Crete, prompting the Greek authorities to halt asylum hearings for those arriving from Africa.

Greece & Cyprus have issued the first negative decisions in 14 years launching procedures for the return of those who do not ...

Greek lawmakers voted on Friday to temporarily stop processing asylum requests from migrants arriving from North Africa by sea in a bid to reduce arrivals into Europe's southernmost tip, a move rights ...

In a shift in migration policy, Greece is implementing stringent new measures to deter irregular migrant flows, particularly ...

No changes are expected to be seen in Greece’s tough migration policy under Plevris who, like Voridis and current health minister Adonis Georgiadis, joined the conservative New Democracy in 2012, ...

Greece has begun rejecting asylum applications from certain Syrian nationals, marking a significant shift in policy following the fall of the Assad regime. Targeting primarily single, non-vulnerable ...

Greece will suspend all asylum hearings for migrants arriving on boats from North Africa for three months, the prime minister said Wednesday following a rise in migrant arrivals from Libya.

ATHENS (Reuters) -Greece will stop processing asylum applications of people coming from North Africa, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Wednesday, amid a surge in migrant arrivals. The ...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece's government said Wednesday it is temporarily suspending asylum applications for migrants arriving on the island of Crete, following a spike in arrivals from Libya.

Greece said Wednesday it is temporarily suspending asylum applications for migrants arriving on the island of Crete following a spike in arrivals from Libya. More than 2,000 migrants have landed ...