A group of eight foreign nationals, along with the lorry's driver, were arrested after the vehicle had entered a northeast Greece border post from Turkey

The Moroccan national stands accused of migrant smuggling and possible charges of negligent homicide; 15 Afghans nationals died when the migrant boat collided with a Greek coast guard patrol vessel

UNHCR said it was deeply saddened by Tuesday’s incident. Fifteen people were reported dead, while another 24 survived, including women and minors. Several of the survivors, however, sustained serious injuries

According to reports in Greek media, a serious incident occurred shortly before 9 p.m. on Tuesday off the coast of the Greek island of Chios, when a vessel of the Hellenic Coast Guard engaged a speedboat suspected of transporting irregular migrants and linked to a human smuggling network. The latest reports claim that between five […]

Relevant Minister Thanos Plevris also said migrants from Egypt, Bangladesh and Pakistan, who 'are basically not entitled to asylum', will be immediately placed in detention so their asylum application can be rejected through fast-track procedures

Minister of Migration & Asylum Thanos Plevris: The 'primary rule' behind proposed new legal framework is that 'illegal immigration is a problem'; provisions for residency permits for foreign workers legally in the country expanded

More than 400 migrants were rescued in three separate operations south of Crete, while a 19-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of migrant smuggling, the Greek Coast Guard said on Saturday. On Friday afternoon, the Coast Guard authorities of Kaloi Limenes, Kokkinos Pyrgos and Ierapetra were alerted by the Joint Rescue Coordination Center (JRCC) to […]

Two individuals were rescued by the coast guard and Frontex; the 'migrant route' beginning in eastern Libya has ferried thousands of irregular migrants to Crete over recent years, while also resulting in hundreds of fatalities

Two dozen humanitarian workers who operated on Lesvos during Europe’s migration crisis face charges carrying up to 20 years in prison, in a case rights groups say reflects a broader crackdown on aid to migrants.

The defendants received sentences of up to three years and were set to be transferred to correctional facilities

Migration & Asylum Minister Thanos Plevris made the announcement after a new and stricter framework for determining if an asylum seeker is a minor was implemented in late August

The Greek coast guard and Frontex vessels picked up another 56 individuals in the rough waters

This is the second incident in a week, after Greek authorities rescued 34 irregular migrants who were aboard a boat.

A report in the Athens daily on Thursday cited Greek Migration and Asylum Minister Thanos Plevris as declaring as much during his meeting in Berlin this week with German Federal Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt

Migration Minister Plevris also issued a circular, for distribution to asylum seekers, which states that 'If you are not a refugee and are not entitled to protection, then you have entered and are remaining in the country illegally', while warning of possible jail time

'The message will be very simple: you either work or you leave', Minister Thanos Plevris said, in detailing an upcoming draft law. Conversely, he said legal migration for guest workers will be expanded

An informal October gathering will bring together six key member states to shape the Commission’s “solidarity pool” under the EU migration pact

Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis himself received Belgacem Haftar, the son of Gen. Khalifa Haftar, the de facto leader of eastern Libya, a day after a meeting with Greece's FM

The minister stressed that the measures primarily target irregular migrants without a refugee profile who entered illegally.

Minister Thanos Plevris spoke from the eastern Aegean Island of Lesbos (Lesvos), the hardest hit of Greece’s regions during the 2015 migration crisis