Stepped up migrant smuggling flows emanating from strife-plagued Libya are expected to top Magnus Brunner 's agenda of talks with Greek leadership

Residents battled flames overnight, meanwhile aerial firefighting begins on Chios

Authorities have not yet released details about the migrants’ nationalities or intended destination

Another boat of irregular migrants was spotted off the coast of Crete, leading to the rescue of 42 people by JRCC and FRONTEX.

Makis Voridis briefs opposition and ruling party MPs over a Commission proposal for a regulation to establish a common system for the return of third-country nationals staying illegally in the EU

A report published by Border Criminologies, a research team based at the University of Oxford, alleges that Greece regularly uses prolonged detention of migrants in police station cells in violation of its own laws. 

Initial 8.5-kilometer fence on Turkish side of the border in the Thrace province announced by Edirne governor

Suspect identified by police as a 39-year-old Turkish man whose asylum request had been rejected, and who resided in Greece illegally after being served a deportation order

Hundreds of children and teens die in the Mediterranean evert year. UNICEF calls on governments to prioritize safe migration pathways.

This new incident highlights once again the ongoing and steadily growing influx of refugees and irregular migrants to Crete

Many of these deaths occurred just in the last few months.

Media reports later cited five fatalities, dozens missing; 124 people rescued in 3 separate incidents involving migrant boats in the same sea region over recent period

Rescued group claims smugglers threw them into the waters off southern Rhodes

Reports say the individuals were arrested in the border city of Edirne, with six accused of being FETO members and the other one belonging to the PKK

Sixteen men mark the first transferred in a controversial deal meant to reduce the number of migrants arriving in Italy.

Media reports on Tuesday: 17 European nations, including Greece, call for new laws to achieve 'effective returns' to deal with irregular migrant issue

Kyriakos Mitsotakis spoke during a wide-ranging event in the northern Evros border city of Orestiada

A search and rescue operation by the Greek Coast Guard is currently underway following the sinking of the boat that was carrying 33 people.

Germany hosts the world's fourth-largest refugee population and leads the EU in asylum seekers. Will the new German border control measures truly ease migratory pressures, or are they merely political optics?

Videos posted on various Turkish-language social media on Friday show the scene in the Bay of Akyarlar, near the resort of Bodrum