New hardline EU immigration policy could see development funding cut unless African nations prevent migrants from leaving. Some experts are warning its counterproductive, undermines sovereignty and ...

Analysts believe the expulsion of a top EU delegation was a message from Khalifa Haftar, demanding global attention.

Greece began detaining the migrants arriving from North Africa who have been rescued off Crete after Athens suspended the ...

Greece’s Immigration Minister Thanos Plevris delivers a blunt message to migrants: “Don’t come here. We’ll jail or deport you.” As Crete faces a surge of arrivals, a new hardline law suspends asylum ...

From July 1 to 13, 2,619 migrants landed on Crete, a surge far beyond anything previously experienced on the idyll beloved by ...

Greece will implement Europe’s strictest migration policy, with illegal entrants facing prison or deportation, says Minister Thanos Plevris. A new amendment and upcoming bill aim to curb flows, ...

People who are in Greece illegally and do not want to leave voluntarily will face a minimum of three years in prison in ...

Greece wants to use tough measures to deter refugees from entering the country by sea from Libya. Large numbers are arriving ...

Greece has suspended the ability for people coming by boat via North Africa to seek asylum –violating their rights, ...

Rome and Athens have identified Turkish and Russian involvement in a growing security threat from North Africa.

The Central Mediterranean remains the busiest migration route, "accounting for 39% of all illegal arrivals," EU Commissioner for Internal Affairs and Migration Magnus Brunner told The Malta ...

The head of an influential EU-funded migration advisory body has urged the bloc to bolster expulsions of rejected ...