G reece's immigration minister has warned migrants not to try entering his country, threatening to put in jail or send back ...

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 ...

Greece’s New Democracy government has suspended asylum applications from North African migrants for three months, amid a 350% surge in arrivals to Crete. The EU-backed measure, part of a broader ...

Roughly as big as Hertfordshire or Surrey, the island of Lesbos – Greece's third largest – sits more than 12 hours by ferry ...

Greece has detained nearly 200 migrants who arrived after an asylum freeze imposed on claimants from North Africa, the migration minister said on Saturday. "The illegal immigrants who entered from ...

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

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 ...

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

Public discourse in Greece is increasingly shifting toward xenophobia and racism, the Athens-based Racist Violence Recording ...