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

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

New hardline EU immigration policy could see development funding cut unless African nations prevent migrants from leaving.

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, ...

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

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

Libya's eastern authorities recently expelled a senior European delegation in a move analysts say was meant to send a message ...

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

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

Human rights organizations in Greece condemned a new law for its alleged violation of international and EU legal protections for asylum-seekers in a joint release on Wednesday, which bans ...