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

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

In a shift in migration policy, Greece is implementing stringent new measures to deter irregular migrant flows, particularly ...

In the early hours of Wednesday, over five hundred people were rescued off the tiny Greek island of Gavdos, having packed ...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s government said Wednesday it is temporarily suspending asylum applications for migrants ...

Hotspots,' originally conceived as migrant registration sites, have gradually turned into closed detention centers, such as ...

But migration policy in Greece, like much of Europe, has shifted toward deterrence in the decade since the crisis. Far fewer people are arriving illegally.

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A hard-right lawmaker was sworn in Monday as Greece’s migration minister, ... 48, succeeded Voridis and is expected to maintain Greece’s hard line in migration policy.

Greek's coastguard said they had been called out numerous times over the weekend to rescue migrants stranded in boats.

Thanos Plevris, 48, succeeded Voridis and is expected to maintain Greece’s hard line in migration policy. Both Plevris and Voridis joined the conservative New Democracy party in 2012, from the ...