A surge of migrants from Libya, orchestrated by warlord Khalifa Haftar, has overwhelmed Crete, prompting Greece to suspend asylum rights. Over 2,600 arrivals in early July strain the island’s ...

Greece has detained nearly 200 migrants who arrived after an asylum freeze imposed on claimants from North Africa, the ...

Greek Coast Guard rescued 74 migrants on Crete, part of hundreds of arrivals over the weekend, as traffickers shift to longer ...

His message to thousands of young men waiting in North Africa to come to his country for a life in Europe is clear: ‘Don’t ...

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 ...

The measure is a death sentence on many desperate people who are trying to flee economic hardship, political persecution or ...

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

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

Greece has declared a three-month halt to all asylum applications for migrants arriving from North Africa. The European Union ...

The Libyan government in Tripoli has lodged a diplomatic protest with the United Nations, objecting to Greece’s delineation ...

Greece says it is suspending asylum applications for migrants arriving on the island of Crete by sea. Prime Minister Kyriakos ...