Greek authorities have transported more than 500 migrants to a port on the mainland in an effort to relieve strain on the ...

Greece's parliament approved a three-month suspension of asylum claims for migrants arriving by sea from Libya on Friday, ...

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

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

The suspension will apply only to migrants reaching Crete by sea. Migrants entering illegally will be detained, Mitsotakis ...

Greece on Thursday unveiled a series of tougher measures aimed at curbing the arrival of migrants, following an earlier ...

The New Democracy government wants to suspend asylum applications and review what claimants eat in detention centers.

Greece continues to be a key entry point to the EU for people escaping conflict and hardship in the Middle East, Africa and ...

More than 2,000 migrants have landed on the Mediterranean island of Crete since the weekend, according to coast guard figures ...

The migrants, consisting mostly of young men, were transferred overnight aboard a bulk carrier after their fishing trawler ...

ATHENS, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Greece is considering setting up a migrant detention facility on the island of Rhodes in the eastern Mediterranean to tackle a rise in arrivals from neighbouring Turkey ...

Greece's government says it is suspending asylum applications for migrants arriving on Crete by sea. Prime Minister Kyriakos ...