From July 1 to 13, 2,619 migrants landed on Crete, a surge far beyond anything previously experienced on the idyll beloved by British tourists. Almost all of them – a mixture of Egyptian, Sudanese, ...

Greece has suspended the processing of asylum applications from people arriving by sea from North Africa for three months.

Greece is a popular route for migrants and authorities have had to carry out several rescue missions in recent days, one of ...

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

To manage the influx, the government could reopen camps built in the mainland after the 2015 migration crisis, Marinakis said ...

Greece intercepts over 500 migrants near Crete, taking emergency actions due to rising Mediterranean crossings from Libya.

Authorities in Greece say more than 1,200 migrants have been detained on the island of Crete and the nearby islet of Gavdos ...

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

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

At least seven commercial ships had to disrupt their voyages in the Eastern Mediterranean over the past four days to help ...

Over 500 migrants, intercepted near Crete, were transferred to Lavrio port as Greece enacts emergency protocols amid ...