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, ...

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

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

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

Greek authorities have rescued in recent days hundreds of migrants from waters around two of its southern islands. Local ...

Greek lawmakers voted on Friday to temporarily stop processing asylum requests from migrants arriving from North Africa by ...

Greece has suspended all new asylum claims for three months, with any illegal migrants now being detained immediately upon ...

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

In an urgent response to a surge in Greece's migrant flows, particularly from Libya to Crete, Mitsotakis announced stringent ...

Greece will temporarily halt processing asylum applications for North African migrants following an influx of arrivals. This ...

The uptick in arrivals coincided with a visit by Greece’s foreign minister, Giorgos Gerapetritis, to Libya for talks with ...

Greece enforces freeze on asylum claims from North African migrants to address surge, sparking criticism and support.