The Greek coast guard says a speedboat carrying migrants overturned while it was being chased by a patrol vessel near the ...

Greece has detained nearly 200 migrants who arrived after an asylum freeze imposed on claimants from North Africa. 'The illegal immigrants who entered from Libya in recent hours were arrested by the ...

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced on Wednesday that Greece will pause processing asylum applications from people arriving from North Africa as the nation faces a surge in migrants.

Greece will suspend the processing of asylum applications from individuals arriving from North Africa for three months. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced the decision in parliament on ...

FILE PHOTO: Spike in migrant flows prompts Greece to deploy frigates off Libya ATHENS (Reuters) -Greece could extend a suspension on examining asylum applications passed by parliament last month if ...

Greek authorities were struggling on Wednesday to move thousands of migrants made homeless by a blaze at an overcrowded camp into new tents, while fears grew over a coronavirus outbreak on the island ...

The Greek coast guard says a speedboat carrying migrants overturned while it was being chased by a patrol vessel near the ...

A male migrant died of COVID-19 on Sunday, the first reported death of an asylum seeker since the pandemic broke out in Greece in late February, a government official told Reuters.

LONDON and ATHENS -- Rescue efforts were underway Wednesday after a fishing vessel carrying migrants capsized and sank in the Mediterranean Sea, about 54 miles off the coast of Pylos, Greece. At least ...

STORY: Thanos Marmarinos pilots his small fishing boat out of the harbor on the northern shore of the Greek island of Lesbos. Ten years ago, Marmarinos was a frontline rescuer for some of the hundreds ...

ATHENS, Greece — Greece said Wednesday it is temporarily suspending asylum applications for migrants arriving on the island of Crete following a spike in arrivals from Libya. More than 2,000 migrants ...