Turkey agrees to accept migrant returns from Greek mainland
Middle East Eye –Greece has persuaded Turkey to accept migrant returns from the mainland in order to reduce critical overcrowding in its island refugee camps, […]
Refugee Crisis
Refugee surge on Greek islands
DW — Aid groups are once again struggling to accommodate a rising number of people arriving on the Greek islands to request asylum. Despite heightened patrols […]
EU states begin returning refugees to Greece as German reunions slow
The Guardian — European countries are poised to begin the process of returning refugees to Greece, as migrants seeking reunification with their family members – […]
More than 630 migrants arrive on Greek islands since Friday
eKathimerini — A total of 633 migrants and refugees have landed on Greece’s Aegean islands in the past three days, authorities said Monday. Officials reported […]
28 foreign nationals arrested in Crete with fake travel documents
TornosNews — Twenty eight foreign nationals were arrested by police at the international airports of Chania and Heraklion on Monday for attempting to travel abroad […]
Germany to resume returning migrants to Greece
IBTimes — Germany is set to restart the process of sending migrants back to Greece despite a backlog at Greek migrant registration centres, the so […]
Far-right anti-migrant ship told it’s not welcome in Crete
eKathimerini — Dozens of protesters gathered in the town of Ieraptera on the southern Aegean island of Crete on Monday night to rally against the […]
Refugee aid dries up in Greece as media interest wanes
Al Jazeera — Only last year, journalists were winning awards for watching refugees drown. Last week, seven people died just off the Turkish coast and […]
EU to scale back Greek asylum aid
euobserver — Stranded refugees on the Greek islands will soon have to rely solely on the Greek government for all basic services. Athens is set […]
Greece paying asylum seekers to forgo appeals
EU Observer — The Greek government is giving cash incentives for asylum seekers on the islands to forgo their legal rights to appeal their cases. […]
‘Cemetery of the nameless’ established in Turkey’s west for Syrians who died en route to Greece
Hurryet Daily News — A “cemetery of the nameless” has been established near the coast in the western Turkish province of İzmir for Syrians who […]
Police arrests traffickers for holding migrants hostage
AP– Police in Greece have arrested three Pakistani nationals for holding hostage 16 migrants without authorization to be in the country and demanding money for […]
EU restarts returns of new asylum seekers to Greece
DW — Freshly-arrived asylum seekers in Europe can once again be sent back to Greece if that was their first entry point, under a new […]
Merkel, Rutte agreed refugee quota in deal with Turkey, did not tell other EU leaders
DW — When the EU-Turkey deal was struck last March, it was hailed by some in western Europe as a breakthrough for resolving the refugee […]
EU threatens members with legal action over refugees
eKathimerini — The European Commission is piling the pressure on European Union member-states that are refusing to take in asylum seekers from Greece and Italy, […]