V4 countrie try to block relocation of refugees from Greece, Italy
The most vulnerable victims of conflict zones are being shunned by members of the Visigrad Group, Greece’s Migration Minister, Yannis Mouzalas says. Refugee children, many of […]
Refugee Crisis
EU refuses to send asylum experts to Greek islands
The Express — Greek islands are allegedly too dangerous for European Union officials after the bloc refused to send asylum experts over – despite their […]
EU border controls to get another 3-month extension
DW — The European Commission, the EU’s executive arm, is to put the three-month extension request to member states, it said in a statement on […]
Migrant deal with Turkey may end without visa liberalization
Reuters — The European Union should implement visa-free travel for Turks by the end of the year and stop insisting Turkey change its anti-terrorism laws […]
EU to call on Greece to speed up migrant returns to Turkey
The Telegraph — European leaders will demand that Greece does more to speed up the deportation of illegal migrants back to Turkey amid reports of […]
Germany wants Greece to deal with all refugees landing on its shores
RT — Greece has been provided with enough “financial and other support” to be able to properly take care of both new incoming crowds of […]
Greece to deport over 1000 immigrants each month starting in November
(Prensa Latina) Greece plans the deportation of 250 immigrants each week, which represents more than 1000 people each month, starting in November, said today a […]
EU reccommendation: Greece to implement the Dublin Agreement by December.
Greek Reporter — The European Commission is calling upon Greece to implement a series of actions on refugees and migrants, such as the Dublin Agreement by December. […]
Slovak PM: EU migrant quotas are ‘politically finished’
Reuters — Quotas for distributing asylum seekers among European Union member states are “politically finished”, Prime Minister Robert Fico of Slovakia, which currently holds the […]
Slovak PM Fico says EU migrant quotas are ‘politically finished’
Reuters – Quotas for distributing asylum seekers among European Union member states are “politically finished”, Prime Minister Robert Fico of Slovakia, which currently holds the […]
EU: Migrants to be held on islands “to avoid secondary movement to the rest of Europe”
Hours after the fire at morias migrant hot spot in Lasbos European Commission’s spokesperson Natasha Bertaud, said the Greek government had described the situation as […]
Migrants flee burning Greek camp of Moria on Lesbos
BBC — Up to 4,000 migrants were evacuated from the Moria camp on the Greek island of Lesbos after a large fire destroyed tents and […]
Aegean smugglers use new rhetoric to trick migrants into making perilous journey to Greece
HurryetDailyNews.com –Human smugglers have started to use new rhetoric in order to trick migrants in Turkey into making the perilous journey to Greek islands with […]
Greek general secretary for migration quits after criticising government
Reuters — A Greek general secretary for migration resigned on Tuesday after telling a radio station the country’s migration facilities were failing to effectively address […]
Reformed Greek appeals panel upholds Syrian refugee’s deportation
The Guardian — Greek officials have agreed to deport a Syrian refugee back to Turkey, the first such move since the government changed its asylum […]