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

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

The Minister for Migration speaks to Direct about the new doctrine of migration policy, the closed facility in Crete, and deportations ...

In the early hours of Wednesday, over five hundred people were rescued off the tiny Greek island of Gavdos, having packed ...

No changes are expected to be seen in Greece’s tough migration policy under Plevris who, like Voridis and current health minister Adonis Georgiadis, joined the conservative New Democracy in 2012, ...

The director of the Greek Council for Refugees blasts Greece's decision to impose a three-month ban on asylum applications.

The head of an influential EU-funded migration advisory body has urged the bloc to bolster expulsions of rejected ...

Rome and Athens have identified Turkish and Russian involvement in a growing security threat from North Africa.

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

But migration policy in Greece, like much of Europe, has shifted toward deterrence in the decade since the crisis. Far fewer people are arriving illegally.

ATHENS, Greece — A hard-right lawmaker was sworn in Monday as Greece’s migration minister, replacing a fellow right-wing political heavyweight who resigned following accusations of involvement in the ...

No changes are expected to be seen in Greece’s tough migration policy under Plevris who, like Voridis and current health minister Adonis Georgiadis, joined the conservative New Democracy in 2012 ...