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People who are in Greece illegally and do not want to leave voluntarily will face a minimum of three years in prison in ...
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s government said Wednesday it is temporarily suspending asylum applications for migrants ...
In a shift in migration policy, Greece is implementing stringent new measures to deter irregular migrant flows, particularly ...
The director of the Greek Council for Refugees blasts Greece's decision to impose a three-month ban on asylum applications.
Rome and Athens have identified Turkish and Russian involvement in a growing security threat from North Africa.
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, ...
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 ...
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — 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 ...
Thanos Plevris, 48, succeeded Voridis and is expected to maintain Greece’s hard line in migration policy.
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.
10 years after Europe's migration crisis, the fallout reverberates in Greece and beyond Amena Namjoyan arrived on the Greek island of Lesbos as part of a migration crisis that would rock the ...