Greece’s New Democracy government has suspended asylum applications from North African migrants for three months, amid a 350% surge in arrivals to Crete. The EU-backed measure, part of a broader ...

Roughly as big as Hertfordshire or Surrey, the island of Lesbos – Greece's third largest – sits more than 12 hours by ferry ...

From July 1 to 13, 2,619 migrants landed on Crete, a surge far beyond anything previously experienced on the idyll beloved by ...

Greek parliament voted 177-74 to suspend asylum processing for North African migrants arriving by sea for three months, citing a surge in arrivals to Crete. The move, supported by PM Kyriakos ...

Greece on Friday enforced a three-month freeze on asylum claims from migrants arriving by boat from North Africa, to stem a ...

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

Greece will suspend all asylum hearings for migrants arriving on boats from North Africa for three months, the prime minister said Wednesday following a rise in migrant arrivals from Libya.

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 ...

Crete, Greece is grappling with an influx of migrants, with nearly 2,000 people arriving on the island in the past 48 hours ...

Popular Greek holiday island stops illegal migrant crossings using controversial new rule Just 1,700 illegal migrants have arrived this year, compared to more than 18,000 in the UK.

Flowers bloom along the shore of Skala Sikamias, where thousands of refugees arrived by dinghies from Turkey during the height of the migrant crisis a decade ago, on the Greek island of Lesbos ...