Nineteen EU member states, including Greece, have urged the European Commission to adopt an even harsher anti-immigration stance by providing financial and diplomatic support for the creation of refugee detention…
A dinghy carrying 35 migrants was rescued on Monday morning 55 nautical miles south of Ierapetra, after being spotted by a Liberian-flagged ship. Four people showing signs of severe exhaustion,…
Immigration and asylum minister Thanos Plevris said Greece has joined an initiative, in close cooperation with Germany, to establish migrant return hubs in Africa, and suggested the scheme could operate…
The death toll from a new shipwreck off Gavdos remains unclear, with six bodies recovered so far and serious concern that the number of victims will rise. According to survivor…
Far-right Minister of Migration and Asylum Thanos Plevris has sparked outrage after announcing that medical age tests were conducted on 104 migrants, claiming that 59 were found to be adults.…
The landmark exhibition of contemporary Palestinian art All Eyes on Palestine will open on Thursday 11 December 2025 in the historic neighbourhood of Monastiraki, Athens. The exhibition honours twenty Palestinian…
Serious human rights violations and refugee deaths are being recorded in the Hellenic Coast Guard’s maritime border operations, according to a new report by Refugee Support Aegean (RSA).
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has once again refused to recognise the State of Palestine, repeating that ‘the right conditions’ have not yet been met. Speaking during his second parliamentary address…
Tensions broke out on Saturday afternoon in front of the Monument to the Unknown Soldier in Athens, when three Palestinians who have been staging a daily sit-in at Syntagma Square…
An inflatable boat carrying 65 refugees and migrants was identified on Saturday by a Frontex vessel in waters south of Gavdos, the southernmost Greek island, located to the south of…