According to ERTNews, the vessel was spotted early on Friday morning by a Frontex patrol boat, 53 nautical miles south of Ierapetra. On board were 26 people, including a woman……
A new conservative and Islamophobic line appears to be taking shape over a possible legislative initiative to ban the burqa in Greece. The prospect was raised in parliament by the…
A rescue operation took place in the early hours of Sunday, 8 March 2026, in a sea area south of Crete, after a boat carrying 35 people was located 33…
A total of 400 people were rescued on Friday in eight separate incidents off southern Crete and Gavdos, according to the Hellenic Coast Guard.
Asylum seekers in Greece have not received the financial assistance provided for under European and Greek law since April 2024, according to organisations working in refugee support, which say they…
Refugee Support in the Aegean (RSA) says official state data confirms the harmful consequences of what it describes as unfair and disproportionate criminal sanctions for the offences of ‘illegal’ entry,…
During the carnival custom of the Agas in Mesta, southern Chios, on Clean Monday, a former doctor at Chios Hospital made remarks joking about the deaths of 15 migrants in…
Government spokesman Pavlos Marinakis publicly threatened journalist Christos Avramidis with a lawsuit during the political editors’ briefing, after being questioned about the circumstances of the deadly shipwreck off Chios that…
The Moroccan survivor of the Chios shipwreck has been remanded in custody, despite the investigating judge hearing from all the witnesses she examined that they do not recognise him as…
The Moroccan survivor of the deadly shipwreck off Chios, who is accused of migrant smuggling and causing the deaths of 15 people, has pleaded not guilty to all charges. He…