A surge of migrants from Libya, orchestrated by warlord Khalifa Haftar, has overwhelmed Crete, prompting Greece to suspend asylum rights. Over 2,600 arrivals in early July strain the island’s ...

Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp has raised an urgent question in Parliament today, characterising illegal immigration as ...

Greece has detained nearly 200 migrants who arrived after an asylum freeze imposed on claimants from North Africa, the ...

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 ...

Greece has suspended the ability for people coming by boat via North Africa to seek asylum –violating their rights, ...

Greece has declared a three-month halt to all asylum applications for migrants arriving from North Africa. The European Union ...

Greek lawmakers voted on Friday to temporarily stop processing asylum requests from migrants arriving from North Africa by ...

Greek lawmakers were set to vote on legislation on Thursday that would temporarily halt the processing of asylum applications ...

Greece intercepts over 500 migrants near Crete, taking emergency actions due to rising Mediterranean crossings from Libya.

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