Officers of the Greek Coast Guard fired at boats carrying refugees and migrants, documents of the European Border Agency Frontex show. One of the incidents described by online publication The Intercept, occurred two years in March 2014, when a small boat carrying 13 Syrian refugees was trying to reach the …

A total of 261 refugees and migrants arrived in the eastern Aegean islands in the last 24 hours, that is from Thursday to Friday morning. According to the Greek Migration Coordination body 139 people arrived in Lesvos, 61 in Chios, 18 in Samos, 15 in Leros and 28 in Karpathos. …

Tension went high on the island of Leros in the Eastern Aegean Sea, when a group of migrants protested the living conditions in the hot spot saying they were fearing for their lives. The protest got out of control when a small group went so far to attack the police …

A boat carrying 80 refugees and migrants run aground in the sea area south-southwest off the island of Lesvos on Thursday morning. According to local media, the boat was a normal touristic boat and was carrying 100 people. Two fishing boats and two patrol boats of the Greek Coast Guard …

The European Court of Justice ruled that a national of a non-EU country who has not yet been subject to the return procedure cannot being imprisoned solely because he or she has entered the territory of a member state illegally across an internal border of the Schengen area. This is …

Four bodies were recovered and more than 300 people have been rescued so far after a boat carrying some 600-700 migrants sank 75 nautical miles south of Crete in the area of Kalon Limenon. The 25-meter long vessel has reportedly sent a distress signal early Friday morning. The boat was …

Clashes among migrants broke on Thursday night in the hot spot of Samos, Greek media speak of dozens injured. According to police, the clashes started when a scuffle broke out among Moroccan, Algerian and Pakistani migrants. Soon the situation got out of control, the angry mob started fires in several …

Serious clashes among migrants and fires broke out in Moria hot spot on the island of Lesvos, leaving behind 15 people injured as well as serious damages in the camp that led to evacuation of hundreds of families. According to reports from the area, a brawl broke out between Afghans …

All eyes are on Idomeni camp this morning, where the evacuation started in the morning. Buses keep coming empty and leave the area full with people, taking them to organized facilities. The first buses take the people in the broader area of Thessaloniki, in Northern Greece. With the help of …

The number of migrants arriving in Greece dropped 90 percent in April, EU border agency Frontex said on Friday, in a sign that a deal with Turkey to send back those who make the sea journey between the two countries is working. “Fewer than 2,700 people arrived in Greece in …

Tired of hanging around in poor living conditions and with no future in Europe, many refugees and migrants want to leave Greece. As the border to their promised lands remain close, they want to be sent back to Turkey. According to local media on the island of Chios, a total …

One hundred refugees and migrants from the camp in Idomeni attempted to set up a tent at the border fence between Greece and FYROM on Thursday. Greek riot police intervened to stop the action, and some protesters started to hurl stones at the policemen and chant “Open borders!”. Eventually the …

The flow of refugees and migrants to the islands of the eastern Aegean Sea has dramatically decreased during the last couple of days. According to official data, no refugee or migrants arrived on Lesvos for four consecutive day. 52 people arrived on Chios yesterday, Sunday, and 12 people arrived on …

Thirty-five migrants will have to see their European dream ending forever. Tomorrow, Tuesday, April 26th 2016 they will be deported from the Greek island of Lesvos back to Turkey within the framework of the EU Deal with Turkey. According to local media, lesvosnews.net, the majority of these 35 migrants asked …

OK, we got this! It is now confirmed and in pictures: Frontex policemen are “authorized” to make arrests, while they are deployed in Greece. Are they really? Freelance journalist Panagiotis Gavrilis shot some pictures on the island of Lesvos as Dutch policemen control refugees/migrants – it is not clear – …

The leader of Catholic Church, Pope Francis, will visit the island of Lesvos to express his solidarity with the refugees and migrants. The visit will be strictly unofficial and is expected to take place next Friday, April 15th 2016. Pope Francis and the head of Greek Orthodox Church, Archbishop of …

Afghan migrants and Syrian refugees clashed several times at the port of Piraeus, some stabbed each other at Idomeni, several hundreds migrants and refugees broke out of the detention center on Chios and marched through the island. Refugees and migrants trapped in Greece are frustrated and most of them live …

The day to implement the painful EU-Turkey deal has come. A total of 750 migrants will be deported from the Greek island of Lesvos back to Turkey. Two Turkish ships chartered by the Frontex will transport the migrants to the port of Dikeli. According to Athens News Agency, the deportation …

The European Commission is confident that re-admission of migrants and Syrian refugees who arrived in Greece after March 2oth 2016 will begin next Monday, April 4th 2016, exactly as it stands of EU-Turkey deal. AN EU official who spoke to Ajanse France Press under condition of anonymity said that “500 …

It sounded really strange on Sunday morning. Deputy Foreign Minister Dimitris Mardas revealed a plan Greek government has under consideration to offer refugees and migrants “residence permission if they invest 250,000 euro in Greece.” Mardas told Skai TV, that the government is styding a project to examin ethe economic profile …