Greek authorities have transported more than 500 migrants to a port on the mainland in an effort to relieve strain on the ...

The number of unaccompanied migrant children held in unsuitable police cells and detention centers in Greece has increased alarmingly, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to Migration Policy ...

Greece's parliament approved a three-month suspension of asylum claims for migrants arriving by sea from Libya on Friday, ...

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

Hotspots,' originally conceived as migrant registration sites, have gradually turned into closed detention centers, such as ...

Greece on Thursday unveiled a series of tougher measures aimed at curbing the arrival of migrants, following an earlier ...

Greece is planning to use emergency legal powers to create detention centers for migrants on five islands to try and speed up deportations back to Turkey, officials said Monday. Areas have been ...

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis should free hundreds of unaccompanied migrant children detained in unhygienic police cells and detention centers in Greece, Human Rights Watch said today in ...

The suspension will apply only to migrants reaching Crete by sea. Migrants entering illegally will be detained, Mitsotakis ...

A record 60,000 migrants arrived on Greek islands last year and authorities are struggling to manage the flow. Island residents, feeling overrun, want new detention centers to be built on the ...

As Europe battles to deal with the latest wave of migrants - and migrant deaths - Greece's new government is freeing scores of illegal immigrants from detention centres in a move that's raising ...

Detention Greece to Use 'Emergency' Powers to Build Migrant Detention Centers Across Overcrowded Islands Published Feb 10, 2020 at 10:49 AM EST Updated Feb 10, 2020 at 10:52 AM EST ...