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Greek Coast Guard rescued 74 migrants on Crete, part of hundreds of arrivals over the weekend, as traffickers shift to longer Mediterranean routes from North Africa.
Greece's immigration minister has warned migrants not to try entering his country, threatening to put in jail or send back home those who do try. Greece is a key gateway into the European Union for ...
Greece began detaining the migrants arriving from North Africa who have been rescued off Crete after Athens suspended the ...
It’s unclear how many of those are skilled workers. Sixty per cent of people who returned to the country in 2023 are between ...
Greece’s Immigration Minister Thanos Plevris delivers a blunt message to migrants: “Don’t come here. We’ll jail or deport you.” As Crete faces a surge of arrivals, a new hardline law suspends asylum ...
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 ...
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The measure is a death sentence on many desperate people who are trying to flee economic hardship, political persecution or ...
From July 1 to 13, 2,619 migrants landed on Crete, a surge far beyond anything previously experienced on the idyll beloved by ...
I’m sitting now on a sun-baked terrace in Crete, typing high above the ancient Aegean, in a grand stone house stacked ...
Libya has submitted another note verbale to the United Nations, with an attached map outlining the “outer limits of the continental shelf ...
A new note verbale submitted by Libya to the UN extends the country's maritime border claims to the Greek island of Crete.
Composed of three summits, Mytikas, Skolio and Stefani, Mt Olympus is Greece’s highest mountain, with 46 peaks exceeding 2000m (6562ft) and a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. Lush and virgin, it’s home to ...