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

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

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s government said Wednesday it is temporarily suspending asylum applications for migrants ...

More than 2,000 migrants have landed on the Mediterranean island of Crete since the weekend, according to coast guard figures, bringing the total number of arrivals this year to over 10,000 ...

The migrants, consisting mostly of young men, were transferred overnight aboard a bulk carrier after their fishing trawler was intercepted by Greek authorities. Service vessels helped bring them ...

Greece has suspended the processing of asylum applications from North Africa for three months after a surge in migrant ...

Over 500 migrants were transferred from Crete to Lavrio near Athens on July 10, 2025, as Greece faces a surge in ...

The coast guard noted 7,300 asylum-seekers have reached Crete and a nearby island this year, up from fewer than 5,000 in 2024 ...

In an urgent response to a surge in Greece's migrant flows, particularly from Libya to Crete, Mitsotakis announced stringent ...

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced on Wednesday harsher measures to address migrant flow from Libya.

In recent days, more than 2,000 migrants have landed on Crete, prompting the Greek authorities to halt asylum hearings for those arriving from Africa.

Two people died in a separate wildfire on 1 July in the Catalonia region, where Tarragona is located. In the south of France, ...