Sixty migrants were discovered Monday on a beach on Greece’s southernmost island of Gavdos and will remain there overnight, officials said.
MIGRATION
Coast guard have launched a search and rescue operation northwest of Samos after a boat carrying migrants sank in the area.
For many immigrants in Greece, like Fouad Salem, the quest for residence permits has become an endless struggle marked by bureaucratic red tape.
Back in the day, the overwhelming majority of Greeks stayed in their villages. Even moving to the nearest town or city was a big decision that had to be carefully considered.
A top European Union official on Wednesday refused to be drawn on an opinion of an agreement between Italy and Albania to process some migrants in centers set up in the tiny Western Balkan country, saying only that it was being closely monitored.
Hungary, Slovakia and Serbia will continue joint efforts to curb illegal migration into the European Union, their leaders said on Tuesday, adding that more EU funds were needed.
Italy’s far-right government on Monday approved a new decree aimed at overcoming judicial hurdles that risked derailing a controversial migration deal with Albania.
Migration was – once again – at the heart of discussions at the latest EU leaders summit, as the issue has been taking on new dimensions across the continent.
A long-awaited technical meeting between officials of Greece’s port authorities and Turkey’s coast guard will take place on November 12 on the island of Chios, after being postponed earlier this year due to tensions between the two nations.
The sea journey from the Lebanese coast to Cyprus – the closest EU member-state – takes just 10 hours in the motorboats used by traffickers.
Greek maritime authorities said Monday at least two people – a man and a woman – died and 22 people had to be rescued when a migrant boat sank as it attempted to cross the Aegean toward Greece.
Police in Patras have arrested a 15-year-old boy on charges of attempted murder.
A Rome court has rejected orders to detain a group of migrants in a reception facility in Albania and said they had a right to be brought to Italy, dealing a blow to Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s plan to divert asylum-seekers abroad.
BRUSSELS – European Union leaders agreed on Thursday to use all their leverage, including trade, development aid and visa policy, to speed up returns of migrants illegally entering the bloc and asked the European Commission to urgently draft a law.
The European Union has come closer to Greece’s positions on asylum, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis told reporters following Thursday’s EU Summit.
Rescuers searched the Mediterranean Sea near Greece’s southernmost island Thursday for two people reported missing when a boat carrying 100 migrants sank the previous day, Greece’s Coast Guard said.
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