Immigration

The report concludes Greece is subjecting third country nationals in detention to conditions “which could amount to torture or inhuman and degrading treatment.”

The UN Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons has raised serious concerns about the treatment of trafficking victims in the Closed Control Access Center for asylum seekers on Samos Island, Greece.

Eight people have been reported dead, six of whom are children, in an ongoing migrant boat shipwreck in the sea north of Samos.

Two people have died in a shipwreck in the early hours of Monday in the sea of the northern coast of Samos.

Germany finds itself once again at the center of controversy. Berlin’s decision to introduce temporary border controls to combat illegal migration has sparked widespread criticism. The pushback is not only from human rights activists advocating for refugees, who are increasingly on the defensive, but also from the highest political levels, including the governments of Austria, […]

According to media reports, Berlin ordered the temporary tightening of controls at all borders - including with Schengen members - in a crackdown on illegal migration

The operator of the illegal boat was injured after a crash and taken to hospital

As Greece has launched another major regularisation programme for undocumented immigrants, a comparison with France’s 1981 similar initiative provides us with insights. Drawing a parallel between the two programmes offers a crucial lens to raise questions about the effectiveness and unintended long-term consequences of such policies based on the lessons learned from the French experience. […]

The draft bill would allow illegal migrants residing in Greece to become legal residents after three years instead of current five

The European Commission also presented legislation to reinforce its current legal framework on migrant smuggling

Greece works with Europol to prevent European Neo-Nazi groups from entering the country to join far-right gathering in Athens