Irregular migrants

Many of these deaths occurred just in the last few months.

Media reports later cited five fatalities, dozens missing; 124 people rescued in 3 separate incidents involving migrant boats in the same sea region over recent period

Rescued group claims smugglers threw them into the waters off southern Rhodes

Reports say the individuals were arrested in the border city of Edirne, with six accused of being FETO members and the other one belonging to the PKK

Sixteen men mark the first transferred in a controversial deal meant to reduce the number of migrants arriving in Italy.

Media reports on Tuesday: 17 European nations, including Greece, call for new laws to achieve 'effective returns' to deal with irregular migrant issue

Kyriakos Mitsotakis spoke during a wide-ranging event in the northern Evros border city of Orestiada

A search and rescue operation by the Greek Coast Guard is currently underway following the sinking of the boat that was carrying 33 people.

Germany hosts the world's fourth-largest refugee population and leads the EU in asylum seekers. Will the new German border control measures truly ease migratory pressures, or are they merely political optics?

Videos posted on various Turkish-language social media on Friday show the scene in the Bay of Akyarlar, near the resort of Bodrum

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

Both women recorded the Tilos encounter with cell phones, with the isle's mayor first posting on social media and ostensibly identifying the citizen by name

Latest violence occurs in western German town of Solingen, where a Syrian refugee with links to ISIS brutally killed 3 attendees at a public festival

Speedboat loaded with migrants detected near Symi while trying to approach the Greek isle; craft's pilot reported as the fatality

The incident isn't the first time that smugglers have used the same method to avoid roadblocks, often times with fatal results, including the death of unsuspecting motorists

The Greek side also countered a Turkish DM post claiming a push back by saying the Turkish coast guard was informed and arrived to deal with the small vessel

Police said shots fired from Turkish side after a patrol blocked migrant smugglers ferrying migrants; border guard out of danger

Top prosecutor instructs NE Greece appellate court to consider annulling possibly lenient sentences handed down to 3 local men convicted of false imprisonment of migrants

Reports cite another rickety boat loaded with third country nationals attempting to reach EU territory, off Gavdos in this case; call to emergency services made