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The Greek coastguard and police as well as a ship that was passing by the area are assisting in the search and rescue mission.

In addition to commenting on defense spending and migration at the end of the EU Summit, the Greek PM voiced concerns over Turkey's democratic backsliding.

Mitsotakis revealed the new directive to the Ministry of Migration and Asylum’s leadership, stating: "The new approach is clear: anyone entering the country illegally and not granted asylum should be returned to the country from which they came."

Greeks see climate change as the top global concern, while 71.5% feel uncertain about the future, believing that events are largely beyond their control.

Greece’s Ministry of Migration and Asylum requested and accepted the resignation of Ioannis Sfyrakis, Deputy Commissioner of the Asylum Service. 

Following his visit to Greece, the Council of Europe’s Human Rights Commissioner raises alarm over migrant abuses, Roma discrimination, and declining press freedom.

According to the European Commission, the Commissioner is expected to address Greece regarding pushbacks, citing the recent European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruling against Greece for the illegal deportation of a female migrant from Turkey.

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.

UNHCR warns of rising migrant deaths in Greece, urging safer alternatives as 45 lives are lost in 2024 amid a surge in arrivals from Turkey.

Four people have been reported dead, two of whom are children in a migrant boat shipwreck.

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.

The investigation finds money ostensibly allocated to support and house migrants in Turkey is instead being used to mistreat them and forcibly deport them

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?

Angeliki Dimitriadi, Senior Research Fellow at ELIAMEP, argues that Germany's border policy is driven by political concerns but also aims to curb secondary migration and reduce refugee benefits.

Speaking about Germany's decision to close borders to migrants, the Greek PM says "Unilateral suspension of Schengen is unacceptable".

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

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