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

No changes are expected to be seen in Greece’s tough migration policy under Plevris who, like Voridis and current health minister Adonis Georgiadis, joined the conservative New Democracy in 2012, ...

In the early hours of Wednesday, over five hundred people were rescued off the tiny Greek island of Gavdos, having packed ...

ATHENS, Greece — A hard-right lawmaker was sworn in Monday as Greece’s migration minister, replacing a fellow right-wing political heavyweight who resigned following accusations of involvement in the ...

The Minister for Migration speaks to Direct about the new doctrine of migration policy, the closed facility in Crete, and deportations ...

In a shift in migration policy, Greece is implementing stringent new measures to deter irregular migrant flows, particularly ...

Hotspots,' originally conceived as migrant registration sites, have gradually turned into closed detention centers, such as ...

The director of the Greek Council for Refugees blasts Greece's decision to impose a three-month ban on asylum applications.

Greek's coastguard said they had been called out numerous times over the weekend to rescue migrants stranded in boats.

But migration policy in Greece, like much of Europe, has shifted toward deterrence in the decade since the crisis. Far fewer people are arriving illegally.

A hard-right lawmaker has replaced Greece’s migration and asylum minister amid a political shake-up Athens, Greece -- A hard-right lawmaker has replaced a fellow right-winger and political ...

Thanos Plevris, 48, succeeded Voridis and is expected to maintain Greece’s hard line in migration policy.