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Libya: Five dead and 16 missing after migrant boat capsizes

Libya: Five dead and 16 missing after migrant boat capsizes Libya: Five dead and 16 missing after migrant boat capsizes

Five people trying to reach Europe have died and the fate of 16 others is unknown after a boat carrying irregular migrants capsized off the coast of Libya, authorities in the African country announced today. According to an official’s statement to the French Agency (AFP), 27 people, all Egyptians, were on board the boat. In […]

M. Varvitsiotis: Greece will not turn from a country into a transit point for refugees and immigrants

M. Varvitsiotis: Greece will not turn from a country into a transit point for refugees and immigrants M. Varvitsiotis: Greece will not turn from a country into a transit point for refugees and immigrants

“The Greek government is monitoring the Turkish provocation with calmness and determination,” underlined Deputy Foreign Minister Miltiadis Varvitsiotis, after the meeting he had with the Slovak Deputy Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, Martin Klus, who is visiting Greece. “That is why yesterday the KYSEA decided on a series of measures, among which is the […]

Question SYRIZA: The island of refugees in the land register

Question SYRIZA: The island of refugees in the land register Question SYRIZA: The island of refugees in the land register

The heads of Foreign Affairs, Defense, Citizen Protection and Immigration Policy of SYRIZA-PS G. Katrougalos, Th. Dritsas, H. Spirtzis and G. Psychogios, the former ministers of the SYRIZA governments D. Vitsas and G. Mouzalas and the Evros MP N Gara submitted a question today to the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, National Defense, Citizen Protection, Immigration […]

Tsipras shots against the government on the issue of the stranded people of Evros

Tsipras shots against the government on the issue of the stranded people of Evros Tsipras shots against the government on the issue of the stranded people of Evros

The head of SYRIZA, Alexis Tsipras, accuses the government of a lack of sensitivity and humanity, regarding the issue of stranded migrants in Evros. In particular, in his post on Facebook, Al. Tsipras emphasizes: “Lies about wiretapping until they could no longer deny the undeniable. Lies about the “cursed of the Evros”, who declared them […]

Min. of Citizen Protection: How the Turkish gendarmerie is ‘pushing’ migrants towards Greece

Min. of Citizen Protection: How the Turkish gendarmerie is ‘pushing’ migrants towards Greece Min.  of Citizen Protection: How the Turkish gendarmerie is ‘pushing’ migrants towards Greece

The Turkish gendarmerie organizes the promotion of irregular migrants to Greece, while it sent all 38 rescued yesterday to the islet of Evros, giving them advice to contact NGOs and humanitarian organizations and assurances that Greece will rescue them, as they claimed during the preliminary investigation carried out by the Greek Police. This is reported […]

T. Theodorikakos: Respect to the Greek Police – SYRIZA to stop the slanderous attacks

T. Theodorikakos: Respect to the Greek Police – SYRIZA to stop the slanderous attacks T. Theodorikakos: Respect to the Greek Police – SYRIZA to stop the slanderous attacks

The Minister of Citizen Protection Takis Theodorikakos with his post on social media refers to the rescue by the Greek Police of 38 illegal immigrants in Evros. Characteristically, the minister wrote: “The incident of the rescue of 38 irregular migrants in Evros proves how particularly complex and difficult is the mission of the Greek police […]

Mixed guidance from the EU court on rescuing migrants at sea

Mixed guidance from the EU court on rescuing migrants at sea Mixed guidance from the EU court on rescuing migrants at sea

The European Union’s highest court ruled today that a member state’s port authorities can seize boats rescuing migrants, but only if they can prove there is a real risk to health, safety or the environment. German NGO Sea Watch appealed against the seizure by Sicilian port authorities of two of its boats that had rescued […]

Commission: Close cooperation with the Greek authorities in the reports on repatriation of migrants

Commission: Close cooperation with the Greek authorities in the reports on repatriation of migrants Commission: Close cooperation with the Greek authorities in the reports on repatriation of migrants

There is continuity in terms of the Commission’s work with the Greek authorities on reports of migrant push-backs and there is a new legislative proposal in this regard to ensure that there is a robust monitoring system built in which also entails monitoring of fundamental rights in the Greek asylum system , said the responsible […]

More than 1,000 migrants have landed in Italy in the last few hours

More than 1,000 migrants have landed in Italy in the last few hours More than 1,000 migrants have landed in Italy in the last few hours

More than a thousand migrants have disembarked in Italy in the last few hours and hundreds more, rescued by aid ships, are searching for a port of reception, Italian authorities and non-governmental organizations announced today. More than 600 people who tried to cross the Mediterranean in a fishing boat that ran aground were rescued by […]

Britain: ‘Unacceptable’ treatment of migrants arriving from the English Channel, according to official report

Britain: ‘Unacceptable’ treatment of migrants arriving from the English Channel, according to official report Britain: ‘Unacceptable’ treatment of migrants arriving from the English Channel, according to official report

Britain’s treatment of migrants arriving in small boats from northern France has been unacceptable, ineffective and inadequate, an independent report released today said. The number of people attempting the dangerous Channel crossing to enter Britain has risen sharply. The government faces criticism from some quarters that border controls are too weak, while others say asylum […]