Greek Coast Guard rescued 74 migrants on Crete, part of hundreds of arrivals over the weekend, as traffickers shift to longer Mediterranean routes from North Africa. View on euronews ...

Greece began detaining the migrants arriving from North Africa who have been rescued off Crete after Athens suspended the ...

Greece’s New Democracy government has suspended asylum applications from North African migrants for three months, amid a 350% surge in arrivals to Crete. The EU-backed measure, part of a broader ...

Greek authorities transferred 247 migrants from Crete to detention centers in Lavrio after their illegal entry from Libya.

Greece has detained nearly 200 migrants who arrived after an asylum freeze imposed on claimants from North Africa, the migration minister said on Saturday.

Greece has suspended the ability for people coming by boat via North Africa to seek asylum –violating their rights, ...

Greece's parliament approved a three-month suspension of asylum claims for migrants arriving by sea from Libya on Friday, ...

Greece has declared a three-month halt to all asylum applications for migrants arriving from North Africa. The European Union ...