Greece wants to use tough measures to deter refugees from entering the country by sea from Libya. Large numbers are arriving on the island of Crete, but not on the same scale as in 2015.

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

Greece's parliament is poised to investigate a long-standing scandal involving fake land ownership claims by farmers to ...

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

Greece's ruling conservatives will ask parliament to investigate a scandal in which Greek farmers for years faked land ownership to receive EU agricultural subsidies, the government said on Monday.

Greece on Friday enforced a three-month freeze on asylum claims from migrants arriving by boat from North Africa, to stem a ...

Greece will stop processing asylum applications of people coming from North Africa, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said ...

A leading humanitarian group criticised Greece on Thursday after its government announced it would pause for three months all ...

UNESCO has officially added the Minoan palace centers of Crete to its World Heritage List, recognizing their global cultural ...

Greece continues to be a key entry point to the EU for people escaping conflict and hardship in the Middle East, Africa and ...

Parliament also passed stricter laws on Friday targeting sea arrivals from North Africa. The rescued 515 migrants — including 85 minors — were transferred to reception centers in Lavrio, Evros, ...

Greek lawmakers have voted to temporarily halt asylum requests from North African migrants arriving by sea, a decision ...