Greek Islands

Türkiye: 'We will not allow' expansion of Greek territorial waters

Ankara reiterated a 1995 parliamentary decision that authorises military action to safeguard Turkish interests if Athens increases its territorial waters in the Aegean beyond six nautical miles.

Greece continues to fuel tensions with 'provocative actions': Türkiye

Greece frustrates Turkish efforts for peace with 'unlawful actions' in the Aegean Sea and Eastern Mediterranean, says Türkiye's Defence Minister Hulusi Akar.

Greek officials rob, force migrant family back into Aegean Sea: report

The five children, three women and five men, who managed to land on Lesvos, were forced to put into a raft on the pretext of taking a Covid-19 test, and then pushed back into the sea, the Aegean Boat Report, a Norwegian NGO, says.

Greek police tear gas refugees and migrants at Turkish border

Turkey had earlier declared that it was closing down its six land and sea border crossings with Greece and Bulgaria in an effort to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus.

Turkey to stop migrants from risky Aegean sea crossings

"The approach of not intervening against migrants wishing to leave Turkey remains in practice but this (new) approach covers sea crossings because of the dangers," Turkish coastguard tweeted.

NGOs: EU should immediately help child refugees in Greece

In a joint statement, 65 organisations warned of the dangers to the safety and health of approximately 1,800 unaccompanied minors stuck on Greek islands.

Here's what to know about EU asylum law after Greece suspends applications

The EU needs to apply the rules it has on asylum seekers and accept its fair share of refugees.

Forty one migrants found alive in refrigerated truck in Greece

The migrants, of apparent Afghan origin, were mostly in good condition but seven received first aid in hospital, police reported.

At least 12 people killed as migrant boat sinks off Turkish coast

The Turkish coast guard rescued 31 migrants whose boat sank in the Aegean Sea.

Greece urges EU to 'do all' for refugees in Turkey

Greek PM Alexis Tsipras speaks on Turkey-Greece ties, refugee crisis, Cyprus dispute, and issues of Muslim Turks in Western Thrace, ahead of a two-day visit to Turkey.

Muslim group's assets in Greece being sold 'illegally'

Mustafa Kaymakci, head of the Culture and Solidarity Association of the Turks of Rhodes, Kos, and the Dodecanese, says a plot of land spanning over 34,000 sq m belonging to the NGO is set to be sold off in an auction later this month.

Why is Moria compared to a Nazi concentration camp?

The Greek island camp is full of Afghan refugees, who spend their days in what they say is "filth and degradation".