On Europe's hardened frontier, Greek island keeps migrants at bayOnce a symbol of solidarity during the 2015 migration crisis, Lesbos now reflects Europe's hardened stance on refugees. While arrivals have...
30 Jul, 2025, 12.59 PM IST
Greece blocks asylum claims for migrants on island of Crete after surge in arrivalsGreece is temporarily suspending asylum applications for migrants arriving on Crete due to a surge in arrivals from Libya, with over 2,000 ...
09 Jul, 2025, 07.35 PM IST
More than 40 Pakistanis feared drowned in the capsizing of a migrant boat off African coastMore than 40 Pakistanis are feared drowned after their boat capsized off West Africa's Atlantic coast, a primary migrant route to Europe. P...
18 Jan, 2025, 10.17 AM IST
Over 40 Pakistanis among dozens feared drowned en route to Spain by boatOver 40 Pakistanis are feared dead after a boat carrying 80 migrants capsized near Morocco. Migrant rights group Walking Borders stated tha...
17 Jan, 2025, 06.45 PM IST
Kyriakos Mitsotaki secures clear majority, wins second term as Greek PMAccording to CNN, Mitsotakis' New Democracy received more than 40 per cent of the vote, earning at least 158 seats in the 300-seat parliame...
26 Jun, 2023, 06.35 AM IST
Over 300 Pakistanis feared dead in Greece boat tragedy; 12 human trafficking suspects arrestedAt least 400 Pakistanis, 200 Egyptians and 150 Syrians, including around two dozen Syrian women and young children were on the packed boat ...
19 Jun, 2023, 08.13 PM IST
Europe’s worst migrant boat disaster: Nine arrested, probe ordered by GreeceGreek authorities have arrested nine crew members of the fishing boat that drowned 45 miles off the Kalamata coast. It has ordered a probe ...
17 Jun, 2023, 12.34 AM IST
Greece: 59 migrants dead, dozens feared missing after fishing vessel capsizesA large search and rescue operation was launched in the area. Authorities said 104 people have been rescued so far following the nighttime ...
14 Jun, 2023, 04.48 PM IST
Italy estimates 680K migrants might cross sea from LibyaThe International Organization for Migration and humanitarian groups say passengers whose vessels are turned back by the Libyan coast guard...
12 Mar, 2023, 09.45 PM IST
Death toll from migrant boat sinking in Greece rises to 20A total of 12 people, all men, have been rescued and taken to the island of Evia, east of the Greek capital. Eleven of them - six Egyptians...
02 Nov, 2022, 09.14 PM IST
More than 29,000 migrants to Europe died since 2014: reportPushbacks are unlawful according to both international and EU law as they violate the right to seek asylum and a principle prohibiting the ...
25 Oct, 2022, 06.59 PM IST
EU nations: Migrant departures should be stopped abroadTop officials from Spain, Greece, Italy, Malta and Cyprus — who receive most migrant arrivals from the bloc’s southern and southeastern bor...
08 Oct, 2022, 11.21 PM IST
- Sixteen dead, dozens missing in Greece migrant sinkings
A dinghy believed to be carrying around 40 people sank east of the island of Lesbos in high winds, coastguard spokesman Nikos Kokkalas told...
06 Oct, 2022, 12.50 PM IST
Dozens missing after Greece rescues 29 migrants from capsized boatThe rescued migrants said their boat had set out from Antalya, Turkey, heading towards Italy with 60 to 80 people aboard, according to a co...
10 Aug, 2022, 01.15 PM IST
Pope chides Europe, comforts migrants on return to Lesbos"Please, let us stop this shipwreck of civilization!" Francis said at the Mavrovouni camp, a cluster of white U.N. containers on the edge o...
06 Dec, 2021, 08.21 AM IST
Tensions between Greece and Turkey rise over migrant clashesThe border tensions followed last week's decision by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to declare the country's gateways to Greece ope...
05 Mar, 2020, 08.34 AM IST
Finally, one death makes world weep for migrants; Recep Erdogan blames Europe"The Mediterranean is turning into a graveyard of migrants," Erdogan told the select top global business leaders at the B20 meeting Thursda...
04 Sep, 2015, 11.12 AM IST