On Sunday, doctors called on the European Union to abide by the immigration agreement with Turkey, and to transfer asylum seekers from the camps to safe places, due to...

Turkey’s interior minister on Friday said 5,800 asylum seekers near the Greek border have been evacuated as part of measures to curb the spread of coronavirus. In an interview...

Turkey on Thursday slammed a statement by the Greek Foreign Ministry over Turkish maritime jurisdiction areas in the Eastern Mediterranean, Anadolu reports. Hami Aksoy, a spokesman for the Turkish...

Turkish coastguards have rescued 31 asylum seekers stranded at sea off the coast of Muğla Province after Greek authorities forced them to return to Turkish territorial waters, Anadolu News...

The European Union has asked Greece to move migrants most at risk of contracting the coronavirus from overcrowded camps on its Mediterranean islands, the EU’s top migration official told...

A new EU report on the 2016 deal with Turkey on migrants is due out this Thursday, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell told an online press conference after...

Turkey closed its borders with Greece and Bulgaria on Wednesday as part of measures against the novel coronavirus, Anadolu reports. Passengers will not be allowed to enter or leave...

European border restrictions imposed because of the coronavirus will affect plans to transfer hundreds of children out of “dire and dangerous” refugee camps in Greece, a senior official for...

Asylum seekers at the Turkish and Greek borders on Monday staged a protest to push Athens to allow safe passage into European territory, Anadolu Agency reports. While their waiting...

In a surprising move, Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, announced on February 29 that he will be re-opening his country’s border to Europe, thus allowing tens of thousands of...

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias’ remarks on social media are “concrete evidence of the inconsistent, double-standard, illegal and inhumane policies” pursued by this country, said Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman...

Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has called for the immediate evacuation of asylum seekers in squalid camps on the Greek islands saying it could cause a coronavirus outbreak, Anadolu Agency reports. “The...

Greek authorities build a wall to deter refugees

Employees of Greece’s asylum agency are on strike due to “terrible” conditions in the country’s Moria refugee camp on Lesbos Island, Anadolu Agency reports. Speaking exclusively to Anadolu Agency, Irini Zanni,...

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Deputy Representative for Turkey Jean Marie Garelli today praised efforts toward asylum-seekers in every region of Turkey. “Turkey is a country where...

The European Union on Wednesday has called on the Greek authorities to investigate the Greek security forces’ use of violence and illegal practices against asylum seekers and migrants trying...

Turkey’s Foreign Ministry on Wednesday summoned Greek Ambassador to Ankara Michael-Christos Diamessis over his country’s violations of Turkish territorial waters and detention of journalists, Anadolu reports. The Foreign Ministry...

The Greek government dismissed on Wednesday a report in The New York Times newspaper that it was holding illegal migrants who cross the border from Turkey at a secret...

The Greek authorities have been discovered to be secretly detaining refugees and migrants in a black site where they beat them, steal their belongings and deport them back to...

Germany is prepared to receive “an appropriate share” of children from the overcrowded refugee camp in Greece, DW reported yesterday. The children, a German official was reported saying, would be...

Turkey’s presidential spokesman has called on the European Union on Tuesday to take concrete steps and fulfil its promises. “Turkey fulfilled its responsibilities within the March 18 Turkey-EU agreement,” Ibrahim Kalin...

Israel’s Embassy in Athens announced Monday it is shutting its doors for two weeks in the wake of an employee testing positive for coronavirus. “As a precaution and out of concern for...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan sought more European support on Monday over the war in Syria and for hosting millions of Syrian refugees but was told he must first stop...

Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday that he will meet with European Union officials to discuss migrant issues on Monday. Speaking in Istanbul, Erdogan said that Turkey did...

Turkey released video on Saturday of what it said was a Greek soldier firing live ammunition at migrants trying to cross from Turkey. Athens denied its forces had used...

Asylum Seekers stage a demonstration at the buffer zone demanding to open the gate during 'International Women's Day'.

Tens of refugees shared pictures of themselves on social media showing signs of harsh and inhumane beatings and torture by Greek security officials, while they were trying to seek...

Turkey has given the world a lesson of humanity by opening its doors and being a safe haven for refugees, the country’s vice president said on Friday. Speaking at...

Turkey’s coastguard rescued around 120 migrants trying to reach a Greek island on three dinghies early on Friday after they said their passage was blocked by Greek coastguard vessels, Reuters reports....

Refugees living on rubbish dumps in Greece

Asylum seekers leave their footprints to painter Ahmet Dilek's canvas, which will be displayed in European countries to create awareness for the situation of the asylum seekers at the border, in Edirne, Turkey

Turkey is deploying 1,000 special police forces along its border with Greece to halt pushback migrants towards Europe, the country’s interior minister, Suleyman Soylu, announced yesterday. Speaking to reporters...