Refugees will in future be treated like criminals in Greece. That is the essence of the tougher asylum law that the Greek government, under the right-wing New Democracy (ND), pushed through parliament ...

GENEVA, Aug 18 (UNHCR) - More refugees and migrants arrived in Greece last month than during the whole of 2014, the UN refugee agency announced on Tuesday, and called for a European-wide response to ...

Hundreds are feared dead after the latest mass drowning of refugees off the coast of Greece. What was described as a vastly overcrowded 20-30 metre fishing vessel sank in the early hours of Wednesday.

ATHENS, Greece (UNHCR) - Thousands of young refugees in Greece have found a voice, thanks to a just-concluded awareness- and fund-raising campaign that brought together renowned musicians, the media ...

Amnesty International released a report on Tuesday criticizing the living conditions of the residents of the Samos Closed Controlled Access Centre (CCAC) in Greece. The report stated that the ...

Serious human rights violations and refugee deaths are being recorded in the Hellenic Coast Guard’s maritime border ...

An Austrian aid worker, named Fayad Mulla, released video footage on Saturday capturing Greek officials mistreating refugees seeking asylum within the country. The New York Times verified the footage ...

ATHENS (Reuters) - A group of mainly Syrian women and children who have been stranded in Greece pitched tents opposite parliament in Athens on Wednesday in a protest against delays in reuniting with ...

On July 12, Greek police demolished a refugee camp in the port of Patras, home to about 150 people who were applying for asylum. The action was part of a "clean sweep" operation to discourage refugees ...

Overcrowded and poorly made boats are still causing deaths in the Mediterranean. A refugee appears exhausted while swimming towards the shore after a dinghy carrying Syrian and Afghan refugees ...

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece ferried hundreds of refugees to its mainland on Friday to relieve the pressure on outlying islands that have been overwhelmed by thousands of people arriving by boat to flee ...

The humanitarian legacy of Colonel George Devine Treloar was celebrated this week at St Patrick's College Ballarat with the ...