Unwelcome Refugees

Police in Greece has found 41 migrants, mostly Afghans, hiding in a refrigerated truck at a motorway near the northeast city of Xanthi. The discovery on Monday came 10 days after 39 bodies, all believed to be Vietnamese migrants, were discovered in the back …

(Reuters) - Greek police found 41 migrants, mostly Afghans, hiding in a refrigerated truck at a motorway in northern Greece on Monday, police officials said. The migrants were not injured, one of the officials said, adding that the refrigeration system had …

In July, a nondescript blue vessel drifting along the Italian coast became the latest flashpoint in Europe’s “migration crisis.” For the people on board, mostly from African countries, the Sea-Watch 3 was their last hope for escaping desperate circumstances i…

The Greek Parliament passed a new Asylum law on 1 November, the day after the Council of Europe condemned the living conditions of asylum seekers in Greece. The new asylum law, 'international protection and other provisions', is meant to curb the number of a…

Media captionThe BBC's Martin Patience explains what's behind Turkey's offensive in northern Syria Russian and Turkish troops have begun patrolling what Turkey says is a "safe zone" in north-east Syria. The Turkish plan is designed in part to house Syrian …

Athens, Greece - A new asylum law was passed here late on Thursday, amid acrimonious debate and a storm of withering criticism from Greek and international aid organisations. The three-month-old conservative New Democracy government says the law will bring m…

Brussels (AFP) - The Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland likely broke EU law by refusing to take in asylum-seekers at the height of the refugee crisis in 2015, the top EU court's legal advisor said Thursday. The opinion issued by the European Court of Justice…

Brussels (AFP) - The Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland likely broke EU law by refusing to take in asylum-seekers at the height of the refugee crisis in 2015, the top EU court's legal advisor said Thursday. The opinion issued by the European Court of Justice…

The situation for migrants, including asylum seekers, in camps on Greek islands is “explosive” and “on the edge of catastrophe,” the Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights warned on Thursday. The situation has dramatically worsened over the past 1…

ATHENS (Reuters) - A European human rights watchdog on Thursday slammed living conditions as “horrible” for thousands of asylum seekers in overcrowded Greek camps, including waits spanning several hours for food and toilets and a lack of access to medicine. …