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Greece Plans Migrant Regularization Program to Combat Labor Shortages
In response to severe labor shortages, Greece is unveiling an ambitious program for a migrant regularization program.
Despite a recent surge in illegal arrivals, Dimitris Kairidis, Greece's Minister for Migration, announced the initiative aimed at approximately 300,000 undocumented migrants or...
Greek News
EU Border Agency to Reduce Presence in Greece Amid Abuse Probe
Frontex, the EU border agency, may redirect some of its resources based in Greece to other regions where demand may be higher.
Concurrently, in response to alleged abuses revealed through video evidence obtained by The New York Times, there is...
Europe
Migrant Deaths in the Mediterranean: The Broader Picture
The sinking of a boat carrying hundreds of migrants in the deepest part of the Mediterranean Sea on Wednesday has again brought the issue of migrant crossings to the forefront of international news.
79 of the migrants are believed to...
Greek News
EU Calls for Inquiry Into Greece’s Expulsion of Migrants
The EU has called on Greece to open an independent inquiry into video footage that emerged purportedly showing the forced expulsion of migrants at sea from Greek territory.
The video footage was captured by an Austrian activist on the Greek...
Greek News
UN Calls on Greece to End “Deplorable” Migrant Pushbacks
The United Nation's refugee agency (UNHCR) on Monday called for Greece to stop pushing back migrants who are attempting to seek asylum in the country.
Greek politicians denied the accusations that such pushbacks were taking place, saying that the UNHCR...
Cyprus
Pope Francis Says Migrants “Have Ended Up in Concentration Camps”
Pope Francis said that migrants around the world live in conditions equivalent to concentration camps on Friday.
The pope was at a meeting with a group of migrants in Cyprus when he made his remarks, where he departed from a...
Europe
Belarus Threatens to Stop Supplying Gas to Europe
Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko threatened to halt the country's gas pipelines from supplying Europe with energy on Thursday.
Belarus is now being sanctioned by the European Union for contributing to the migrant crisis on the continent. There are currently countless...
Cyprus
Israel to Build a New Surveillance System on Cyprus’s Green Line
Cyprus announced on Friday that it has made a deal with Israel for a new electronic surveillance system on the country's border, the Green Line. The border divides the Republic of Cyprus from the occupied side of the island,...
Europe
German Chancellor Merkel Exits with Good Reviews — But Not from Greece
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is leaving office after 16 years, receiving favorable assessment internationally, the same has not been forthcoming from Greece.
According to the Pew Research Center, the departing German Chancellor has been rated positively in almost all of the...
Greece
Phenomenal Mobilization by Greek Diaspora to Support Greece, Counter Erdogan's Propaganda
The Greek diaspora throughout the world has united as one to defend the territorial integrity of Greece and counter Turkish propaganda, as thousands of migrants sent by Turkey attempt to storm the country's borders at Evros.
Hellenic groups in the...