The Latest Breaking News from Notis Mitarachi

5 Med countries push for more solidarity in migrant crisis

Less than a week after a deadly migrant shipwreck off Italy, five EU Mediterranean countries that bear the brunt of migrant smuggling on Saturday pushed back against their northern neighbors for not accepting asylum-seekers under a voluntary scheme

The Independent UK · Mar 4, 2023

Greece fortifies border to block refugees from Turkish-Syrian earthquakes

Patrols dispatched to frontier as migration minister calls for fences and surveillance as well as aid to preempt migration

The Guardian - UK · Feb 26, 2023

Numbers of asylum seekers in France close to pre-Covid record

Nearly 131,000 people asked for asylum in France in 2022 – a 27 percent increase from the year before and close to the record high from before the Covid pandemic.

Radio France Internationale · Jan 19, 2023

Türkiye Vows to Defend Interests against Greece amid Tensions

Türkiye on Monday summoned the Greek ambassador to protest the alleged deployment of dozens of US-made armored vehicles to Greek islands which Ankara says should remain demilitarized in line with international treaties. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned, meanwhile, that Türkiye wouldn't hold back on defending its rights and interests against…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 26, 2022

Turkey vows to defend interests against Greece amid tensions

Turkey has summoned the Greek ambassador to protest the alleged deployment of dozens of U.S.-made armored vehicles to Greek islands which Ankara says should remain demilitarized in line with international treaties

The Independent UK · Sep 26, 2022

Greece: 71 migrants aboard boat reaching southern island

Greek authorities have raised to 71 the number of migrants who had been aboard a sailboat that reached the southern island of Kythera

The Independent UK · Aug 19, 2022

Greece says it will try to retrieve migrant girl's body from river islet

Greece will try to retrieve the body of a five-year-old girl who died on a river islet on the Greece-Turkey border where she had been among a group of migrants stranded there for several days, Migration Minister Notis Mitarachi said on Tuesday.

Reuters · Aug 16, 2022

Greece locates refugees in Evros; trapped for days between Greece, Turkey

Greek police said on Monday afternoon they had located 38 Syrian refugees in the Lavara area of Evros, among them one pregnant woman and seven children.

Reuters · Aug 15, 2022

Greece planning major wall extension on border with Turkey

Greek authorities say they are planning a major extension of a wall along the country’s border with Turkey and are seeking European Union financial support for the additional construction

The Independent UK · May 30, 2022