Managed migration in Greece
Recent stories
Irregular migrants regularised, but negative attitudes persist
There was criticism of the government's regularisation programme for undocumented migrants which ended on 30 April 2006, with an estimated 180,000 applications.
1 May 2006 (140 words)
Athens mosque still under debate
Greece's minority Muslim community called on Muslims around the world to boycott the Olympics because of the refusal by the authorities to provide a mosque or cemetery in the host city.
25 July 2004 (254 words)
Thessalonika police reopen cases of unsolved disappearances of migrants
Thessalonika police have reopened the cases of several unsolved disappearances of migrant workers, following the arrest of a farmer in Langadas who had confessed to murdering three Albanian shepherds when he was arrested for abducting his former fiancée and killing her two brothers.
10 May 2004 (86 words)
New annual residence permits introduced
New annual residence permits for 2003 will be in the form of stickers to be placed on immigrants' passports.
8 November 2002 (81 words)
More deaths at sea
In April, at least three people were killed when a fishing boat carrying migrants sank in rough seas off the island of Naxos.
21 October 2002 (276 words)
Desert islet - smugglers destination
The desert islet of Kavalliani, between Nea Styra and Aliverti off the southeastern coast of Evia, and within rowing distance of northern Attica, has become a favoured destination of smuggling gangs who present the islet to their passengers as the Italian coast.
23 September 2002 (68 words)
Voters concerned about illegal immigration
A special Eurobarometer report suggests that 65.8 per cent of Greeks believe the problem of illegal immigration will get worse with EU enlargement.
1 August 2002 (34 words)
British skipper claims coercion
A British skipper whose yacht was found crammed with 75 illegal immigrants being smuggled into Greece claims that he was coerced into taking part in the clandestine operation.
22 July 2002 (70 words)
Border guards and soldiers accused of firearms abuse
AI has written to the Greek authorities about the unlawful use of firearms by law enforcement officials on border and other duties.
1 April 2002 (149 words)
Iraqi Kurds hold protest at Patras port
For at least three days, around 500 Iraqi Kurds staged a peaceful sit-in in front of the port authority's offices in Patras.
14 January 2002 (73 words)
Zakynthos: no haven for Kurdish and Iraqi refugees
Amnesty International, the Greek Communist Party (KKE) and 'Doctors without Borders' called on the government to consider possible asylum applications, after the coastguard in the western Greek island of Zakynthos towed a ship loaded with 1200 refugees, most of them Kurds and Iraqis, to safety after an engine fire and gale-force winds left it drifting at sea.
9 January 2002 (235 words)
Regularisation process as Greece admits labour needs
The results of a national census show that Greece's population has risen 6.6 per cent in the last decade, to 10.9 million people, an increase directly attributable to immigration.
1 October 2001 (123 words)
Abolition of controversial citizenship code does not go far enough
Human rights organisations have welcomed the government's decision to abolish Article 19 of the Greek citizenship code but deplored the fact that it will not be implemented retrospectively to restore citizenship to stateless ethnic Turks in the north-eastern region of Thrace.
1 May 1998 (220 words)
Crackdown on 'illegals' follows crime statistics
Hundreds of Albanians have been expelled from Greece following a crackdown on an estimated 500000 'illegal aliens' blamed for an increase in crime.
1 April 1993 (88 words)
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