The Greek coast guard said it rescued more than 100 migrants near the island of Kos in the Aegean Sea on Saturday, May 8. In total, 106 people were brought ashore, including 14 women and 20 children.
According to a joint investigation by Lighthouse Reports, several European broadcasters and news organizations, Frontex' very own records appear to show evidence of pushbacks in the Aegean, carried out by Greek authorities. The investigation has prompted Frontex chief Fabrice Leggeri to tender his resignation.
Greek rescue workers and border forces rescued 27 migrants from a small island in the Evros river on the border with Turkey.
In early February, 19 migrants froze to death at the Greek-Turkish border. Ever since, both Ankara and Athens have been blaming each other for the deaths, yet providing no evidence of what actually happened.
The bodies of two men and a woman were discovered by the Greek coast guard on Monday. The dead are thought to be migrants who were traveling on boats which capsized in a series of incidents in late December.
On Wednesday, Turkish authorities discovered eleven bodies near the border region with Greece. A twelfth person was discovered with frostbite who later died in hospital. On Thursday, they claimed to have found four more dead bodies.
Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu has lashed out at Greek authorities repeatedly in recent days, accusing the country of the deliberate mistreatment of migrants. Soylu has slammed Greece for committing acts of gross negligence amounting to manslaughter on at least two recent occasions.
Northeastern Syria is experiencing its worst drought in nearly 70 years, with rising temperatures and erratic weather exacerbated by tensions with Turkey.
Greece has opened two more migrant holding centers on the Aegean islands of Kos and Leros situated near Turkey. The move has drawn ire by human rights groups.
Some are suggesting Ukraine could temporarily shelter migrants and refugees stranded on the Belarus-Poland border. But the idea has few supporters in Kyiv.
On Wednesday, November 10, the Republic of Cyprus announced that it was submitting a request to the European Commission in order to suspend applications for asylum for all those who arrive in the country without the correct papers.
Greece is seeking an agreement with Pakistan and Bangladesh to take back migrants who are 'not entitled' to asylum. Around 250 people from the two countries were on a Turkish cargo ship that broke down off Crete.