On Wednesday, the organization Alarm Phone alerted the Greek authorities to a group of 29 migrants reportedly stuck on an uninhabited island near Lesbos. One woman in the group had reportedly given birth to a baby overnight.
Greek authorities say they rescued more than 164 people as they tried to sail to the Greek Islands from Turkey on Sunday. Eight others are still missing and are believed to have drowned.
Greece says it prevented almost 600 migrants from entering its territory in the eastern Aegean Sea on Monday. Athens accuses Turkey of sending the boats deliberately towards its neighbor.
More than forty people were reportedly rescued from sinking boats off the Aegean island of Rhodes at the weekend. A blind girl was among the migrants in one inflatable dinghy.
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.
The Greek Council for Refugees (GCR) accused the Greek government of ignoring the needs of dozens of asylum seekers, who are stranded on the country's border with Turkey. This comes days after a woman was found shot dead in the same region, and a migrant boat is reported to be drifting off the island of Samos.
A group of 34 asylum seekers who had been stranded for two days on an island in the Evros river were finally evacuated on Friday. A humanitarian organization accused Greece and Turkey of 'playing with people's lives'.
An investigation by Greece’s national transparency watchdog has found no basis for reports that Greek authorities have pushed back asylum seekers trying to enter the country from Turkey.
The Greek coast guard rescued 101 men who had set off by boat from the western coast of Turkey. The migrants – mostly from Afghanistan – were taken to the island of Leros.
Greece has denied media reports alleging that the country might be involved in pushbacks at sea. The government has accused its neighbor Turkey of deliberately spreading fake news.
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.