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Crete is one of Greece's top travel destinations and the Greek premier's home island. "The road to Greece is closing... any ...
The suspension will apply only to migrants reaching Crete by sea. Migrants entering illegally will be detained, Mitsotakis ...
Greece has rescued hundreds of migrants off its southern islands of Gavdos and Crete in five separate incidents since Friday, ...
The coast guard noted 7,300 asylum-seekers have reached Crete and a nearby island this year, up from fewer than 5,000 in 2024 ...
In an urgent response to a surge in Greece's migrant flows, particularly from Libya to Crete, Mitsotakis announced stringent ...
Crete is grappling with an unprecedented influx of migrants, with nearly 2,000 people arriving on the island in the past 48 ...
Authorities in Greece say more than 1,200 migrants have been detained on the island of Crete and the nearby islet of Gavdos ...
Firefighters struggled to gain control over a massive wildfire burning on the Greek island of Crete, as powerful winds fanned ...
Firefighters battled a blaze Thursday on the island of Crete that scorched forests and olive groves and forced over 1,000 to ...
Wind and dry conditions raise the risk that blazes might restart in areas of the island where they had already been contained ...
Most of those fleeing the blaze were tourists. Firefighters struggled against heavy winds to bring the flames under control.
A fast-moving wildfire whipped by gale-force winds burned through the night and into Thursday on Greece’s southern island of ...