Illegal immigration

The Coast Guard has said it rescued 25 undocumented migrants from a dinghy north of Samos island, near the islet of Prasonissi.

The foreign nationals (17 men, 4 women, 3 boys and a girl) are said to be well and were safely transferred to Malgari port, Samos.

They were subsequently transferred to a reception center for asylum-seekers. [AMNA]

A truck with over 80 illegal migrants was stopped at the entrance to Sofia minutes ago.

The vehicle was stopped by the police at the 8th kilometer of the Trakia highway in the direction of the capital.

More than 80 foreigners without personal documents were found in its body. They were found to be from Afghanistan.

A group of twenty-five individuals, believed to be undocumented migrants, was discovered in the burning forest of Dadia in Greece's northeastern region near the Turkish border, where a wildfire has been raging for the 14th consecutive day.

The Turkish coast guard teams have rescued a total of 64 illegal migrants in two separate operations off Aydın and Çanakkale.

After illegal migrants on a rubber boat requested help from the Turkish authorities as it started to drift due an engine failure, the teams carried out a successful operation, rescuing 25 illegal migrants.

406 people were arrested for migrant trafficking and 612 for drug trafficking this month. This is indicated by the data of the Specialized Interdepartmental Unit between the Prosecutor's Office and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which was created to support the investigation of pre-trial proceedings.

The Hellenic Coast Guard apprehended 51 undocumented migrants (42 men, eight women, and a minor) who disembarked from a yacht on Mykonos' Agia Anna Beach on Wednesday afternoon.

The three passengers on the yacht were arrested when the undocumented migrants identified them as smugglers. 

A criminal organization that facilitated the illegal entry of foreign migrants into Greece has been dismantled on the southeastern Aegean island of Rhodes, authorities said on Wednesday.

Nearly 40 illegal migrants were caught by the police early this morning on the Trakia highway.

The foreign citizens were in a van in the area of "Crna Matsa", on the way to Sofia.

Police presence has been increased on site.

It is assumed that the migrants are from Afghanistan.

34 illegal migrants were detained at the entrance to Sofia.

They are Afghans. They traveled for 8 days from Turkey to Bulgaria.

Police officers on the southeastern Aegean island of Rhodes carried out a raid on a hotel that had been hosting dozens of undocumented migrants on Thursday.

The hotel's owner and two employees were arrested and face charges for facilitating the illegal stay of third country nationals in Greece.

According to local media, the police was acting on a tipoff.