At least 16 migrants have died in an accident in Greece after their boat got overturned near the island of Paros in the central Aegean Sea. According to the country's coastguard, this is the third maritime disaster involving migrants this week.

At least 16 migrants dead in Greece after their boat capsizes

As he toured the country's newest island migrant camp on Friday, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said that his country's tougher maritime and land border patrols had essentially crushed illegal migrant networks.

Even as activists accuse country of illegal deportation, Greek PM says 'essentially crushed' migrant smugglers

An Afghan woman is facing arson charges after trying to burn herself to death at a migrants camp on the Greek island of Lesbos this week, officials said Thursday.

Refugee who set herself on fire in Greece is charged with arson

Greece fears a fresh standoff on its border with Turkey after the Turkish foreign minister suggested migrants and refugees would shortly return to the frontier as the two countries emerge from coronavirus lockdowns.

Greece fears border standoff with Turkey over migrants' return

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday discussed the migrant crisis and the situation in Syria's rebel enclave of Idlib, with the leaders of France, Germany and Britain.

Erdogan discusses migrant crisis, Syria with Macron, Merkel and Johnson

The European Union has said that it will pay €2000 as an aid to every migrant lodging in overcrowded camps in Greece to ensure that they go back home. The scheme was announced by EU Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson in Athens on Thursday.

European Union announces €2000 as aid to migrants in Greece to return home

President Tayyip Erdogan speaking to lawmakers on Wednesday said that Turkey will respond "harshly" in Idlib if the truce is broken in northwest Syria. Also Read: Stop migrants crossing in Aegean Sea: Erdogan to Turkey coastguard "We will not just retaliate (against) even the smallest attack here (in Idlib), we will give a much harsher response," the Turkey president told lawmakers in Parliament, adding, "Turkish soldiers, the sons of this nation, are never in need of the cruel Assad's protection, so let that be known.

'No difference between what the Nazis did': Turkey President Erdogan hits out at Greece

The situation along the Turkey-Greece border is extremely grave. On the one side, there are desperate people fleeing from the war in Syria. Also read: Migrants head to Greece as Turkey opens floodgates Presently, given refuge in Turkey, they want to crossover to Greece and into Europe for a better life.