30/10/2025 – 10/12/2025
- At least 17 people have died after their boat capsized off the coast of Crete, DW reported on 8 December 2025. Two survivors were found in critical condition and brought to the hospital. They reported that their boat had come into a storm, after which the passengers were left in extreme conditions without access to food or water. Greek authorities are now investigating whether the deaths were caused by dehydration.
- Video footage of a Greek coast guard vessel repeatedly ramming a small migrant boat near the island of Samos has been shared by refugee rights groups. As reported by Greek City Times on 22 November 2025, the video has attracted significant criticisms from human rights organisations, describing it as a ‘racist pushback’.
- According to statistics from the Aegean Boat Report, in the week from 17 – 23 November, 12 boats carrying a total of 315 people were stopped or pushed back by the Greek Coast Guard. 2 boats arrived on the islands, carrying 56 people.
- Greece is cooperating with Germany to establish migrant return hubs in African countries, Ekathimerini reported on 19 November 2025. In an interview with ERT, Greek Immigration and Asylum Minister Thanos Plevris confirmed that talks have started with African countries considered ‘safe’ that would take in migrants who cannot be sent back to their country of origin.
- On 12 November 2025, a riot occurred in a migrant detention centre in northern Greece , which resulted in two injured police officers and 30 arrests, InfoMigrants reported on 13 November 2025. The incident comes as Greece authorities implement new laws which criminalise irregular stay, require detention for rejection asylum seekers, and introduce prison sentences of two to five years for individuals who enter or stay in Greece without a permit.
- Three people have died in a shipwreck off the island of Gavdos, InfoMigrants reported on 12 November 2025. According to a statement by the Greek Coastguard, 55 passengers, including one woman and three minors, were rescued and brought to the port of Agia Galini on Crete.
- The head of the Greek coastguard, as well as three other senior officers face prosecution for negligent manslaughter over the 2023 shipwreck of the Adriana trawler, which led to 650 deaths, DW reported on 10 November 2025. After rights groups who represent the survivors and victims pressed charges, the Piraeus naval court of appeals re-opened the case after it was previously closed by a lower maritime court.
- Refugees who are recognised in Greece and decide to visit their country of origin will have their asylum status revoked, the Greek Ministry of Migration and Asylum announced. As ekathimerini reported on 30 October 2025 , such an act will now be interpreted as demonstrating that a person no longer faces danger in the country of origin.