Greece toughens stance on illegal migration with new deportation plan

Greece has announced a toughened stance on illegal migration, introducing a new deportation plan aimed at halting migrant boats crossing from North Africa to the Greek island of Crete. The initiative comes eleven years into an ongoing migration crisis.

In a broader regional development, five European Union countries have achieved a breakthrough in their collective efforts to deport migrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea. As part of this arrangement, Uganda in East Africa has agreed to accept the deportees.