Migrants could be forced to eat poorer quality meals under plans to deter people from arriving in Greece on small boats. The country's firebrand migration minister, Thanos Plevris, has announced measures which he hopes will make Greece a less tempting destination for asylum seekers.

The director of the Greek Council for Refugees blasts Greece's decision to impose a three-month ban on asylum applications.

Over 500 migrants, intercepted near Crete, were transferred to Lavrio port as Greece enacts emergency protocols amid increasing Mediterranean crossings. With capacity issues in Crete's reception centers,