The basis of the European law is the social rights and their protection, President of the Republic Prokopios Pavlopoulos on Wednesday said at his meeting with the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Pedro Agramunt.

The investigations in the waters off the coast of northern and eastern Lesvos continue by air and sea to track down any survivors from Monday’s shipwreck that cost 16 people, refugees and immigrants, their lives. However, the investigations are still unfruitful.

An agreement to house and host refugees in Crete in the coming days was signed by Migration Policy Yiannis Mouzalas, the UNHCR and local authorities in Heraklion on Tuesday.

Greek Parliament on Tuesday approved a new legislation by Economy and Development ministry for the reconstitution of an independent national accreditation agency, named "Hellenic Accreditation System (ESYD)".