October 19, 2023
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
“A condition so that the international protection of refugees can work is the return of those whose requests have been denied to their countries of origin,” Greece’s Migration and Asylum Minister Dimitris Kairidis stressed in a post on the social media platform X Twitter on Thursday. Επιστροφές, επιστροφές, επιστροφές Πραγματοποιείται …
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March 8, 2023
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Greece’s Migration Minister Notis Mitarakis claimed in an interview with UK’s BBC that the “new metro in Thessaloniki was “up and running.” In an interview with BBC Hardtalk, Mitarakis was invited to speak about the deadly train collision last week, however, he obviously chose to speak about the achievements of …
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October 17, 2022
Greece, Politics
Greece’s Migration and Asylum Minister Notis Mitarakis said on Monday that he will inform the United Nations on the issue of 92 naked migrants collected at the Evros river, the natural border with Turkey on Friday. He once again accused Turkey of mistreating migrants. Speaking to Skai TV, Mitarakis said …
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September 14, 2022
Greece, Politics
Greece’s Migration and Asylum Minister Notis Mitarakis dismissed reports by Turkish media claiming that a caravan of thousands of Syrian refugees is moving towards Greece and Europe. “A caravan of refugees has not yet been formed, and it has yet to be demonstrated that the efforts of those on social …
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February 26, 2022
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
“Greece will participate in the effort to support the Ukrainian people, directly with technical and humanitarian assistance to Poland and other countries,” Migration Minister Notis Mitarakis said on Saturday. At the same time, he stressed that refugees from Ukraine are “true refugees” as they are fleeing war. Speaking to Skai …
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February 2, 2022
Politics, Refugees
Greece’s Migration Minister has denied Turkey’s allegations that 12 migrants froze to death in the land border between the two countries following deadly pushback by Greek border guards. Among the dead were reportedly also children. Earlier on Wednesday, Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu had posted on Twitter that 12 migrants …
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November 1, 2021
Greece, Politics, Refugees
Greece’s Migration and Asylum Minister Notis Mitarakis said on Monday that efforts were underway to repatriate the Pakistani and Bangladeshi nationals who arrived in the country as migrants on board the Turkish-flagged cargo ship rescued on Sunday. Minister Mitarakis said that “for me it is a top priority to agree …
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October 28, 2021
FEATURED, Greece, Politics, Refugees
Migration and Asylum Minister Notis Mitarachi has announced that he has requested Greece’s National Transparency Authority investigate the recently reported allegations of refugees’ pushbacks carried out at Greek waters. Mitarachi made the announcement at a press conference on Wednesday about the fatal sinking of a vessel off the island of …
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August 16, 2021
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
“It is clear our country will not be a gateway for a new wave of refugees,” Greek Migration and Asylum Minister Notis Mitarakis said on Monday just hours after the Taliban took over Kabul and thousands of desperate Afghans started to flee their country. With the country to have experienced …
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February 9, 2021
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Chanting “traitors” and slogans with homophobic content, residents of Orestiada jeered Migration and Asylum Minister Notis Mitarakis earlier on Monday. The angry mob booed and threw waters bottles, crackers and eggs at the minister visiting the broader area of Evros in north-eastern Greece bordering Turkey. They were holding Greek flags, …
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February 8, 2021
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Migration Minister Notis Mitarakis announced a legislative initiative for the introduction of a visa for “digital nomads”, that is the “new global category of workers who work remotely and are looking for attractive destinations to settle.” The legislation will be in cooperation with the Greek Foreign Ministry. 📌Θα φέρουμε προς …
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December 9, 2020
Greece, Politics, Refugees
A Norwegian NGO has rejected claims by Greece’s Migration Minister Notis Mitarakis that it is helping people smugglers, describing it as a “deliberately misleading attack.” The NGO was featured in a presentation to foreign journalists by the minister on Tuesday. Mitarakis presented video testimonies by African migrants who said they …
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June 12, 2020
Politics, Refugees
Greece vehemently rejects media reports often accompanied by footage, on collective pushbacks of migrants and refugees in the Aegean Sea. As as such reports have been increased, United Nations organization like the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the UN’s International Organization for Migration(IOM) call on Greece to investigate …
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April 29, 2020
CORONAVIRUS
No COVID-19 confirmed cases in the hotspots on the islands and not a single life has so far been lost to the novel coronavirus in accommodation facilities for refugees and migrants in Greece, Migration and Asylum Minister Notis Mitarakis said on Wednesday. Replying to a relevant question by former Migration …
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February 17, 2020
Greece
Migration Minister Notis Mitarakis announced on Monday that requisition of properties and land plots for the new detention centers on the five Aegean islands will be delayed until Friday. Aim of the ‘freezing’ is to start dialogue with the local communities that have strongly reacted to the measure. “We are …
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February 15, 2020
Greece
Greek Migration Minister Notis Mitarakis said that examination of asylum applications has been reduced to 24 days as of January 1 and for the new arrivals in 2020. He stressed that the government’s goal is to have procedures conclude in three months. The Greek government has given priority to asylum-seekers …
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May 4, 2019
Greece
The majority of the Greek people are not xenophobic and see the issue of migration as a result of need, not a problem, Migration Policy Minister Dimitris Vitsas told Alpha 989 radio on Friday. In an interview on upcoming European Parliament elections, Vitsas responded to a comment that migration was …
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February 15, 2019
Greece, Politics
Government spokesman Dimitris Tsanakopoulos announced the mini government reshuffle Friday noon. The reshuffle was expected after SYRIZA managed to pass its proposal for the Constitutional revision. New ministers in important posts: Foreign Ministry: Giorgos Katrougalos – he replaces PM Alexis Tsipras who took over the office after Kotzias’ resignation last …
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July 10, 2018
Greece, Politics
Migration Minister, Dimitris Vitsas, dismissed dress reports that new hot spots will be established on the islands or that asylum seekers returns from Germany will be place on the five islands. In a letter to the mayors of the islands that have received the majority of refugees and migrants, that …
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April 24, 2018
Refugees
Greece is concerned about the increase of refugees and migrants inflow especially through the natural border of Evros river in North-East. Briefing the parliamentary committee on Tuesday, Mgration Minister, Dimitris Vitsas, said that that refugees and migrants arrivals from Turkey have dramatically increased after the Varna EU-Turkey Summit on March …
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