Plevris: “We will proceed with the structure in Heraklion” – Migration pressure and new European hard line
19,000–20,000 arrivals in Crete in 2025, 500,000 migrants in Libya, and plans for new facilities and faster asylum processing
19,000–20,000 arrivals in Crete in 2025, 500,000 migrants in Libya, and plans for new facilities and faster asylum processing
EU ministers consider offshore asylum processing centres in Africa and beyond, in a controversial shift reshaping migration geopolitics.
Greece, Turkey and Bulgaria step up coordination amid rising pressure on borders and EU migration policy
Demographics threaten jobs, growth, and pensions – Migration and Plevris’ policies become imperative
Calls climate change “the greatest hoax ever perpetrated” and urges EU to abandon renewable energy
Greek parliament approves new framework for returns and penalties on irregular migrants – Stricter rules, faster procedures, and tougher sanctions
Support for Thanos Plevris – UN reactions and the latest data on migration flows
Significant drop in migration flows following asylum suspension legislation
“Since the day we passed the amendment, about 20 days ago, the total number of arrivals has been under 800, whereas before the amendment we were seeing over 800 arrivals daily,” Plevris stated.
Daily Mail hails Greece’s crackdown on illegal migration via Crete as a model for the UK – Minister Plevris warns: the era of soft asylum policies is over
Addressing questions from Dimitris Natsios of the “Niki” party and Alexandros Kazamias of Plefsi Eleftherias, Plevris outlined measures to curb rising migratory flows, particularly to Crete.
“If the trend of large boats carrying migrants persists, rest assured, we will significantly tighten the framework,” he added.
The decision has prompted concern among refugee support organisations in both Germany and Greece, who warn that Greece fails to provide adequate support even to those granted refugee status.
EU migration and home affairs ministers are set to meet on Thursday in Warsaw, Poland, to discuss tougher measures against migration, a move backed by Poland’s current presidency of the bloc.
Athens' reservations about the effectiveness of Meloni's agreement with Albania and Tirana's EU accession path - Rama's attempt to gain favor with the West and the East (Bektashi)
Leaders of Greece, Cyprus, France, Italy, Portugal, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia, Cyprus, France, Italy, Portugal, Croatia, Malta & Jordan will seek a common line in the Middle East
The Migration and Asylum Ministry's Solidarity Fund approved 2.3 million euros
Kairides underlined that a lot needs to be done on legal migration. "Upgrading, modernizing, speeding up the administrative mechanism of legal migration."
The Ministers of Interior and Migration and Asylum of Greece, Cyprus, Italy, Spain and Malta, who met on Saturday, in Thessaloniki, in the context of the 6th Synod of the MED
EU Commissioner for Internal Affairs and Migration, Ylva Johansson, after her meeting with the Minister of Migration and Asylum, Dimitris Kairides
Meloni: "This is precisely what we are doing."