The Greek Parliament voted on Wednesday Law that increases penalties for rejected applicants asylum And it accelerates their return to their countries of origin, hardening the country’s attitude towards immigrants after increasing arrivals on the southern border of this year, according to Reuters. As the agency notes, Greece was at the forefront of the 2015-2016 migration crisis, when over a million people who left war and poverty in the Middle East and Africa crossed Europe’s borders.
Since then, migratory flows have declined, Reuters notes. However, the increase in arrivals from Libya through Crete and Gavdos this year has prompted the government to temporarily prohibit the elaboration of applications for asylum immigrants from North Africa. The law, Reuters emphasizes, states that immigrants without documents entering Europe’s southernmost point from third countries that are considered secure by the EU and have no asylum right to return home or hold for at least 24 months and face fines of up to 10,000 euros.
This legislation marks a further tightening of immigration policy under the government of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Reuters commented. The Greek government – adds the agency – has built a fence on the northern border of Greece and has strengthened maritime patrols to prevent immigrants from crossing the border from taking power in 2019.
The Minister of Migration Thanos Plevris He told Parliament Tuesday that the rights of Greeks who want to protect their country prevail over the rights of someone whose asylum was rejected and who remains illegally in Greece.
The UNHCR has said that the law has the risk of punishing immigrants in need of international protection. UNHCR suggested the introduction of a rapid asylum procedure, which will allow immediate recognition of refugee and non -refugees and their corresponding administrative treatment.
Reuters also notes that Greece said it has returned hundreds of irregular migrants after suspending asylum applications in July and is planning further flights to Pakistan, Bangladesh and Egypt to return to immigrants this month.
Source: Skai
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