Today, Monday, the Ministry of Labor’s insurance bill, which includes the Kairides amendment for immigrants, which grants foreigners work permits, will be introduced to the Plenary Session of the Parliament for discussion. The bill will be passed on Wednesday.

The Kairides amendment gives the possibility of granting a residence permit for work to illegal immigrants who have been working in the country for the last 3 years and until November 30, have an employer’s certificate and have a clean criminal record.

“We brought in a limited arrangement, very well designed,” he pointed out, speaking on Monday morning. on SKAI and on the show “Today” Dimitris Kairidis.

The Minister of Immigration & Asylum pointed out that “immigration policy is not changing”. Asked about the opposition expressed to the amendment by the former prime minister, Antonis Samaras, Mr. Kairides stated that “we made an arrangement that answers all the objections of Antonis Samaras. We do not create a lighthouse. It concerns arrivals before 2021” adding that “I respect Mr. Samaras completely, as does everyone in the SW”.

“There is the permanent mechanism to give papers to non-residents as early as 2014. There has been a horizontal arrangement for 7 years to be able to apply. We are tightening this regulation,” Mr. Kairides emphasized.

At the same time, he underlined that Greece has a very fast asylum mechanism, which started during Samaras, and stressed that the necessary explanations will be given in plenary even for the most suspicious.