“THE Turkish propaganda for the illegal immigration as a result, false news often appears in the media. Greece protects the external borders of the European Union, in full compliance with international law and with full respect for the Charter of Fundamental Rights. “Obviously, the national independent authorities are investigating all allegations to the contrary, but when these authorities request further information and evidence from the authors of such reports, they refuse to provide them,” said the Minister of Immigration and Asylum. Notis Mitarakis about posts for deportations of refugees and immigrants and adds: “In the absence of action by the Turkish authorities, the Greek Coast Guard continues to save the lives of thousands of men, women and children at sea every year. “Between 2015 and 2021, the Hellenic Coast Guard rescued more than 230,000 third-country nationals at risk at sea.”
Mr. Mitarakis also emphasizes that only in the last seven years, the Hellas provided a safe haven for over one million people – an order of magnitude – over ten percent of our total population.
“Greece is not against it legal immigration. We are against the traffickers and all those who exploit human suffering either for economic benefit or for political purposes “, concludes Mr. Mitarakis in his statement.
According to the Ministry of Immigration and Asylum and with data from the Coast Guard, in more than 1,500 cases handled by the Greek authorities at sea, during the critical period from March 2020 until today, minimal losses of human lives of third country nationals have been recorded, in compare with other migration corridors of the Central and Western Mediterranean.
The data for 2021 are the following:
Eastern Mediterranean 95/5%
Central Mediterranean 1553/77%
Western Mediterranean 378/18%
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