“The country is experiencing a virtuous cycle of growth and increased dynamism, which is certified through the continuous upgrades of international rating agencies,” said among other things the Minister of Immigration and Asylum Notis Mitarakisin his greeting at the official launch of the “international” initiative “Restart of the Greek Economy”, which is under the auspices of the Ministry of Immigration and Asylum.
Regarding the initiative, he said that “it is an initiative that is in line with the current upward trend of the Greek economy, but also the growing extroverted character that it has acquired in the last 2.5 years.”
Regarding the government’s decision to repay the bulk of the IMF loans early, Mr. Mitarakis stressed that it is a decision that “marks the final change of page after the ten-year economic crisis that the country went through” and added that “according to the According to the latest estimates, the economy recovered in 2021 with a growth rate expected to be close to 9%, which is the third best performance in the European Union and is significantly higher than the initial estimates.
Mr. Mitarakis pointed out that “his contribution Ministry of Immigration and Asylum in the spectacular change of the image of the Greek economy, it is practical, through the reform of the processes of legal immigration. Greece and consequently Europe must control it illegal immigration and to widen as a counterweight to this the routes of legal immigration “, adding that” we want legal immigration with rules. We therefore combine this priority with the goal of boosting investment and increasing employment. By providing the critical and necessary human capital “.
In this context, Mr. Mitarakis referred to the agreements with the governments of Bangladesh and Pakistan for the employment of seasonal workers.
“Recently,” he said Minister of Immigration and Asylum “We signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Bangladesh with which up to 4,000 workers a year will be able to obtain a temporary residence permit of 9 months per year for a period of five years. A leave that entitles them only to seasonal work and not to family reunification, citizenship or voting. Seasonal work, however, that our country is in urgent need, as indicated by the 144,000 requests submitted by the decentralized Administrations of the country “.
Regarding the visa for digital nomads, Mr. Mitarakis pointed out that “the beneficiaries of the new digital visa must meet certain criteria, mainly income. We want to turn Greece into a destination for people with high specialization. As teleworking gains ground internationally. “And the pandemic has further highlighted the need for a balance between work and quality of life in many mainly Western countries.”
Concluding his speech, Mr. Mitarakis provided information on the status of the permanent residence permit of the investor (Golden Visa), talking about a total of 10,804 permits that are valid in January 2022.
The 9,619 (percentage 89%) clarified Mr. Mitarakis, “relate to initial loans and the 1,185 (percentage 11%) relate to renewals. “Golden Visa and permanent investor license pave the way for the arrival of potential investors in the country with ease, away from ideologies”.
“The restart of the greek economy it is not just a matter of numbers, but also of bold choices. Conflict with bureaucracy, political stability, change of mentality are our choices. What we did as a government so that we can talk today about development. “And those that we will continue to do, building the Greece of the future,” he concluded.
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