Sources by government by answering reports that refer to returns refugee and migrant by the Germany toward Greecereportedly indicate the following:

“These publications essentially reproduce a publication by the German press and Der Spiegel, referring to a pilot program implemented in early January in Germany, according to which refugees who have received asylum refugees in Greece and re -appointed asylum request. Germany. It is important to note that, despite the operation of the program for months, only 9 (!) Refugees have expressed interest in participation. And even more importantly: so far, not one has returned to Greece.

To avoid misinterpretation, the following are highlighted:

1. The program concerns a specific refugee group

It is aimed exclusively at already recognized refugees who have received asylum and travel documents in Greece and went to Germany for the last two years. Consequently, it is not generally and vaguely referred to in the thousands of immigrants already in Germany as recognized by Greece over the last decade and especially after the 2015 migration crisis.

2. Participation is voluntary

The program is based on the consensus of refugees and is not imposed by the German government. This is an accession initiative interconnected with the coverage of gaps in the labor market and is not a “forced refund”, as reported in some reports.

3. Participation in the program is extremely limited

So far, according to the German authorities, only nine spins have expressed interest in a return. This is to be expected, as Germany’s social privileges to refugees are significantly higher than those of Greece (guaranteed income, housing, work, compulsory language learning).

4. Returns of refugees from Germany to Greece are not a new practice

Returns of refugees and immigrants from Germany to Greece have never ceased to happen, as there is the legislative framework that allows it. Either in the form of renovations of recognized refugees that exhausted the 90 -day stay in German territory or through the return of asylum seekers who illegally went to Germany under the Dublin III Regulation. Greece is consistent in its international obligations. However, the German authorities, due to the administrative inability to find the above immigrants, but also because of the case -law of the German courts, have managed to get only 189 people back in the last ten years! “