In the first five months of the year the flows were twice as much as they were all 2024, the Minister of Immigration and Asylum Thanos Plevris told SKAI, on the occasion of the amendment voted on today for the three -month suspension and examination of asylum requests for immigrants entering the country.

Mr Plevris noted that 70% of people who have come to our country lately are Egyptian citizens, that is, they come from a country where there is no danger.

According to the minister, the majority of immigrants arriving in Greece are men aged 18-30. Women and children are below 15%.

On the occasion of the mass flows that have arrived in Crete lately, he said that if 1,000 people come daily every day within 10 days all the positions in the structures will be filled. He explained that unless something changes, and since the Asylum examination needed 28 days in the 1st degree and 4-5 months in the 2nd degree, the government would watch the flows of people who do not have a refugee profile.

As he said, there are 3 million people in Libya at the moment who have paid and want to come to Europe.

Mr Plevris noted that the country would now be an independent criminal offense, and one’s asylum has been rejected.

Regarding yesterday’s statements about the feeding of immigrants, he explained that no one spoke of inhumane conditions, but a rationalization of benefits and benefits must be raised, “we are not a hotel” – he said – and added: “We respect the situation of a man, but he must not understand that when he is not able to understand.

According to the minister, the message that Europe now sends is that we are not a magnet. We want some immigrants, but they will be selected by Europe through legal procedures and not by traffickers’ networks

Commenting on PASOK’s attitude on the amendment – which said he would vote “present” – He said they react to an amendment that is essentially an Evros model. As he noted, PASOK said he would not vote, while supporting the Evros seal.

Mr Pleur stressed that instead of bringing the country into an emergency, the government chooses to move to milder measures.

Referring to asylum applications, he said that the pending applications are currently 27,000 while in 2019 it was over 200,000. He noted that the percentage of asylum applications is about 52%.

On the occasion of the meeting today with local bodies from Crete, he said that Crete obviously must acquire a structure of immigrants and even if necessary a second structure can be created.