The Minister of Immigration and Asylum, Thanos Plevris, referred to the “limited freedom” status of the residents about the creation of a permanent structure of identification of immigrants and asylum seekers in Crete. Mr. PlevrisSpeaking to Action 24, he said that there will certainly be a permanent structure, where local authorities will be identified and then people will be transferred to the inland.

Mr. Plevris He referred to the creation of a legitimate corridor from Libya to Europe, which is part of Crete, so ‘It is forced to have a permanent structure in Crete’, While it did not exclude the possibility of creating a second closed structure.

“Services of the Ministry of Immigration are in cooperation with those of the Ministry of National Defense to find camps that are not used and may be able to change use as soon as possible to accommodate immigrants and asylum seekers”the Minister pointed out

Referring to numbers, he said that in 2023 we had 2,000 flows all year round, in 2024 we had 4,000 flows while we only had 10,000 flows in the first half of 2025. He explained that if arrivals continued at the rate of 1,000 people per day, it would have collapsed in all possible people and the Government of these An amendment on a three -month suspension of asylum applications.

Mr. Savory reiterated the government’s policy for a rigorous, harsh and fair immigration policy, saying that “We are consciously following a political counterpart and this is slowly going to Europe as a whole.”

He clarified that anyone who comes to Greece illegally will either return to his country of origin or enter prison. “Once you have entered illegally, you will know that the Greek state will never give you the right to be legalized in any time. Or you are working to go back or enter five years in prison »he said.

The Minister of Immigration and Asylum said, inter alia, that “Greece’s borders will not be a ‘strainer’ and it is clear that the 3 million who are currently waiting in Libya to come to Europe, if they come will create a population replacement conditions.” and completed: “There are 200 million people who are suffering outside Europe, not all of them come to Europe.”