“Conditions in closed structures are imprisonment conditions,” the Minister of Immigration and Asylum said, Thanos Plevris On the occasion of the new bill on immigration, speaking to ERT.

Regarding the bill, he stressed that “we believe it will not be a magnet for immigrants” and that the direction of Europe is towards tightening measures.

The minister also referred to Europe -funding detention centers in third countries.

“Generally the direction of Europe as a whole is to tighten the measures, and we have also come in favor of a debate that has opened, that we have to be – we have already proposed – hosting or detention centers outside Europe, in third countries, in order for the world coming to Europe. Fund these centers from the European Union and at the same time if one wants to submit asylum, submit it to third countries and be considered centrally by the European Union, so that we do not have transportation phenomena, “he said.

He reminded that we do not have the flow we had in the early days of July. “Those who have come are prisoners,” he said, adding that “flows from Crete were not reasonable flows, they were excessive, which justified a dynamic measure. It takes time to get the message. “

“Conditions in closed structures are imprisonment conditions,” the minister said. As he said, “when we took this measure with closed structures, we had a 300%increase.”