The important thing is to make it clear first of all that if there is a problem, either of wars or climate change, we must help these people in their homes, stressed the Minister of Migration and Asylum, Thanos Plevris, during the 9th Economist Sustainability Summit for Southeast Europe: Ninth Sustainability Summit for Se Europe & The Mediterranean – Seeking a New Balance Amidst a deramed Green Transition), at Divani Apollon Palace & Thalasso in Kavouri.

Mr Plevris on a panel for immigration also said that in the first summer, 70% of the flows were from countries that have no refugee profiles, nor deal with climate change issues, which means, as the minister said, that the choice was made to use the refugee capacity to become a migrant.

“At the same time, even for countries that are objectively war, such as Sudan, it is struck by me that while you have two secure countries next to you, Egypt and Chad they have signed and the Geneva Treaty, you choose a route through Libya, which is an unsafe country, so that you can in fact cause a safe country.

And by chance 60 to 70% of people who come is 17-25 years old, “the minister said, adding that in a war or in a large climate change, the logic is to leave families first, while 85% of people who came to Greece in 2025 were men.

He then argued that there should be a harsh treatment for those who want to come illegally, without any reason to justify asylum and therefore recently criminalized the country.

He also referred to those who, he said, are truly refugees for whom there should be integration mechanisms and promoted where a society really needs. “Greece will need 200,000 workforce in the coming years to keep 2% growth, and especially in tasks that are not borrower for Europeans or Greeks.

Consequently, there you could integrate a mechanism so that the one who eventually receives the refugee capacity to see how respectively you will turn it on by reducing a logic of benefits, instead of increasing a logic of integration and work where you need, “Mr Plevris said.

Finally, he also referred to the legal immigration for which a bill is currently preparing. “We want to pursue a policy that will have a large fence that will limit illegal immigration, but also a door that enables those who really need refugee status, or because they are in conditions where they cannot survive, or because we need a workforce to be able to exist.”

Ambassador Alexander Stutzman, a representative of the European Union on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, referred to today’s day that is a happy day, as he said, as the hostages held by Hamas after two years later.

At the level of assistance to the Palestinian authorities, the effort will continue, Mr Stuchman said the next day. He also said that a combination of long and short -term effort should be made and that a sustainable peace should be created. He then gave a picture of today’s situation in Gaza, noting that there is no hygiene, there is no water, basic services and a combination of the consequences of military operations and the long -term ecological disaster of the ecosystem.

He also talked about immediate restoration of the hygiene and water system and cleansing gaza from debris because they are a source of infection. As he said, all this will have a positive footprint immediately in the population and improve their health, while in the long run the ecosystem and sensitive areas from things that may arise, such as illegal settlements and waste disposal, will have to be protected.

Justin Madi, co -founder of Mapping Pathways for Security, on the same panel stressed that it is very important “to be calm and communicate the truth. We should not allow the sirens of populism to mislead us. And as the minister said and I totally agree with this portfolios is not easy because it needs tremendous management and priority of finances. If we allow our EU to react as a country of marginalization I think this will not be right. “

He also pointed out that we must keep the prospect that humanity is important, but we must be clear in how to do it.