In April 2022 they were recorded 7,759 arrivals of Ukrainians in Greecemore than 13,000 online pre – registration applications for temporary protection were filed and Nearly 9,000 temporary protection cards were issuedaccording to the monthly data of the Ministry of Immigration and Asylum.
To 20.4% of Ukrainians who arrived that month they were minors, 26% aged 18-34 years and 53.6% older than 35 years. 25% arrived by air and the rest by land. As of April 30, 13,147 electronic pre-registration applications for temporary protection had been submitted to Ukrainians, while 8,880 temporary protection license cards had been issued. 56% of the pre-registration applications were submitted to the Regional Asylum Office (PGA) of Attica, 29% to the PGA of Thessaloniki, 6% to the PGA of Western Greece, 6% to the PGA of Crete and 3% to the PGA of Alimos.
On April 30, 2022 no Ukrainian lived in the short-term hospitality structure of Sintikiwhile in the structures of long-term hospitality were registered 164 people from Ukraine in Serres, 133 in Elefsina and five in apartments of the ESTIA program.
In total in April 2022 917,281 immigrants and refugees were legally residing in Greeceof which 24% were EU citizens and expatriates, 70% third country nationals with a residence permit and 6% refugees with active residence permits.
Resident asylum seekers in its islands North Aegean decreased in April to 0.89% of the population, while in the corresponding month of 2021 they constituted 5.35% of the population. In a statement, the Minister of Immigration, Notis Mitarakisnotes that “we reduced the flows by 90% compared to 2019. We closed dozens of structures across the country, decongested our islands and now 1% as a population limit set by the Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, applies to all regions country ».
The flows in the first four months of 2022 are increased by 28% in the islands and by 23% in totalcompared to the first four months of 2021.
Also, in April 2022, 604 people left for destinations in either Europe or third countries through relocations, deportations and voluntary returns. During the same period, 1,129 people arrived in the country.
Finally, last month 4,699 first-degree asylum decisions were issuedof which 45% were positive, 19% rejected, 12% decisions inadmissible (due to the application of the safe third country principle or due to acceptance by another Member State or for subsequent applications), while 23% were other administrative acts (interruptions that have not been revoked, resignations and cases that have been closed).
The pending cases of the Asylum Service and the secondary Appeals Authority record a decrease of 52% in April 2022 compared to a year earlier.
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