US EditionGreece may extend North Africa asylum ban if migrant flow resurges
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In the 30 days since the implementation of the asylum suspension, 913 illegal immigrants have entered, when in one week at the beginning of July 2,711 had entered.
Greek Minister for Migration Thanos Plevris welcomed the drop in the number of immigrants who came to Crete, the main port of entry for migrants from North Africa in the last period, almost a month from the suspension of asylum applications in Greece, reports AFP and Reuters.
The Greek government had imposed a stop to all asylum hearings on 9 July. People arriving in Greece without a visa have not been able to apply for asylum ever since.
Greece May Extend North Africa Asylum Ban if Migrant Flow from Libya Resurges
Greece could extend a suspension on examining asylum applications passed by parliament last month if migrant flows from Libya start rising again, Migration Minister Thanos Plevris said on Thursday. In July, the center-right government stopped processing asylum requests from migrants arriving from North Africa by sea for at least three months in an effort to curb arrivals from Libya to the Greek island of Crete, Reuters reported. In an interview …
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Greece may extend North Africa asylum ban if migrant flow resurges
ATHENS (Reuters) -Greece could extend a suspension on examining asylum applications passed by parliament last month if migrant flows from Libya start rising again, Migration Minister Thanos Plevris said on Thursday.
Greece signals possible extension of North Africa asylum suspensions
Greece may extend its recently introduced suspension on processing asylum applications from migrants arriving by sea from North Africa if arrivals from Libya increase again, Migration Minister Thanos Plevris has said. The three-month suspension, passed in July, was aimed at curbing arrivals to Crete, where numbers dropped from 2,642 in the first week of July to 900 in the weeks since the measure took effect. Plevris told public broadcaster ERT h…
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