US EditionGreece Arrests Hundreds of Illegal Boat Migrants After Suspending Asylum
SOUTH OF THE ISLAND OF CRETE, GREECE, JUL 19 – Greek authorities detained 182 migrants arriving illegally from Libya after suspending asylum applications amid a July surge exceeding 2,000 arrivals, officials said.
- Greece has detained nearly 200 migrants who arrived after the government imposed an asylum freeze on claimants from North Africa.
- The Greek government declared a three-month suspension on asylum requests from any persons arriving by sea from North Africa.
- The illegal immigrants who entered from Libya will be held in police custody until their return process starts.
- The Migration Minister described the migrant influx as an 'invasion' and stated that illegal entrants face surveillance, not hospitality.
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Greece Suspends Asylum, Arrests 247 Illegal Migrants - American Faith
Greek authorities arrested 247 illegal migrants over the weekend following a decisive move by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s government to suspend all asylum requests from North African arrivals. The arrests were made in five separate incidents near the islands of Gavdos and Crete, where boats attempting to reach Greek soil from Libya were intercepted by the Hellenic Coast Guard, according to public broadcaster ERT. The migrants will be pl…
Directly from Crete to Lavrio: Greece has arrested the first migrants from North Africa.
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Greece Arrests Hundreds of Illegal Boat Migrants After Suspending Asylum
Greek authorities arrested over two hundred illegal boat migrants over the weekend after Athens suspended accepting asylum applications from those who cross the Mediterranean Sea from North Africa.
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