US EditionGerman–Greek Relations Face Crisis over Refugee Policy
- On May 2025, Greece's government announced new legislation to impose tougher penalties on rejected asylum seekers amid rising migrant arrivals at its borders.
- The policy follows a 35% surge in arrivals during the first 11 months of 2024, including 57,363 migrants entering mainly via the Eastern Mediterranean route.
- Greece plans to speed up deportations, end mass legalization programs affecting 40,000 migrants, and jail rejected asylum seekers for at least two years pending deportation.
- Migration Minister Makis Voridis urged the EU to clarify legal residence criteria, warning that accepting economic necessity as grounds would mean Europe must prepare for "hundreds of millions."
- These measures reflect Greece's role as an EU external border and aim to reduce irregular immigration, while German-Greek tensions persist over deportation cooperation and migrant flows.
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Greece plans to abolish a provision that allows refugees to apply for a residence permit after seven years in the country, Migration Minister Makis Voridis announced, claiming the rule has been abused.
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