×
GreekEnglish

×
  • Politics
  • Diaspora
  • World
  • Lifestyle
  • Travel
  • Culture
  • Sports
  • Cooking
Tuesday
16
Dec 2025
weather symbol
Athens 16°C
  • Home
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • World
  • Diaspora
  • Lifestyle
  • Travel
  • Culture
  • Sports
  • Mediterranean Cooking
  • Weather
Contact follow Protothema:
Powered by Cloudevo
> World

EC report: Refugee relocation plan failing so far

Report calls on EU member states to take responsibility and share burden

Newsroom May 18 08:27

A European Commission report on the relocation of refugees released on Wednesday says the implementation of the program was below expectations. The European Commission calls on the EU member-states to share in the fair redistribution of refugees across Europe. European Commissioner on Migration Dimirtris Avramopoulos underlined that more needed to be done on the matter of refugee relocation and faster. ‘We cannot be satisfied by the results so far’, he said. ‘The urgent humanitarian crisis in Greece needs to be addressed fast and avoid a deterioration of the situation in Italy’, pointed out the Commissioner. He went on to say that any recent progress achieved concerning stifling human trafficking rings could only be upheld if legal asylum seeking procedures were implemented. The Commission report noted that the 20,000 refugee relocation target had not been achieved till mid May. Only 355 people had been relocated from March till May, bringing the total number of asylum applicants from Greece and Italy to 1,500. Based on the most recent figures nearly 46,000 migrants and asylum applicants are in Greece waiting to be processed.

Ask me anything

Explore related questions

> More World

Follow en.protothema.gr on Google News and be the first to know all the news

See all the latest News from Greece and the World, the moment they happen, at en.protothema.gr

> Latest Stories

The “Greek Escobar” granted a deadline until Thursday; testimony lasted more than five hours

December 16, 2025

The company that will give a generous bonus

December 16, 2025

We will defend ourselves against Trump’s defamation lawsuit, says the BBC

December 16, 2025

Georgiades visits hospitals in Manhattan and Astoria – Watch video

December 16, 2025

Athens is sold out everywhere, from nightclubs and restaurants to theaters and cinemas

December 16, 2025

Metlen: Morgan Stanley sets a €64 price target – The three scenarios for the stock

December 16, 2025

The US is offering NATO’s Article 5 security guarantees to Ukraine on one condition: to respond immediately

December 16, 2025

Telis Mystakidis didn’t take over the football club, but dreams of an arena and NBA Europe with the basketball team

December 16, 2025
All News

> Greece

The “Greek Escobar” granted a deadline until Thursday; testimony lasted more than five hours

Prosecution of a total of five people – The vessel of the “Greek Escobar” was carrying a large quantity of cocaine from Latin America to Europe

December 16, 2025

How the criminal organization in Crete operated with OPEKEPE subsidies – The role of Chiletzakis, the “best man,” and the lawyer

December 16, 2025

Papastavrou: “Energy is an important tool in times of peace, but it turns into a weapon in times of war”

December 16, 2025

Alexandros Angelopoulos: From bouncer in Syggrou, cocaine baron – The dark path of the “Greek Escobar”

December 16, 2025

Critical day for the farming sector: What those at the roadblocks are thinking after the Tsiaras package and what Mitsotakis will say today

December 16, 2025
Homepage
PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION POLICY COOKIES POLICY TERM OF USE
Powered by Cloudevo
Copyright © 2025 Πρώτο Θέμα