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Revealing first age tests on illegal migrants – Over 60% of those who declared themselves minors are adults

Of the first 104 migrants, 59 turned out to be adults, 35 cases are still ongoing, while some refused to be examined - Only 10 were actually minors

Over 120,000 arrested for various offenses in 2024 – Foreigners make up 55% of prison inmates

73,479 Greek nationals and 57,150 foreigners were arrested in 2024 for various offenses – More than 16,000 (!) of those arrested were between 12–18 years old – The percentage of foreign inmates in Greek prisons remains steady at around 55% – Detailed tables from the Hellenic Police (EL.AS.)

Voloudakis: The process of determining the age of immigrants will be done in a reliable and scientifically documented way

The State Secretary for Migration and Asylum has made clarifications

How many legal migrants and how many Golden Visa holders are in Greece?

Which countries do they come from

Illegal immigrants involved in clashes were deported from Cyprus

The Cypriot government gives foreigners with offending behaviour the option of returning to their country if they do not want to be imprisoned and deported after serving their sentence

From Crete to Lavrio and from there directly to detention centers: 247 migrants who entered illegally from Libya (videos-photos)

Under the new framework recently voted in Parliament, they are not entitled to apply for asylum and are immediately placed under detention and return procedures

Riots in France: Over 100 people attacked passing cars with Molotov cocktails bombs – 9 police officers injured

The riots started at 1 am on Saturday morning

Horror in Gran Canaria: 20-year-old migrant awaiting deportation set 17-year-old girl on fire – She is fighting for her life

The 20-year-old was illegally in the country and awaiting deportation – The 17-year-old is fighting for her life with severe burns covering 95% of her body

40 Pakistani and 10 Georgian illegal immigrants whose asylum applications were rejected were deported

"If you are not entitled to asylum, your only option is to return", wrote the Minister of Migration and Asylum, Thanos Plevris, in X

Mitsotakis to Bild: Greece is not an open transit route for illegal immigrants – We need a unified European response

Addressing the trafficking networks of illegal immigrants, he says, "The journey is dangerous, the outcome uncertain, and the money paid to the traffickers is ultimately wasted unnecessarily. Illegal entries will not lead to legal settlement"

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