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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.)
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
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"
