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> nikos panagiotopoulos

> nikos panagiotopoulos

Panagiotopoulos: Those who have not been granted asylum must be identified and returned

"I have spoken of a gradual transformation of immigration. Where once it was primarily a humanitarian issue, I have the impression that it is now evolving into primarily a security issue"

Panagiotopoulos: Greece’s system is prepared in case of a flare up in the Middle East

"There is still capacity within the countrywide facility system to accommodate any potential war refugees," he stated

Panagiotopoulos: “The framework on migration is changing, stricter provisions on asylum are coming”

He stressed that Turkey should be pressed to implement the 2016 agreement with the EU, which also provides for returns.

The EU is now openly talking about the deportation of illegal immigrants

Nikos Panagiotopoulos said that Greece comes to this meeting to seek and negotiate a European solution to a European problem