Greece is focusing on reducing illegal migration and streamlining legal pathways to address labor needs, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said during a visit to the Ministry of Migration and Asylum on March 26, 2025, noting a 36% drop in migration flows this year.
Tag: Legal Migration
Greece’s Minister of Migration and Asylum, Nikos Panagiotopoulos, highlighted the impact of geopolitical crises and climate change on migration flows at the Thessaloniki Summit 2025. Emphasizing the importance of Greece-Cyprus-Egypt cooperation, he stressed the need to control illegal migration while promoting legal pathways to boost national economies. Panagiotopoulos also outlined Greece’s efforts at the EU level to improve asylum policies and streamline return processes for those not entitled to stay.
Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni has reaffirmed the government’s commitment to securing Italy’s borders, following a successful police operation in Calabria that dismantled a transnational human trafficking gang. Emphasizing the importance of legal migration, Meloni and Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi stressed the need to eradicate modern-day slave trade networks and criticized policies that inadvertently support criminal interests.
In Vienna, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis stated that Greece can’t offer better social protection to refugees than it does to Greek citizens. He called for fair EU support and stressed that migration decisions should be made by member states, not traffickers.
The government’s migration strategy is built on two pillars: opposing anything illegal and supporting everything…