Calmally opposed to the idea that the long -standing stay of a immigrant in Greece can automatically lead to its legalization, the Minister of Immigration and Asylum Makis Voridis appeared, answering the Parliament in a timely question by PASOK MP Nadia Giannakoukoukoukoukoukoukoukoukoukou.
“There can be no reward strategy that illegally remains here. We cannot say that, because someone defeated the system and stayed for seven years, we are finally granted a residence permit, “the minister stressed, even announcing the abolition of the legalization provision after a seven -year stay, which was described as” a permanent strategy “.
Voridis: I will abolish the 7 -year arrangement – there can be no reward strategy in Greece for 7 years illegally pic.twitter.com/IJqowhNvzO
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Market needs and government stance
Ms Giannakopoulou, citing official official data on the invitation work, noted that while the 2024 PAS provides for 89,290 jobs for immigrants in 2025, “July is approaching and no one knows how many have come.” In this context, he talked about huge market deficits, putting Crete as an example with 7,000 gaps in tourism and nationwide 80,000 shortcomings.
At the same time, he described the mechanism for the integration of immigrants of immigrants, without infrastructure and language learning programs, stressing that “we do not look like any other European country”.
Mr Voridis, for his part, replied: “I will not be in any sense of legalization of illegal immigration. No one who remains here can be legitimized here, because it meets market needs. Such an approach nullifies the concept of borders, asylum policies and returns. “
The question about the “turn” of government
The PASOK MP opposed that just a year ago, the same government voted amendment to legalize 40,000 immigrants, which the minister himself voted in favor. “After all, what is government policy? This one year ago or today? “He asked, adding that” we see cubes that coincide with the Trump election. “
Mr Voridis replied that there was indeed a one -time legalization process, but it was “completed”: “40,000 applications were filed, which approved 12,000 and 8,000 were rejected. The rest is pending. But it’s over. This was an exception, not a rule. It is not a policy change, it is a fragmentary regulation. “
‘Effective returns or no policy’
The minister insisted that no serious immigration policy could exist without separation between legal and illegal immigration, but also without an effective return system: “If everyone comes in and everyone remains, it makes no sense to talk about politics. If we start with the assumption that someone remains and finally legalizes, why leave? He will make pre -emptive applications, destroy his papers and wait for the seven years. “
At the same time, he announced a submission of a bill on stricter returns, which, he said, would incorporate proposals by the European Commission.
Confrontation for Returns Performance
Ms Giannakopoulou accused the government of having worse off on returns by SYRIZA, while stressing that, with the implementation of the new European Pact for Migration, more refugees will remain in the first reception states – and therefore in Greece. “How do you say you will choose who is left when they are trapped here?” He asked.