To the fact that Greece is the first country to criminalize in such a way illegal stay migrant reported the Thanos Plevris who talked about the bill on the migratory and all the changes it brings.
“Right now the discussion in Europe is how to increase returns, because you can limit the flows But there will be flows. It seems that forced returns – that is, we send in consultation with other countries – that they have problems. Because many times countries do not cooperate, they do not want to get the whole world we send. All countries want to go to voluntary returns, where the other wants to return. Up to now in Europe There are privileges for those who want to go back. A man who wants to come back voluntarily, in addition to being given a financial aid from Europe, can also be helped to the place to do a job, “the Minister of Migration and Asylum In Mega.
And he added: “But there was no disincentive, so the other was now rejected by asylum, he preferred and prefers to stay in Europe countries rather than turning to countries that are not at risk. To Pakistanin Bangladesh and at Egypt It may not be financially not good but it is not in danger. So this world had no disincentive. We are the first country to now put a terrifying serious disincentive: that you risk losing your freedom or returning to the country where you come. Greece is the first country to criminalize illegal stay. We believe that through diplomacy we are trying to be with countries sending immigrants – Egypt, Pakistan and Bangladesh work together – but send more immigrants than those who take back. So we are trying to put a greater pressure on the immigrant himself who – I stress that – has been found to need international protection, and is not a refugee. “
The changes that the bill brings
“Today is the bill on illegal immigration and increased returns. At the moment there was a paraphrase that because there are structures with several vacancies in all our islands that have structures, ie. Lesvos, Samos, Kos, Stormy and Chiosthat because there is no structure in Crete and the great pressure this year was from Crete That there will be a transfer from inland to the islands. The islands of the eastern Aegean and the Dodecanese were essentially the areas that paid for the migration. So there is a clear political will that these islands will never get immigrants from other areas. The immigrants who will stay there will be immigrants coming off the coast of Turkey. At the same time, at the moment, and there the meeting I had with the Regional Governor was aiming for the evidence that September and October there are several months of dangerous months that they are mainly sending immigrants to the Dodecanese. This year the situation is clearly better at 40% down compared to last year on the islands of the Eastern Aegean. When we get to winter, the circuits try to send as many people as they can because it closes afterwards. We made a preparation, at the moment in a historic low or Kos, we are at 863 people, Lesvos today at 871 when it was 13,000, “he said initially.
According to Mr. Poultry“The regime is as follows: When someone enters the country – I am not saying the case of suspension of asylum now in Crete until 9/10 – is arrested. He then applies asylum. Once he is applying asylum, according to the Geneva Treaty You have to consider if man is or is not persecuted. If his application is accepted, he enjoys an international protection status if he is rejected he can appeal. If it is finally rejected, he is illegally in the country. And the bill we bring to the House today essentially regulates this case, that is, the case that someone is missing asylum, so now we, in order to put pressure on him to return, automatically criminalize his illegal stay. A man who is rejected his asylum has two options: either he will go to prison up to 5 years or to work together to return. He cannot remain in the structure, but he will go to prison. “