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Speaking on Wednesday morning, Minister for Citizen Protection Michalis Chrysochoidis addressed the government’s measures on migration and border protection, as well as police operations in Roma settlements.

In a statement to German Bild newspaper, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis refers to the measures the government is taking to reduce illegal migrants from Libya, saying that “Greece is not an open transit route”.

The Greek government is considering a package of tough new measures, including the creation of closed detention centers on Crete and the suspension of asylum applications, in response to an unprecedented surge of migrant arrivals from Libya that is overwhelming the island.