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Increased migratory flows have been recorded in Crete recently, with continuous arrivals and rescues in marine and coastal areas, but also serious shortages in accommodation facilities.

The Greek government has prepared legislation that will introduce tougher penalties for rejected asylum seekers and accelerate their return to home countries, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has announced. 

A 20-year-old man was keeping against their will a total of 13 foreign nationals, among them 6 minors, in an abandoned building in the area of Echedoros in Thessaloniki.