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Koumoutsakos: Decongestion of islands and acceleration of asylum procedures
Deputy Migration Policy Minister Giorgos Koumoutsakos said that a new 'corridor' of refugee and migrants flows has been formed in the last months between Alexandroupolis and Samothrace, in an interview with the Sunday edition of Kathimerini newspaper.
The government sets six priorities for tackling refugee and migration issues
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Monday met European Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos and then chaired a meeting attended by the Commissioner and government ministers responsible for migration, including Citizen Protection Minister Michalis Chrisochoidis, Alternate Citizen Protection Minister responsible for Migration Policy George Koumoutsakos and Minister for Shipping and Island Policy Yiannis Plakiotakis.
Refugee and illegal immigrant flows from Turkey rise
The flows of refugees and illegal immigrants to the Greek islands increased in June compared with the corresponding months and in 2018 and 2017.