Your portfolio has become one of the most important in the European Union, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said while receiving European Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos on Thursday in Athens.

"My presence here demonstrates the support of the European Commission to Greece's efforts to get out of the tunnel of the economic recession and to finally return to growth and economic stability," European Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos on Thursday said at the conference "Policies and Financial Instruments for the Development of SMEs in Greece."

The visit of EU Commisioner for Migration Dimitris Avramopoulos in Tallinn, Estonia, on Monday focused on migration and security.