Greece suspends asylum applications for migrants from North Africa

Greece suspended the processing of shelter apps from North Africa for three months after the number of migrants.

The arrival from the region will be arrested and detained, said the Prime Minister of Conservative Kirakas Mitotakis.

He added that Greece “sent a message about determination … to all the traders of the people and all the potential customers who they spend, they could be completely wasted because it would be difficult to get to Greece at sea.”

“This emergency requires emergency response measures.”

Myzatakis added that the provisions would be based on The same legal reasoning Greece is applied in 2020 To stop thousands of people cross the land with Turkey.

The draft legislation will be adopted before the parliament on Thursday.

“A clear message: Stay where you are, we do not accept you,” said Migration Minister Tonos Pleuris on X.

The announcement of the Missacis stems from the significant growth of the arrival of migrants in the Southern Crete and Gaudos.

In recent days, more than 2,000 migrants landed on Crete, and another 520 were saved from its coast at the beginning of Wednesday, which led to the total number from the beginning of 2025 to 9000.

This was an increase of 350% since last year, stated that the President of the Western Crete Coast Guard Association Vasilis Katikandarakis. “Immigration is stifling us … Our staff is literally kneeling,” he said.

“The streams are very high,” said the press -secretary of the Government of Paulos Marinakis on Tuesday 24, adding that the wave is “growing and continuing”.

According to the public television teller, the authorities in Crete are under considerable logistics stress, as the pace and the scale of arrival continue to exceed the possibilities of the available location.

Local media had to temporarily accommodate several hundred people, said local media, adding that there are 30 families with young children and babies among migrants.

Ert said the redistribution of migrants into other parts of the country is a particularly slow process because the tourist season means that fewer buses and ferries are available.

On Tuesday, the Greek, Italian and Maltese ministers, as well as the EU Commissioner, traveled to Libya to discuss a surge in migration apparatus.

But they had to go back when the national stability government (GNS) – the opponent of the not recognized government of national unity (GNU) – blocked them to enter the country, accusing them of violating Libyan sovereignty.

However, Missatakis said the Greek army was ready to cooperate with the Libyan authorities to prevent the departure of boats from the Libyan coast.

NGOs have repeatedly criticized the attempts of European governments to create deals with the Libyan authorities to stop the flow of migrants.

People who are intercepted by the Libyan Coast Guard and return to the shore are often in prison in the holding camps where they are subjected to inhuman treatment and difficult conditions.

“Attempts to stop trips at all costs indicate a complete disregard for the life and dignity of migrants and refugees,” said Amnesty International.