Five months have been left to complete the two-year European resettlement program and there are still 14,135 refugees eligible for relocation from Greece to EU countries. Data were provided by the director of the Greek Asylum Service M. Stavropoulou at the joint press conference of the ministry Immigration Policy with the International Migration Organization (IOM) on resettlement.<\/p>\n
According to Mrs. Stavropoulou, this is a feasible goal until the end of the program, since only in the last week of April 861 refugees relocated to other member states, reaching the total number of relocations from Greece in April at 1.211. As mentioned, of the 18,382 refugees relocated to other European states, 12,496 have been relocated by Greece and 5,413 by Italy.<\/p>\n
The head of the International Organization for Migration in Greece, Daniel Esdra, called for an extension of the relocation program for another six months, but also for a “more permanent program, such as that of returns”, to help the European member states.<\/p>\n
The Greek Asylum Service has sent 20,871 relocation requests and 16,652 acceptance offers have been made from other member states, while 4,218 cases are pending. Also, 16,542 relocation decisions have been implemented, 12,490 relocations have been made and 3,561 are waiting.<\/p>\n
The majority of displaced refugees are Syrians (10,296), followed by refugees from Iraq (1,718) and Eritrea (136). Greece had called on the European Union to include Afghan refugees, but this was not accepted.<\/p>\n
The 5 countries that received almost 70% of the refugees to be relocated from Greece are France (3,080), Germany (2,423), the Netherlands (1,211), Portugal (969) and Finland (780).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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