“Which is the closest mosque to your home?” Or “Which school did you go to?” Or “Which team are you?” Simple questions, however, that their answer will judge for a refugee whether he will continue his life in Germany or whether he will return to his country. People who are trained to interview in order to judge whether or not someone is entitled to asylum need to do a lot of research to find out the truth.<\/p>\n
As stated by an official of the Greek Asylum Service, “there is a lot of information from the countries of origin of the asylum seekers we ought to know. If for example, someone mentions a battle, we need to find out if that particular event really happened when he claims to have been in the area. On the other hand, he has to prove that he speaks the truth”.<\/p>\n
Each request is dealt with individually, irrespective of the country of origin. However, there may be special reasons for the Service to investigate. “For example, Albanians are not at risk in their homeland, Albania is a country that generally does not have refugees. However, a particular person may be at risk for his or her life for particular reasons,” the official said.<\/p>\n
In these cases, however, the possibility of approval of the asylum application is minimal. However, the Asylum Service is obliged to investigate it, following the lawful yet time-consuming process.<\/p>\n
In 2016 applied for asylum in Greece 1,420 people from Albania and 688 people from Georgia. Accordingly, in 2017, 334 Albanian nationals and 227 Georgians did the same. In total, from 2013 to 2017, a total of 3,745 Albanians and 1,993 Georgians have submitted an asylum application to Greece.<\/p>\n
In Greece, 51,092 asylum applications were lodged in Greece (monthly average 4.258). In 2017, 16,870 requests were filed by the end of March. The Greek Asylum Service as a whole is now able to handle 170 requests a day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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