Overview

Relevant EU legislation

Greece is bound by the Union Resettlement and Humanitarian Admission Framework Regulation (URF).

National legislation

Greece has no dedicated national legal act or consolidated legal framework specifically governing resettlement procedures.

Competent authority and stakeholders

 

Authorities responsible for establishing resettlement and humanitarian admission policy	There is no designated competent authority for matters of resettlement.
Identification and referral of refugees for a) resettlement programmes b) humanitarian admission programmes c) community sponsorship programmes	N/a
Selection of refugees for a) resettlement programmes b) humanitarian admission programmes c) community sponsorship programmes	N/a
Pre-departure assistance a) resettlement programmes b) humanitarian admission programmes c) community sponsorship programmes	N/a
Travel arrangements a) resettlement programmes b) humanitarian admission programmes c) community sponsorship programmes	N/a
Arrival and reception a) resettlement programmes b) humanitarian admission programmes c) community sponsorship programmes	N/a

Programmes currently in place

Greece is not implementing resettlement or humanitarian admission programmes at the moment.

National quotas on resettlement and humanitarian admissions

National commitments for resettlement, humanitarian admissions and emergency quota

 

2-year Union Plan	National commitment for resettlement	National commitment for humanitarian admissions	Emergency quota
Period 2024-2025	N/a	N/a	N/a
Period 2026-2027	N/a	N/a	N/a
Period 2028-2029	N/a	N/a	N/a

Procedural and practical arrangements

The admission procedure

Greece is not implementing resettlement or humanitarian admission programmes at the moment.

Pre-departure assistance

Greece is not implementing resettlement or humanitarian admission programmes at the moment.

Travel arrangements

Greece is not implementing resettlement or humanitarian admission programmes at the moment.

Arrival and reception

Greece is not implementing resettlement or humanitarian admission programmes at the moment.

Integration support to resettled and admitted refugees

Greece is not implementing resettlement or humanitarian admission programmes at the moment.

Resettlement programmes

Greece is not implementing resettlement or humanitarian admission programmes at the moment.

Humanitarian admission programmes

Greece is not implementing humanitarian admission programmes at the moment.

Complementary pathways

Community sponsorship schemes related to state-led resettlement programmes

Greece is not implementing community sponsorship schemes related to state-led resettlement programmes at the moment.

Community sponsorship schemes linked to civil society-led humanitarian admission programmes

Greece is not implementing community sponsorship schemes linked to civil society-led humanitarian admission programmes at the moment.

Community sponsorship schemes linked to other complementary pathways

Greece is not implementing community sponsorship schemes linked to other complementary pathways at the moment.