The Minister of Immigration and Asylum, Mr. Thanos Plevris, met today with the Deputy Prime Minister of Romania, Mr. Cătălin Predoiu.
During the meeting, Mr. Predoiu expressed his keen interest and appreciation for Greece's new, strict legislative framework on illegal immigration. He also referred to the corresponding strict policies adopted by the Romanian government, emphasizing the intention to further strengthen these actions.
The two sides exchanged views on the common challenges they face in the field of migration and agreed on the need for automatic enforcement of return decisions of third-country nationals, noting that the mandatory nature of returns is a crucial factor for the effective management of migration.