Recent developments timeline

2025

• Greece 17/07/2025 Civil society organisation

  Recording Mechanism of Irregular Forced Returns publishes its annual report for 2024

• Greece 17/07/2025 National authority

  The Ministry of Migration and Asylum proposes new bill on migration which is open for public consultation

• Greece 16/07/2025 National authority

  General Secretariat for Vulnerable Persons and Institutional Protection reports on 2024 achievements

• Greece 16/07/2025 National authority

  Greek Minister of Migration and Asylum meets with Ambassador of Bangladesh

• Greece 16/07/2025 Civil society organisation

  109 organisations condemn the suspension of the right to asylum for people arriving from North Africa by sea

• Greece 16/07/2025 Civil society organisation

  Expiration of contract for interpretation services jeopardises provision of interpretation

• Greece 16/07/2025 National authority

  Greek Minister of Migration and Asylum meets with Egyptian ambassador

• Greece 10/07/2025 Civil society organisation

  SolidarityNow publishes new guide for employers on legal documents and processes needed when hiring TCNs

• Greece 10/07/2025 National authority

  Greek Ombudsman reacts to the suspension of access to asylum, following increased flows to Crete

• Greece 08/07/2025 Civil society organisation

  Greek Council for Refugees publishes report on family reunification in Greece

• Greece 03/07/2025 National authority

  Ministry of Immigration and Asylum publishes July 2025 data on unaccompanied minors in Greece

• Greece 24/06/2025 National authority

  Joint press release following the trilateral ministerial meeting of Greece, Bulgaria, and Turkey in Sofia

• Greece 24/06/2025 National authority

  Joint press release issued following trilateral ministerial meeting of Greece, Bulgaria and Turkey

• Greece 13/06/2025 National authority

  Deputy Minister of Immigration and Asylum participates in JHA Council

• Greece 13/06/2025 National authority

  "HERMES-2025" preparedness exercise to enhance operational preparedness in emergency situations

• Greece 06/06/2025 National authority

  Ministry of Immigration and Asylum publishes updated information on unaccompanied minors in Greece

• Greece 02/06/2025 National authority

  Project on exchanging knowledge between Norwegian and Greek appeals authorities concludes

• Greece 16/05/2025 Civil society organisation

  GCR reports: Criminal prosecution for felonies against 17 members of the Hellenic Coast Guard

• Greece 08/05/2025 Civil society organisation

  Refugee Support Aegean and PRO ASYL publish submission to CoE Committee of Ministers on asylum and reception

• Greece 05/05/2025 National authority

  Ministry of Immigration and Asylum publishes May 2025 data on unaccompanied minors in Greece

• Greece 05/05/2025 National authority

  Minister of Immigration and asylum visits Chios and highlights policy for reducing migration flows

• Greece 29/04/2025 Civil society organisation

  Children on the move in Greece: first briefing by the Greek Council for Refugees and Save the Children

• Greece 16/04/2025 Civil society organisation

  Civil society organisations publish report on the use of police stations in Greece to detain migrants

• Greece 12/04/2025 National authority

  Minister of Interior from MED5 meeting underlines the need for effective returns

• Greece 10/04/2025 National authority

  Greek Minister from Cairo underlines importance of returns for an effective migration policy

• Greece 10/04/2025 Civil society organisation

  Civil society organisations launch petition against the expansion of the Closed Controlled Access Centre model

• Greece 03/04/2025 National authority

  Ministry of Immigration and Asylum publishes April 2025 data on unaccompanied minors in Greece

• Greece 21/03/2025 National authority

  The Greek Council of State annuls the designation of Türkiye as a 'safe third country'

• Greece 21/03/2025 National authority

  Three reception facilities are closing, more than EUR 3.5 million saved

• Greece 14/03/2025 Civil society organisation

  Joint statement by CSOs requesting the resumption of cash assistance to asylum seekers

• Greece 07/03/2025 National authority

  Ministry of Immigration and Asylum publishes March 2025 data on unaccompanied minors in Greece

• Greece 05/03/2025 National authority

  Minister of Migration and Asylum: "The management of migration requires a comprehensive and stricter approach"

• Greece 05/02/2025 National authority

  Ministry of Immigration and Asylum publishes February 2025 data on unaccompanied minors in Greece

• Greece 03/02/2025 National authority

  The Greek Ombudsman issues report on the Pylos Shipwreck

• Greece 10/01/2025 National authority

  The Complaints Mechanism of the Ministry of Immigration publishes results for September 2023 -December 2024

• Greece 07/01/2025 National authority

  Ministry of Immigration and Asylum publishes January 2025 data on unaccompanied minors in Greece