The Ministry of Migration and Asylum is the official government body that oversees migration and asylum policy issues in

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. It also contributes and implements European policies on Migration. It collaborates with the

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, the

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and the

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. It receives funding from the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund, the Internal Security Fund and th
European Recovery and Resilience Fund
The Ministry of Migration and Asylum was established on 15 January 2020. The Ministry of Migration Policy, established on 5 November 2016, was abolished on 8 July 2019. Makis Voridis is the current Minister for Migration and Asylum and Sevi Voloudaki is the Deputy Minister, responsible for issues of social integration.

History

* On 4 November 2016, with the

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123/2016, the Ministry of Migration Policy was created out of the former Ministry of the Interior and Administrative Reorganization. * On 8 July 2019, with the Presidential Decree 81/2019, the Ministry of Migration Policy was absorbed by the Ministry of Citizen Protection. * On 15 January 2020, with the Presidential Decree 4/2020, the Ministry of Migration and Asylum was created when the General Secretariat of Migration Policy, Reception and Asylum was removed from the Ministry of Citizen Protection and its functions transferred to the new government department. * On 23 January 2020, with the Presidential Decree 106/2020, the organizational structure of the Ministry of Migration and Asylum was drawn up.

Administrative Services

Secretariat-General of Migration Policy

The General Secretariat of Migration Policy
was established in 2010 with Article 1 of the Presidential Decree 11/2010 (16.02.10 Α’15). Following a series of administrative changes, the Secretariat was re-established in 2020 with the Presidential Decree 18/2020 (Α34).The General Secretariat participates in the planning and implementation of national and European policies for migration, oversees international protection policies by examinin
asylum applications
and promotes th
social integration of third-country nationals in Greece
According to the Presidential Decree 106/2020, the Secretariat-General of Migration Policy oversees the Directorate-General of Migration Policy, th
Appeals Authority
Directorate–General for the Coordination and Management of Migration and Home Affairs Funds and th
Asylum Service

Secretariat-General for Reception of Asylum Seekers

The Secretariat-General for Reception of Asylum Seekers
was established by the first article of the Presidential Decree 18/2020 (Government Gazette 34/Issue Α’/19-02-2020). The Reception and Identification Service (previously named First Reception Service according to Law 3907/2011) was established with Law Ν.4375/2016 (Government Gazette 51/Issue Α’/ 03-04-2016) and operates under the Secretariat-General for Reception of

Asylum Seekers An asylum seeker is a person who leaves their country of residence, enters another country, and makes in that other country a formal application for the right of asylum according to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Article 14. A pers ...

The Reception and Identification Service
is responsible for the reception and identification procedures for third-country nationals who enter Greece without the lawful requirements.

Secretariat-General for Vulnerable Individuals & Institutional Protection

The Secretariat Special for the Protection of Unaccompanied Minors was established in paragraph 3 of the first article of the Presidential Decree 18/2020. It operates according to Articles 35 and 42 of Law 4622/2019 and reports to the Deputy Minister for Migration and Asylum. Its mission was to plan, implement and supervise the National Strategy in Greece for the protection of unaccompanied minors. On June 27, 2023, with Presidential Decree 77/2023, th
Secretariat-General for Vulnerable Individuals & Institutional Protection
was established, which took on all the responsibilities of the Secretariat Special for the Protection of Unaccompanied Minors.

Ministers

Ministers for Migration Policy (2016–2019)

Ministers for Migration and Asylum (2020–present)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ministry of Migration and Asylum Migration & Asylum Migration & Asylum Government of Greece Greece, Migration & Asylum