Greece says it won't accept refugee returns from Germany

The future Chancellor Friedrich Merz wants to achieve more deportations. However, in the case of Greece there is opposition.

Greece says it won't accept refugee returns from Germany

Athens says it won't accept Germany's plan to return refugees who first applied for asylum in Greece. The migration minister says the country administers a disproportionate number of displaced people within the EU.

For the CDU it is a "game-changer": The Federal Administrative Court recently declared deportations of migrants to Greece right. But the government in Athens is against it - and sets conditions.

The Greek government has said it will not take back asylum seekers who first applied for asylum in Greece and then applied again in Germany. Immigration Minister Makis Voridis said Greece would not take back the returnees until “there is a fair burden-sharing within the European Union.” The German Federal Administrative Court ruled just two weeks ago that it was permissible to deport single, healthy and work-ready asylum seekers to Greece. The L…

Athens rejects return of refugees from Germany

The Greek government has made it clear that it does not want to take back refugees who initially applied for asylum in Greece and subsequently submitted another application in Germany, reported dpa. Migration Minister Makis Voridis told news channel Skai that such a return is out of the question under the current circumstances. "As long as there is no fair distribution of burdens within the European Union, Greece will not accept any returns," s…

The Greek Minister of Immigration and Asylum, Makis Voridis, said that Athens does not support Germany's plan to return the refugees who initially requested asylum in Greece.