US EditionGreece seeks to toughen punishment for migrant smuggling
The bill introduces life sentences for smugglers and penalizes migrant assistance while promoting legal migration with new visas and labour integration measures.
- On Jan 24, Greece's migration ministry submitted a bill to Greek parliament to toughen penalties for migrant trafficking, including sentences up to life imprisonment for smugglers, with examination set for next week.
- Migration ministry frames the bill as both punitive and facilitative in migration management, criminalising assistance to irregular migrants including from migrants with regular status and promoting eased hiring, a high-tech visa, student residence permits, and vocational training programmes.
- Civil‑society groups, including 56 NGOs such as Doctors of the World and Doctors Without Borders, urged withdrawal of reclassification articles, while aid worker Sarah Mardini was acquitted on Lesbos after facing charges with up to 20 years.
- If passed, the law allows immediate enforcement measures such as direct expulsion for migrants convicted of offences and prison sentences for prosecuted NGO members.
- Greece's 2015 role as a primary entry point for Syrian refugees shapes debates, while Migration Minister Thanos Plevris, a former member of a far‑right party, faces opposition from 56 NGOs.
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The Greek Ministry of Migration announced Saturday that it had introduced a bill by which "the sanctions against the illegal traffic of migrants would be lifted at all levels," AFP, according to Agerpres. The project...
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AlKhaleej TodayGreece submits bill to toughen migrant trafficking penalties, including life sentences
ATHENS, Jan 24 — Greece’s migration ministry today said it had submitted a new bill to parliament aimed at toughening penalties for migrant trafficking, including life sentences.Greece was the main entry point into Europe for Syrian refugees at the height of Europe’s migration crisis in 2015.There are several legal proceedings underway against aid workers and migrants accused of being people smugglers.“Penalties for the illegal trafficking of mi…
Next week, the discussion in the competent committees, the main regulations - With this specific draft law, Greece is drawing up a coherent and comprehensive immigration policy
The Greek Ministry of Migration announced Saturday that he had sent a new bill to Parliament from Athens to end the sentences for illegal trafficking in migrants.
Greece changes the macaroni in migration policy. And it makes it hard. The government of Athens launched a radical bill: life imprisonment for migrant trafficking. For those convicted of other offences, the solution is simple: immediate expulsion, according to HotNews. Saturday's announcement opened the instant spirits, according to AFP. But the law goes further [...]
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