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Greece blocks asylum claims for migrants on island of Crete after a surge in arrivals from Libya

GREECE, JUL 9 – The suspension follows a surge of over 2,000 migrant arrivals on Crete since the weekend, with plans for detention centers and cooperation with Libya's coast guard announced by the Prime Minister.

  • Greece's government announced a temporary suspension of asylum applications for migrants arriving on Crete due to a surge in numbers from Libya, as stated by the government.
  • Over 2,000 migrants have landed on Crete recently, bringing total arrivals this year to over 10,000, according to coast guard figures.
  • Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis mentioned plans to build a detention site on Crete and to collaborate with Libya's coast guard to prevent departures.
  • Mitsotakis emphasized that the route to Greece is closing and stated that migrants entering illegally will be detained.
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Greece is reeling under a flood of migrants, and Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced on Wednesday that the country would suspend processing asylum applications from migrants for three months.

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The closed structure in Crete announced by Mitsotakis is probably in Kastelli - The dispatch of more frigates to the Libyan Sea is not ruled out - Plan B if the "message"... is slow to reach Benghazi

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Greece has announced the forthcoming suspension, for three months, of all asylum procedures for migrants arriving by boat from North Africa. This Athens decision comes in a context of increasing migratory flows from Libya.

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milletnews.com broke the news in on Wednesday, July 9, 2025.
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