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Send rejected asylum-seekers out of EU ASAP, urges Greek minister

Summary by Politico Europe
A pilot project to send migrants who have been denied the right to stay in the EU to designated ‘return’ countries will be in place by early next year, Greece’s migration minister told POLITICO.

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The Minister of Migration of Greece, Tanos Plevris, stated that the five EU countries intended to begin sending rejected asylum-seekers to third countries, such as Rwanda, starting next year. The group of European States, including Denmark, Austria, Greece, Germany and the Netherlands, planned to launch a pilot project by the first half of 2027 to send rejected asylum-seekers to countries outside the EU, wrote Politicalo. According to Plevris, b…

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The project should be fully operational by the second half of the year, the Minister of Immigration notes in his interview.

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While the European Union punishes exponents of the Rwandan military and economic apparatus for their role in the war in Congo and the illicit trade in its resources, some of its governments could soon pay Kigali to deal with the migrants that Europe wants to expel. It is the paradox that accompanies the announcement of the Greek Minister of Immigration Thanos Plevris: Greece, Denmark, Austria, Germany and the Netherlands have already chosen the …

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The plan for setting up a mechanism for returning migrants to third countries outside the European Union was outlined by Minister of Immigration and Asylum Thanos Plevris, speaking to Politico, with a view to launching a pilot program within the first half of 2027. The minister said that the five countries of the Core Group, namely Denmark, Austria, the [...] The post Plevris in Politico: By 2027 the first migrant return hub to a third country —…

Greece has been repeatedly accused of violating EU regulations due to allegations of illegal pushbacks of migrants. “Greece protects its borders in accordance with international law and states frankly that it will not apologize to anyone for protecting its borders,” the minister clarified. Greece is at the forefront of a group of five EU countries pushing for migrants whose asylum applications have been rejected to be sent to countries such as R…

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Politico Europe broke the news in Brussels, Belgium on Tuesday, September 29, 2026.
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