🔴 Two immigrant smugglers arrested in Lebanon had links to Greece
>https://archive.is/tg2W1

🔸 The men were of Syrian origin and were part of a smuggling organization that transported Syrians, Lebanese, Egyptians, 'Palestinians', Africans and others from Libya to Europe by boat

‼️ One of them worked with two others, one currently in Libya and another man in Greece which was one of their destinations

‼️ The men confessed to charging 3.500 U.S Dollars per person from Libya to Italy or Greece

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Italian NGO Mare Jonio receives a bribe of €125,000 to dump illegal immigrants in Italy. In the interceptions of the judiciary, the captain of the NGO, Luca Casarini "We earned €125,000 for 27 immigrants! We made a splash, let's open the champagne!" In practice they received a transfer of €125,000 from a Danish oil tanker to unload the illegal immigrants in Italy. The captain, Luca Casarini, is a multiple criminal awarded by Pope Francis for the "saving" of immigrants.

🔴 Asylum applications had a dramatic rise in the first three quarters of 2023, the highest since 2016
>https://archive.is/udFyn

🔸 According with Die Welt, from January to October 2023, over 801,459 asylum applications were filed in the EU with a dramatic increase if compared to 2022 (they did not specify by how much)

‼️ According with the report the countries that had the largest increase in applications were:
🔺🇱🇻 Latvia (+168%)
🔺🇪🇪 Estonia (+119%)
🔺🇩🇪 Germany (+74%)

✅ The countries that registered a decreasing number of applications were:
🔻🇩🇰 Denmark (–56%)
🔻🇲🇹 Malta (–54%)
🔻🇨🇾 Cyprus (–52%)
🔻🇦🇹 Austria (–41%)

🏆🇭🇺 Hungary according with the report is the country that received the least applications (26)

‼️ It is important to note that Latvia and Estonia might have received the most applications due to Belarus facilitating the entry of immigrants into their territory

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🔴 The immigration increase to Greece in September 2023 is 443% compared to 2022
>https://archive.is/KG0EU

🔸 According with data released by the Greek Ministry of Immigration and Asylum, the increase in immigration for the first 9 months of 2023 is of 170% compared to the same period of 2022

‼️ September alone saw an increase of 443% compared to September 2022

🔸 The report also notes the increase of 111% in Asylum applications and an increase of 66% of immigrants living in immigrant camps in Greece which went from 18,438 to 30,535. The camps in Greek islands saw an increase of 294% of immigrants in its camps

‼️ From 1/1/2023 to 30/9/2023 a total of 35,735 asylum requests were filed. Of these, 23% concern minors, 60% are aged between 18-34 and 17% between 35-64

‼️ 86% of the 53,033 requests (made between Sep 2022 – Sep 2023) are initial and 14% are second attempts. Of these, only 2,810 were submitted by 'unaccompanied minors' (5.3%)

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🔴 A gang was arrested in the Greek island of Samos for providing fake documents to immigrants
>https://archive.is/HPZjO

🔸 The gang was composed of 5 people of foreign nationality (not specified) who provided fake documents to immigrants entering the island illegally, using the documents provided, the illegal immigrants would be able to travel to mainland Greece or even other European countries

🔸 The gang first bought real passports and other documents from Attica and altered them or used them to make fake ones

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🔴 EUROPOL arrested 11 people smuggling immigrants from Greece to Northern Europe by plane
>https://archive.is/w4sRg

🔸 The smugglers were based in different countries, 8 in Belgium, 2 in Greece and 1 in Sweden and had 16 'travel agencies' as fronts for the smuggling operation, 12 in Belgium and 4 in Greece

🔸 Authorities seized phones, laptops and digital evidence, two boxes of fake passports and nearly €200,000 in cash.

‼️Illegal immigrants paid at least 5,000 – 6,000 euros to reach Norway from Greece

‼️ The gang was comprised mostly of Egyptians and Syrians, the smuggling route was from Greece to Belgium and from Belgium directly to Norway or Sweden, where they would then move to Norway. They use the 'Hawala' system to transfer the money and thus evade many banking controls

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🔴 Two people arrested in Rhodes after yet another attempt by illegal immigrants to block passenger ships
>https://archive.is/J7YEf

🔸 For what seems to be the third time, hundreds of illegal immigrants went to the port of Rhodes and blocked a passenger ship from leaving, delaying the departure for 50 minutes

‼️ Two immigrants were arrested for further inciting the group to keep the blockade

🔸 This is not the first time illegal immigrants did this demanding to be transferred to mainland Greece instead of immigrant camps in Rhodes, the absolute failure of the government in preventing that hundreds of immigrants reach the port time after time is something strange

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🔴 Erdogan goes in another rant against the Western World, claiming the west has a crusader mindset that wants to confine and damage Turkey and the islamic world, but that Turkey will not let that happen

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🔴 Immigrant smugglers advertise that they use yachts to smuggle immigrants to Europe

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🔴 Sweden is looking into revoking citizenships of immigrants
>https://archive.is/uJj9u

🔸 In a surprising move, Swedish SD spokesman said that the government will look into ways to revoke residency permits of immigrants who do not live an 'honest life'

‼️ Some examples would be immigrants liked to Welfare Fraud, Debt, Drug Addiction, Obtaining income from illegal activities and being liked to extremist organizations that threaten Swedish Values

👉 "A basic principle of Swedish immigration law is that only Swedish citizens have the inalienable right to reside in Sweden"

⚠️ Justice Minister Gunnar Strömer stated that he requested a report on revocation of citizenships especially in cases of serious crimes, terrorism or if the immigrant lied when applying for citizenship

👉 In some cases revoking citizenship would make some people stateless. "Personally, I have no objection. But that will be looked at and we will see what the conclusion will be"

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These statements and possibly future actions might set important precedents on how to deal with illegal immigrants and 'asylees', something that has been called for a long time using mechanisms that are already recognized in most countries once naturalized citizens may lose their citizenship and residency permits are even easier to revoke

Nevertheless, actions have more value than words, Sweden is still to take strong action against immigrant gangs or even immigration as a whole

Hopefully with the implementation of such ideas, this would validate and attract the attention of other European countries to the point where this would finally become common practice

🔴 Immigrants turn camp in the Greek island of Kos into a battlefield
>https://archive.is/XYSnt

🔸 Three palestinians aged 24, 22 and 22 and an 18-year-old Egyptian have been arrested

🔸 Several immigrants damaged the doors and beds of almost every room in their wing, they also emptied the fire extinguishers all over the building. When staff tried to intervene they were attacked with bottles and other objects including fruits. The immigrants then tried to breach the metal fence to flee but failed

🔸 There was no apparent reason for the incident, the four arrested were the ones who managed to climb the fence and flee before the authorities arrived

‼️ The reason is clear and happens regularly, immigrants willingly damage their own camps so that the government is forced to transfer them elsewhere, it was the case for every riot and every fire in every camp in Greek islands and even in Thrace where immigrants attempt to be moved closer or in big cities

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🔴 🌚 New legislation will grant legal status to illegal immigrants after 3 years of staying in Greece

A new type of residence permit for migrants is created by Article 4 of the amendment submitted today to the Ministry of Labour and Social Security's insurance bill. The amendment was submitted by the Ministry of Migration and Asylum and concerns third-country migrants living in Greece.

According to information from parapolitika.gr, this amendment provides that third-country migrants who have been residing in Greece without a permit until November 30, 2023, for three years, now have the right to be granted a legal residence permit by the Secretariat of the Decentralized Administration.

It is noted that until now illegal migrants, i.e. those who had not applied for asylum or had been rejected, could under very strict conditions apply for a residence permit, and in particular only if they had completed 7 years of continuous presence in the country.
Now, article 4 simplifies the requirements and those who have entered illegally until 30.11.23 and have stayed 3 instead of 7 years in the country, can acquire a special residence permit for themselves and their families. So the requirements are reduced by 4 years.

This development seems to be linked to the fact that there is pressure for labour, especially for agricultural workers, with the government coming to intervene catalytically in this matter. It is estimated that around 28,000 workers are affected by this measure.

Source: Parapolitika (in Greek)

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