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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🎄Merry Christmas 🎄

/GBG/ wishes all its readers Merry Christmas and a happy new year

This year has been rather quiet although that does not mean things are improving or that they are not changing, we have been covering news and debunking propagands since the Evros Crisis of 2020 and hope to continue doing so in the future as well

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🔴 Turkish lawyer involved with illegal sale of property in Occupied Cyprus arrested in Italy
>https://archive.is/oG1i3

🔸 A warrant was issued against the Turk, Hakan kurshat, by Cyprus in 2007 as the lawyer was connected to the illegal sale of properties in Occupied Cyprus to foreigners or Turkish occupiers. Other Turks were also involved and now avoid traveling to Europe so they wont get arrested

🔸 Hakan Kurshat was arrested in Rome on December 30 and is being held by the Italian police pending extradition to the Republic of Cyprus to face trial

🔸 "If Kurshat is not released or if the Italian authorities hand him over to the Greek Cypriot administration, the reputation of the tdvk (pseudocracy) will be damaged and unrest will be caused among the Turkish Cypriots . Furthermore, these arrests will continue" - said the president of the Nationalist Democratic Party of Occupied Cyprus while criticizing the government for not taking any actions after the arrest

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⚠️🚨 IMPORTANT 🚨⚠️

🔴 2023 saw a 50% increase in immigrant arrivals in Italy according with government data
>https://archive.is/EDFxO

‼️ According with the Italian government, in 2023, 155,754 illegal immigrants entered the country, the month with the most arrivals was August which registered 25,673 arrivals

🔸 In 2022 the total of arrivals was of 103,846 illegal immigrants

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‼️⚠️ IMPORTANT ⚠️‼️

🔴 The number of illegal immigrants that entered Europe in 2023 is the highest since 2016
>https://archive.is/b57qU

🔸 According with FRONTEX (not very trustworthy) the number of illegal immigrants entering the EU in 2023 rose 17% compared to 2022, the highest since 2016, the total was of about 380 000 illegal immigrants (detected), 41% of which entered Europe through the Central Mediterranean

🔸 The data released confirms a trend of steady growth over the past three years

‼️ Syria, Guinea and Afghanistan are the top three nationalities with the most illegal immigrants BUT only represent 30% of the arrivals

‼️ Only 10% are minors

‼️ Only another 10% are women

👉 Previous post: First three quarters of 2023 had the highest asylum applications since 2016 (801,459)
👉 Previous post: 2023 had an immigration increase of over 400% in Greece compared to 2022

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🔴 UN Organization launched campaign to receive 7.9 BILLION to 'protect illegal immigrants'
>https://archive.is/zAn1W

🔸 UN's International Organization for Migration (IOM) launched its first appeal to raise $7.9 billion to boost its efforts to protect illegal immigrants, limit the 'displacement of civilians' and 'expand legal migration routes'

🔸 "There is strong evidence that migration, when properly regulated, contributes greatly to global prosperity and progress [...] Above all (this money) will help expand IOM's development work, which will help it prevent further displacement" — Amy Pope, head of the IOM

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🇬🇷☦️❌🏳️‍🌈 Greek Church Condemns Bill to Legalise Same-Sex Marriage

The Holy Synod of the Church of Greece unanimously agreed at a meeting on Tuesday that it is “strongly opposed” to the Greek government’s promised bill on same-sex marriage and adoption.

“The initiators of the bill and those who agree with it are promoting the abolition of fatherhood and motherhood and their transformation into neutral parenthood, the disappearance of gender roles within the family and the placing of the sexual choices of homosexual adults above the interests of future children,” the Holy Synod said in a press release.

The conservative New Democracy government has promised to bring forward a bill allowing same-sex civil marriages, although it is still unclear when it will be tabled.
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis told the Greek public broadcaster ERT that the bill will also give same-sex couples the right to adopt, but not to have children through surrogacy.

🔗 https://balkaninsight.com/2024/01/23/greek-church-condemns-bill-to-legalise-same-sex-marriage/

🔴 Greek Ministry of Immigration calls for increased policing in immigrant camps
>https://archive.is/l9tM7

🔸 The Ministry wrote a letter calling for the increase of Policing in immigration camps due to juvenile delinquency surge among immigrants

‼️ Sadly most of the letter's proposal ask for half measures, most of them being 'more education', 'more professional supervision of minors' and many other "solutions" that have nothing to do with preventing or punishing wrongdoing

-/GBG/-
🟢 The current Greek Minister of Immigration and Asylum, Daniel Esdras, is the former head of the UN's IOM (International Organization of Migration) and ever since he was appointed as a minister, the reports and actions of the immigration ministry have become a lot more permissive and contribute more to increase immigration rather than to prevent it

👉 Previous post on who Daniel Esdras is
👉 Previous post on IOM asking for more money for more immigration programs

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⚠️‼️ IMPORTANT ‼️⚠️

🔴 What are Greek Farmers demanding
>https://archive.is/yruO0

🔺 Reduction of production costs with measures such as:

👉 Establishment of rural tax-free oil

👉 Ceiling of 7 cents/Kwh in the agro-livestock stream

👉 Subsidy of means, supplies and animal feed and abolition of VAT

👉 The New CAP should not be implemented and renegotiated

👉 Replenishment of lost income in crops that have a production loss that is not covered by ELGA as well as plant and animal products that were sold below production costs. Compensation from ELGA for all damages and diseases at 100% of the actual damage and not the insured value

👉 Measures to be taken and controls to be carried out by the Government to stop the "Hellenization" of plant, animal & beekeeping products

👉 Prices that cover production costs so that we have income for our livelihood and cultivation needs

👉 Infrastructure projects for the anti-flood shielding of the Country.

‼️ Other demands about floods HERE

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🔴 After a fight at an immigrant camp in Serres, immigrants threw rocks at the ambulance
>https://archive.is/wrOKL

🔸 Recently riots and fights have become very common in immigrant camps in Greece, this week started with yet another fight, two immigrants were injured

‼️ As soon as the ambulance arrived, it was attacked with rocks, damaging the vehicle and causing injury to the driver who was later also examined

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🟢 It's impressive how society tolerates the existence of these camps in Greece, from destruction of olive groves, destruction of virgin forests to build more camps, crime increase and endless violence both inside and outside the camps. All of it paid by honest citizens, allowing their taxpayer money to be wasted with people who hate Greece, Greeks and contribute nothing to this great country

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🔴 Gavdos, the Greek Lampedusa?
>https://archive.is/EDkD2

🔸 Gerd Heller from Deutsche Welle, points out that recent numbers show that the Greek island of Gavdos, south of Crete, has become popular among immigrant smugglers. The island is under the administration of Chania, a region of the island of Crete.

🔸 The number of illegal immigrants aiming for Crete has increased in the first weeks of 2024, out of those illegal immigrants, most of them arrived in Gavdos and were then transferred to Crete.

‼️ 612 illegal immigrants arrived in Gavdos within the first 7 weeks of the year

‼️ The island has a total native population of 120 residents

🔸 Crete/Gavdos is not only targeted by north african smugglers but it is also a place where smugglers from Turkey choose to go in case their journey from the Turkish coast towards Italy does not go as planned or simply as a way to save resources while delivering the immigrants to Europe

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🔴 EUROPOL took down a ring of smugglers operating from Germany, Belgium and France
>https://archive.is/DAFDl

🔸 The operation was named Task Force Wave, and had around 600 police officers in total working on it

🔸 The gang smuggled immigrants from continental Europe to the UK

‼️ 28 locations in Germany were raided and 12 boats
🔺179 life jackets and dozens of children's jackets seized
🔺 11 outboard motors
🔺 10 engines
🔺 almost 60 electronic devices
⚠️ Firearms were also seized

‼️ The leader of the Iraqi-Kurdish Gang along with five other high rank individuals have been arrested

🔸 A total of 19 people were arrested

🔸 The gang bought cheap inflatable boats from China and imported them to Germany in a complex operation, they transported the boats by car to Belgium where they would transport immigrants

‼️ The gang charged between €1000 and €3000 per person

🟢 /GBG/ - It's almost as if they want to show some work before the elections

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