Greece suspends asylum claims for migrants arriving by sea from North Africa, PM Mitsotakis says

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00:00The recent surge in illegal migration to the island of Crete has led the Greek government

00:08to take stricter measures to tackle the problem.

00:13On Wednesday, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced after a meeting with

00:18Minister of Migration Policy Thanos Plevres a series of emergency measures to deal with the crisis.

00:24The Greek government will temporarily suspend the processing of asylum applications

00:29for migrants arriving from Africa, initially for three months.

00:45The second decision is to establish one or possibly two permanent closed detention centers

00:50for migrants on the island of Crete.

00:55Mitsotakis also said the government's discussions with Libya are ongoing.

00:59He also warned that the Greek armed forces are willing to cooperate with Libyan authorities

01:05in order to prevent boats from leaving from Libya.

01:08The Greek government will send a statement of certainty that the agreement will close to Greece

01:17and will say that the government will reach the globaliers of Crete...

01:22and to all of their financial customers, that the money that they are burdened

01:34must be completely lost, because it will be much harder than what it was until today

01:42to be able to get to Greece due to the border.

01:47The Greek Premier's remarks were made after more than 2,000 migrants landed on Crete since the weekend.

01:55The Mediterranean country has seen a spike in illegal migration recently,

01:59with more than 60,000 believed to have arrived last year, a 25% increase from 2023 figures.

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