The number of asylum seekers in the northeastern Aegean islands dropped by 67 percent and the number of pending issues in the Asylum Service by 59 percent but at the same time, the migration flow increased by 53 percent and the requests for asylum by 12 percent in June 2022, according to the Migration and Asylum Ministry’s monthly data, ANA reports.
The largest drop in the number of asylum seekers hosted in the islands’ structures was recorded on Lesvos (74 percent) followed by Chios (68 percent) and Samos (64 percent).
The total number of people hosted in structures throughout Greece was reduced by 58 percent in June in comparison with the same month in 2021.
A total of 818 people left Greece in June 2022 with destination other European countries or for relocation or third countries via the voluntary return and or deportation mechanisms. The departures in the first six months of 2022 reached 4,183.
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