Migration and Asylum Minister Notis Mitarachi on Sunday met with representatives of the local authorities during his visit to the island of Kos, ANA reports.
After the end of his visit, Mitarachi stated “Today, we had a migrant boat arrival from Turkey and asked for the implementation, for the first time, of the new legislation. The migrants/refugees will stay on the island for 25 days. Additionally, I asked from the asylum service to act rapidly and according to the new procedures to separate those people entitled to asylum while the others will be sent, as soon as possible, back to Turkey. Our country is implementing a balanced migration policy and respects its international obligations but we also have national rules and those migrants or refugees not entitled to asylum will be sent back to Turkey. We believe that this will play a key role in the reduction of the flows”.
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