Building closed hotspots on islets “is not a government plan,” Alternate Migration and Asylum Minister Giorgos Koumoutsakos said on Saturday in a TV interview, according to ANA.
As he explained, there were some suggestions from local authorities on Lesvos island, where the largest hotspot in Greece (Moria), “to use an island nearby. But this requires large infrastructure from the very start, a foundation-level construction of the center, and will take a great amount of time. This can’t happen while we are under pressure.”
Asked to comment about the EU’s proposed budget for the migration issue – which is part of member state negotiations talks for the new 2021-2027 EU budget under discussion – he noted Greece “will wait to see the final negotiation, but what appears to be happening is that instead of the initially proposed budget of 31 billion euros, we shall get to 21 billion euros, which, still, is a much higher amount than the last budget” earmarked for the issue.
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