The refugee and migration influx to Greece dropped 80 pct in 2020, according to the Migration & Asylum Ministry’s annual report, which will be made public in full on Tuesday, said minister Notis Mitarachi on Monday, ANA reports.
Explaining the figures further, the minister said the migration influx dropped 87 pct in the Greek islands and 62 pct in the Evros border region in northern Greece.
Nearly 106,000 asylum status decisions were issued in 2020, of which 33 pct concerning refugee status approvals; a total of 40,000 new applications were put through the system in 2020, although 25,000 of those were submitted in 2020 by refugees and migrants who had arrived in 2019, explained Mitarachi.
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