2024-06-19 06:33:32
The very best migration flows from the Ebro aspect and the islands, since 2019, occurred within the first quarter of 2024
Immigrant flows present a major enhance in 2024, primarily from the Evros aspect but additionally to the Greek islands already within the first months of the 12 months. In accordance with the comparability of the information of the Ministry of Immigration and Asylum, the primary quarter of 2024 noticed the best immigration flows since 2019.
Direct communication and session between the officers of the Greek and Turkish Coast Guards for the management of flows.
It’s attribute that the immigration flows from Evros have elevated within the final time period, as might be seen from the asylum functions filed on the Submit Workplace. Particularly, 585 functions have been submitted in April. On the identical time, migrants by sea arrive in small boats and attempt to attain totally different components of the nation such because the coasts of Crete, Gavdos and Laconia. The mayor of Gavdos, Manolia Afentakis, explains that in June, two boats arrived on the island with 19 and 43 folks on board, respectively. He factors out, nonetheless, that their transport is organized instantly, inside two days on the most, so there isn’t any downside in vacationer visitors.
Within the first 4 months of 2019 (January – April) roughly 11,000 immigrants had arrived in Greece. Throughout the identical interval in 2020, arrivals declined, with round 9,000 migrants coming into the nation. In 2021 and 2022 the variety of arrivals decreased drastically: In 2021 from January to April simply over 2,000 arrived and round 3,500 in 2022. And final 12 months, within the first 4 months 4,660 immigrants entered the nation. However in 2024, from the start of the 12 months to April, the variety of arrivals had already reached 11,835, marking a rise of 154% in comparison with the identical interval in 2023.
A rise in arrivals can be famous within the islands within the month of Might since in 2023 1,592 folks had arrived, whereas in 2024 4,115 migrants arrived by boat. And in June till yesterday 1,477 migrants had tried to achieve the Greek shores and have been rounded up by males of the Greek coast guard. Already these residing in constructions each on the islands and in mainland Greece in April 2024 had virtually doubled in comparison with the identical month in 2023.
Nevertheless, concerning the cooperation with the competent authorities of Turkey for the management of migration flows, sources of the Coast Guard state that there’s nonetheless session and direct communication between the officers of the Coast Guard of the 2 international locations. It’s famous that in January 2024 a gathering was held between the Minister of Delivery Christos Stylianidis, who was accompanied by the pinnacle of the Coast Guard, together with his Turkish counterpart in Ankara, throughout which it was agreed – amongst different issues – to reactivate the channel of communication between the Greek and Turkish coast guards with the primary goal of exchanging data.
Nevertheless, the assembly between the regional commanders and harbor masters of the Greek and Turkish coast guards, which, as had been introduced, was anticipated to happen in Chios, is pending. The aim of the assembly can be to outline the small print for the cooperation of the 2 sides on the native stage between port authorities and regional commanders, with the goal of additional bettering the state of affairs in relation to the migratory flows within the Japanese Aegean. In accordance with the most recent data, an try is being made to carry the assembly in July.
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Tanya Georgiopoulou