Government announces measures on migration

The creation of a refugees flow coordination management center, actions for the improvement of the conditions in the existing reception centers as well as the speeding up of the identification procedures of those migrants entitled to international protection that arrive in Greece are among the measures the Greek government will implement immediately in order to confront the refugees issue.

Moreover, the procedures for direct development of the existing European programmes for solidarity along with community funds are activated and the absorption of the available resources from the recovery and support programmes of the islands’ economy will be accelerated with aim the relief of the Aegean islands’ societies.