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The Ministry of Migration and Asylum is the official government body that oversees migration and asylum policy issues in Greece. [1] It also contributes and implements European policies on Migration. [2] It collaborates with the European Union Agency for Asylum, [3] the International Organization for Migration and the United Nations.
For the first half of the twentieth century, immigration mostly flowed outwards from Greece. At the turn of the century, the majority of Greek immigrants migrated to the United States; from the 1950s to the 1970s, migration flowed towards other European countries, mainly the Federal Republic of Germany, where there was a labor shortage in the rebuilding process after the second world war.
Website gov.gr The Government of Greece ( Greek : Κυβέρνηση της Ελλάδας ), officially the Government of the Hellenic Republic ( Κυβέρνηση της Ελληνικής Δημοκρατίας ) is the collective body of the greek state responsible to define and direct the general policy of the country. [ 1 ]
The Ministry of the Interior (Greek: Υπουργείο Εσωτερικών) is a government department of Greece.On 15 September 1995, it was merged with the Ministry of the Prime Minister's Office (Υπουργείο Προεδρίας της Κυβέρνησης) to form the Ministry of the Interior, Public Administration and Decentralization (Υπουργείο Εσωτερικών ...
An ethnic Greek born outside of Greece may acquire Greek citizenship by naturalization if they fail to qualify for simple registration as the child of a Greek citizen. (This provision excludes Greek Cypriots , who may seek Cypriot citizenship instead.) [ citation needed ] The applicant must prove that at least one parent or grandparent was born ...
The Greek diaspora, also known as Omogenia (Greek: Ομογένεια, romanized: Omogéneia), [1] [2] are the communities of Greeks living outside of Greece and Cyprus.. Such places historically (dating to the ancient period) include, Albania, North Macedonia, southern Russia, Ukraine, Asia Minor and Pontus (in today's Turkey), Georgia, Egypt, Sudan, southern Italy (the so-called "Magna ...
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Greece has problems with illegal immigration, especially from or via Turkey. Greek authorities believe that 90% of illegal immigrants in the EU enter through Greece, many fleeing because of unrest and poverty in the Middle East and Africa. [4] [5]