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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.
Since the early 1990s, many illegal immigrants have come to Greece from Eastern European and Southeast European countries, Africa and South Asia. The Greek Police dismantled several mafia organizations and arrested members of the 17 November terrorist group [ 1 ] [ 2 ] They organized security for the 2004 Olympic Games in 2016. [ 3 ]
By 2012, it was estimated that more than 1 million illegal immigrants entered Greece. [127] [128] The evidence now indicates that nearly all illegal immigration to the European Union flows through the country's porous borders. In 2010, 90 percent of all apprehensions for unauthorized entry into the European Union took place in Greece, compared ...
Greece says it needs to protect its borders, which are also those of the European Union, from mass illegal immigration. In March 2020, Turkey opened its borders into the EU and actively encouraged ...
Authorities in southern Greece have rescued 81 people stranded on a ship south of the mainland, on a route frequently used to take migrants illegally to Italy, local officials said Friday.
Eastern Mediterranean, showing Adriana ' s route and Kalamata, Messenia, where survivors were taken. The Italy-bound "rusted, aging", overloaded migrant boat was a fishing trawler, [8] named Adriana, [a] [41] that was estimated to be around 20 to 30 metres (66 to 98 ft) long. [42]
Pushbacks and arrivals on Greece's Aegean border during 2020 according to Mare Liberum e.V. Pushbacks on Greece's Aegean border from March 2020 to August 2021 according to Mare Liberum. According to the Turkish interior ministry, Greece illegally deported 58,283 migrants to Turkey in the 12 months before 1 November 2018, but Greece disputes this.
The December 2012 Lesbos, Greece migrant boat disaster occurred in the early hours of December 14, 2012, off Greek island Lesbos in the northeastern Aegean Sea when a boat carrying illegal immigrants, which set sail from Turkey, sank. At least 18 people died by the incident, eight were missing and one man was rescued by the Greek harbor police.