Ministry of Migration and Asylum

Ministry of Migration and Asylum
Agency overview
FormedJanuary 2020
Preceding agency
  • Ministry of Migration Policy
TypeMinistry
HeadquartersAgios Ioannis Rentis, Attica, Greece
Minister responsible
Deputy Minister responsible
Websitemigration.gov.gr

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. It receives funding from the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund,[4] the Internal Security Fund[5] and the European Recovery and Resilience Fund.[6] The Ministry of Migration and Asylum was established on 15 January 2020. The Ministry of Migration Policy, established on 5 November 2016, was abolished on 8 July 2019.

Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos is the current Minister for Migration and Asylum and Sofia Voultepsi is the Deputy Minister, responsible for issues of social integration.[7]

  1. ^ "International Protection and Migration Statistics-Reports". migration.gov.gr. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  2. ^ "New Pact on Migration". European Commission. European Commission. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  3. ^ "Annual Report on the Situation of Asylum in the European Union -2022". EUAA. European Union Agency for Asylum. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (2021-2027) was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "Internal Security Fund (2021-2027)". European Commission. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  6. ^ "Recovery and Resilience Fund Greece2.0". Greece 2.0 Recovery and Resilience Fund. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  7. ^ Blau, Peter, M. (1960). "A theory of Social Integration". American Journal of Social Integration. 65 (6): 545–556.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)