Migrants in Greece whose asylum claims are rejected will soon be required to wear ankle monitors as part of a government plan to speed up deportations. Migration Minister Thanos Plevris announced Monday that the measure will be implemented before the end of the year, along with reforms that would criminalize noncompliance with deportation orders. The proposal also includes mandatory jail terms for those who defy removal orders.
Greek authorities arrested 247 illegal migrants over the weekend following a decisive move by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s government to suspend all asylum requests from North African arrivals. The arrests were made in five separate incidents near the islands of Gavdos and Crete, where boats attempting to reach Greek soil from Libya were intercepted by the Hellenic Coast Guard, according to public broadcaster ERT.
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