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Formed | 15 January 2020 |
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Type | Ministry |
Headquarters | Agios Ioannis Rentis, Attica, Greece |
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Deputy Minister responsible | |
Website | migration |
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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. 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.
Since 30 June 2025, the incumbent minister is Thanos Plevris. Since 15 March 2025, the deputy minister, responsible for issues of social integration, is Sevi Voloudaki .
The General Secretariat of Migration Policy was established in 2010 with Article 1 of the Presidential Decree 11/2010 (16.02.10 Α’15). Following a series of administrative changes, the Secretariat was re-established in 2020 with the Presidential Decree 18/2020 (Α34).The General Secretariat participates in the planning and implementation of national and European policies for migration, [7] oversees international protection policies [8] by examining asylum applications, and promotes the social integration of third-country nationals in Greece. According to the Presidential Decree 106/2020, the Secretariat-General of Migration Policy oversees the Directorate-General of Migration Policy, the Appeals Authority, Directorate–General for the Coordination and Management of Migration and Home Affairs Funds [4] and the Asylum Service
The Secretariat-General for Reception of Asylum Seekers was established by the first article of the Presidential Decree 18/2020 (Government Gazette 34/Issue Α’/19-02-2020). The Reception and Identification Service (previously named First Reception Service according to Law 3907/2011) was established with Law Ν.4375/2016 (Government Gazette 51/Issue Α’/ 03-04-2016) and operates under the Secretariat-General for Reception of Asylum Seekers. The Reception and Identification Service is responsible for the reception and identification procedures for third-country nationals [9] who enter Greece without the lawful requirements.
The Secretariat Special for the Protection of Unaccompanied Minors was established in paragraph 3 of the first article of the Presidential Decree 18/2020. It operates according to Articles 35 and 42 of Law 4622/2019 and reports to the Deputy Minister for Migration and Asylum. Its mission was to plan, implement and supervise the National Strategy in Greece for the protection of unaccompanied minors. On June 27, 2023, with Presidential Decree 77/2023, the Secretariat-General for Vulnerable Individuals & Institutional Protection was established, which took on all the responsibilities of the Secretariat Special for the Protection of Unaccompanied Minors.
Name | Took office | Left office | Party | Notes |
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Giannis Mouzalas | 5 November 2016 | 28 February 2018 | Syriza | Second cabinet of Alexis Tsipras |
Dimitris Vitsas | 28 February 2018 | 9 July 2019 |
Name | Took office | Left office | Party | Notes |
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Notis Mitarachi | 15 January 2020 | 26 May 2023 | New Democracy | First cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis |
Daniel Esdras | 26 May 2023 | 27 June 2023 | Independent | Caretaker Cabinet of Ioannis Sarmas |
Dimitris Kairidis | 27 June 2023 | 14 June 2024 | New Democracy | Second cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis |
Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos | 14 June 2024 | 15 March 2025 | ||
Makis Voridis | 15 March 2025 | 27 June 2025 | ||
Thanos Plevris | 30 June 2025 | Incumbent |