{"id":5208,"date":"2026-05-12T20:55:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T17:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=5208"},"modified":"2026-05-12T20:55:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T17:55:00","slug":"thanos-plevris-in-brussels-full-implementation-of-the-new-pact-on-immigration-and-asylum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=5208","title":{"rendered":"Thanos Plevris in Brussels: Full implementation of the New Pact on Immigration and Asylum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-path-to-node=\"1\">The Greek <b>minister<\/b> and the <b>European<\/b> commissioner focused on the <b>implementation of the new rules customs<\/b> and strengthening the <b>security<\/b> of the <b>European border<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>With a key focus on the implementation of the <b>New Pact on Migration and Asylum<\/b>, the <b>Minister for Migration and Asylum<\/b>, <b>meeting<\/b> of <b>Minister for Migration and Asylum<\/b>,<strong> Thanos Plevris <\/strong>with the European Commissioner for Home Affairs and Migration, <strong>Magnus Brunner, took place today in <b>Brussels<\/b>. <\/strong>The meeting focused on <b>immigration developments<\/b> and the protection of European borders.<\/p>\n<p>The minister presented Greece&#8217;s <b>readiness for the full implementation of the new European framework<\/b>, stressing that the <b>necessary operational and administrative adjustments<\/b> are underway to ensure its effective implementation.<\/p>\n<p>Special reference was made to the situation in the <b>Eastern Aegean<\/b>, where, according to the data presented, there is a <b>reduction of illegal migration flows by about 70%<\/b>. As noted, this development is attributed to <b>increased border security<\/b>, as well as cooperation with the Turkish authorities and Frontex.<\/p>\n<p>The discussion also focused on the situation in <b>Libya<\/b>, with the two sides examining the possibility of <b>increased migratory pressure on Crete<\/b> and <b>measures needed to deal with possible new flows<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>The minister and the European Commissioner, according to a ministry statement, <b>agreed on the need for full implementation of the New Pact on Migration and Asylum<\/b>, with particular emphasis on strengthening returns and effective protection of European borders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Greek minister and the European Commissioner focused on the implementation of the new asylum rules and the enhancement of the security of European &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5209,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5208"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5208\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}