In a stunning rebuke to Brussels and open-border advocates across the continent, Greece has declared the mass illegal migration crisis over—at least on its soil.
With overwhelming public support, the Greek government has passed one of the toughest immigration crackdowns in the European Union’s history. Led by newly appointed Immigration Minister Thanos Plevris, Greece has suspended asylum applications from North African countries, begun mass detentions, and vowed swift deportations of illegal migrants—many of them young Muslim men arriving from Libya, Egypt, Pakistan, and Bangladesh.
“We are not a taxi service. We are not a hotel. The invasion of Europe ends here,” Plevris announced. “We will protect our homeland.”Within hours of the bill’s signing, Greek Navy ships intercepted multiple migrant boats off the coast of Crete. New arrivals were immediately bussed to detention centers. Greece is no longer handing out refugee benefits—it’s handing out prison sentences.
Despite being a member of both the European Union and a signatory to the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), Greece is unapologetically enforcing border sovereignty. At the same time, other nations remain paralyzed by bureaucracy and political correctness.
Since the 2015 migrant wave triggered by Angela Merkel’s open-door policy, Greece has been the EU’s frontline. More than 1.3 million illegal migrantshave entered a country of just 11 million people, overwhelming infrastructure, police forces, and the economy—already ravaged by a decade of debt and austerity.
Today, over 224,000 are officially registered as asylum seekers or refugees in Greece. The real number is likely far higher, as many migrants avoid registration to pursue asylum elsewhere in Europe.
Tourism, Greece’s economic lifeline, has also suffered a significant setback. Reports of migrant boats landing on family-friendly beaches, accompanied by rising crime in tourist hotspots, have stirred public outrage.
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