The Minister for Immigration and Asylum, Notis Mitarakis, said about migration that today Samos "calms down".
He leaves behind the embarrassing scenes in "Vathi" during the opening ceremony of the new Closed Controlled Structure and reminded that on his first visit to the island as head of the portfolio of immigration policy "7,5 thousand immigrants were" stacked "in" Vathi ". "As of Monday, the remaining 550 or so will be transferred here. In the new controlled Structure ", he announced.
He also pointed out that today's ceremony "does not simply mark the abolition of the KYT in Vathi, but a whole new period, which has as its main feature the continuous and drastic reduction - in practice - of the impact of Immigration in local communities."
"We are doing what we have committed to island societies. We have created a modern and safe structure for residents, employees and residents, away from the urban fabric "he explained, while emphasizing that the new structure" will offer back the lost dignity to people seeking international protection, but also the necessary conditions of guarding and restraint for illegal immigrants to be returned ".
The minister Notis Mitarakis described the new structure as "a forerunner of the strict but fair immigration policy that we have been implementing since the beginning".
"We have now clearly regained control, after a difficult period. Period that started in 2015. Period that Europe does not want to live again "underlined the Minister of Immigration and announced that" in a few days we will close the old structure in Vathi, handing over the area to the Municipality and the residents and paving the way for its utilization , changes page ".
In addition, Mr. Mitarakis He stressed that the same model of structures will be expanded, noting that "in a few months Kos, Leros will follow and a little later, in 2022, Chios and Lesvos".
"The completion of the national reception system is another proof that the status of the Immigrant has changed drastically in the past year."
"In the period 2015-2019, our islands alone lifted the weight of the Immigrant, with the anarchic structures that existed in them being turned into monuments of analgesia and hotbeds of international criticism against our country" described Mr. Mitarakis, committing that "in them the "black" spots for the history and the tourist product of our islands, we put a final end ".
"From Samos we send the message to all the islands. Images like Moria and Vathios belong to the past. "Today is the picture of this new structure", the Minister explained, adding that "the structures at the entry points of the country are not built for the permanent residence of refugees and immigrants. They are made to serve in a way that suits our country, its history and European values our needs, in migration».
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