Ministry of Migration and Asylum

The Ministry of Migration and Asylum is the official government body that oversees migration and asylum policy issues in Greece. It also contributes and implements European policies on Migration. It collaborates with the European Union Agency for Asylum, the International Organization for Migration and the United Nations. It receives funding from the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund, the Internal Security Fund and the .
Since 30 June 2025, the incumbent minister is Thanos Plevris. Since 15 March 2025, the deputy minister, responsible for issues of social integration, is.

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History

On 4 November 2016, with the Presidential Decree 123/2016, the Ministry of Migration Policy was created out of the former Ministry of the Interior and Administrative Reorganization.
On 8 July 2019, with the Presidential Decree 81/2019, the Ministry of Migration Policy was absorbed by the Ministry of Citizen Protection.
On 15 January 2020, with the Presidential Decree 4/2020, the Ministry of Migration and Asylum was created when the General Secretariat of Migration Policy, Reception and Asylum was removed from the Ministry of Citizen Protection and its functions transferred to the new government department.
On 23 January 2020, with the Presidential Decree 106/2020, the organizational structure of the Ministry of Migration and Asylum was drawn up.

Administrative Services

Secretariat-General of Migration Policy

was established in 2010 with Article 1 of the Presidential Decree 11/2010. Following a series of administrative changes, the Secretariat was re-established in 2020 with the Presidential Decree 18/2020.The General Secretariat participates in the planning and implementation of national and European policies for migration, oversees international protection policies by examining, and promotes the .
According to the Presidential Decree 106/2020, the Secretariat-General of Migration Policy oversees the Directorate-General of Migration Policy, the, Directorate–General for the Coordination and Management of Migration and Home Affairs Funds and the

Secretariat-General for Reception of Asylum Seekers

was established by the first article of the Presidential Decree 18/2020. The Reception and Identification Service was established with Law Ν.4375/2016 and operates under the Secretariat-General for Reception of Asylum Seekers. is responsible for the reception and identification procedures for third-country nationals who enter Greece without the lawful requirements.

Secretariat-General for Vulnerable Individuals & Institutional Protection

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 was established, which took on all the responsibilities of the Secretariat Special for the Protection of Unaccompanied Minors.