The majority of those who come to Greece seeking asylum genuinely 'need international protection,' said Boris Cheshirkov, the United Nations Refugee Agency's (UNHCR) spokesperson for Greece.
The Greek government has started rolling out what has been dubbed a"baby bonus" program in a bid to boost the country's population numbers, offering families with newborns a €2,000 reward.
The Defense Ministry put out a call for vendors for offers to build a"Floating Protection System," which would be erected in the waters off the island of Lesbos, which has long been the gateway to Europe for many migrants, asylum seekers and refugees. The defense minister compared the project to a cement and barbed-wire fence Greece put up in 2012 along its northern border with Turkey to prevent migrants and asylum seekers from crossing over there.
Last year, 59,726 migrants, asylum seekers and refugees arrived on Greece's shores, according to the United Nations refugee agency . Nearly 80 percent of those, the UNHCR has said, arrived on Lesbos, Samos or Chios. Responding to Greece's plans to build a sea barrier, Cheshirkov said that while"states have a legitimate right to manage their borders...this should be done in what UNHCR calls a 'protection-sensitive' way."
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