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In a statement to journalists after the meeting, Mr. Nouris welcomed the President of the President of the Socialist Socialist Party of Greece, Mr. Sizopoulos and a delegation of the party, as part of the Minister's cycle of contacts with the parliamentary parties to inform them about the management of the migration issue.
In a statement to journalists after the meeting, Mr. Nouris said. Nouris said that the EPP was thoroughly briefed "both on the issue of immigration and the problem our country is facing and the escalation that has been observed in recent times with the directed channeling of migrants from Turkey," which, he said, "clearly instrumentalizes these people systematically to the detriment of our country."
He added that these people come from sub-Saharan African countries and are channeled to the free areas through the occupied territories via the Green Line.
He noted that unfortunately the flows continue, saying that last night "we had the arrival of another 104 people from the Green Line".
"Adding up the 317 in the past 24 hours, you realize that the problem is extremely serious and important," the Minister said.
He said that he has updated the actions to address the problem, with particular emphasis, he said, on the effective management of the Green Line. He added that at the same time the aim is "to maximise the number of returns to the so-called safe countries from which almost 85 per cent of our migratory flows originate."
He said he also briefed the EPP on the initiatives and the way of managing Ukrainians arriving in our country in light of what is happening in Ukraine with Russia's invasion.
He concluded by thanking the EPP both for the submission of specific proposals and the availability of both manpower and ideas enriching the effort, as he said, "that the Ministry of Interior is making in managing what is becoming a very big problem for our country."
For his part, Sizopoulos expressed his thanks to the Minister for the constructive meeting, but also for the fact that "with actions and initiatives, he is trying to provide a solution to one of the biggest problems facing our country today, which is the migration issue."
"A problem which is essentially being exploited to a very large extent by Turkey as a form of hybrid war against the Republic of Cyprus," he noted.
It is for this reason that while we should ensure that the human rights of migrants are guaranteed, on the other hand, we should not create huge social problems in our country, which will create other repercussions and serious side effects, the EPP President said.
He also noted that "it is no coincidence that unfortunately at the moment 5% of our population is in fact the majority of illegal immigrants" and added that "for this very reason and with constructive synergy on the part of the EPP we should support all those policies, which in essence will ensure these two elements that I mentioned".
The EPP President said that they have promised to the Ministry of Interior that from the EPP's side they will continue both the contacts and cooperation and the proposals that they will submit, adding that "the Ministry of Interior will have the responsibility to evaluate them and use them in the way they would like"."We have promised to the Minister of Interior that from our side we will continue both the contacts and cooperation, but also the proposals which they will submit, and from his side the Ministry will evaluate and utilize them in the way it would like," he concluded.
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