Yiannis Mouzalas

Greece's Migration Policy Minister Yiannis Mouzalas defended the government's handling of the refugee crisis, although he admitted that some mistakes were made. Mouzalas spoke at the SYRIZA Conference on Saturday giving an unofficial report of the administration's handling of the...

The mayor of Lesvos asked for the transfer of a large number of refugees and migrants from the island to mainland Greece, warning that conditions in the centers are “particularly worrying and dangerous” in an urgent letter to the...

Greek Alternate Migration Minister Yiannis Mouzalas in an interview with Realnews on Sunday announced the transfer of refugees to the mainland to relieve congestion on the islands. He admitted that there are some NGOs that exploit the situation and pointed...

More than 300 migrants combined landed on the islands of Chios, Lesvos and Kos on Monday morning, raising concerns about the ability of Greek authorities to manage the inflow. Specifically, Lesvos received 176 refugees, 89 landed on Chios and 50...

Greece will be faced with an unprecedented wave of refugees and migrants if the European Union-Turkey agreement collapses, said Deputy Migration Minister Yiannis Mouzalas. Mouzalas gave a press conference on Tuesday morning in the presence of the head of the...

New Democracy lawmaker Lefteris Avgenakis accused the Greek government of secretly preparing to resettle 3,000 refugees from Germany to Crete. Recently, Migration Policy Minister Yiannis Mouzalas announced that 2,000 refugees and migrants from the Greek mainland will be transferred to...

Greece's Deputy Migration Minister Yiannis Mouzalas stated on Friday that the migrant flows from Turkey are manageable and that Ankara still honors its agreement with the European Union on stemming refugee flows. His statement came after Greek government concerns over...

On Thursday Alternate Minister for Migration Policy, Yiannis Mouzalas, shared the latest strategic plans from the Greek government to try to ease the overcrowded migrant camps around the country by building four refugee camps on Crete. While speaking at a...

  Greece will be tried very hard if the European Union-Turkey deal on curbing the refugee flow collapses, Deputy Migration Minister Yiannis Mouzalas said. At the same time, other European countries will suffer if there is a new surge of migrants...

Europe definitely needs a "Plan B" for the refugee and migration issue, Greece's Alternate Minister for Migration Policy Yiannis Mouzalas said in an interview with the German newspaper "Bild" published on Wednesday. The minister expressed the Greek government's "deep...