FILE PHOTO: Migrants gather at the port of the village of Sfakia, following a rescue operation at open sea, on the island of Crete, Greece, May 8, 2025. REUTERS/Nicolas Economou/File Photo
ATHENS (Reuters) -Greece has prepared legislation that will introduce tougher penalties for rejected asylum seekers and speed up returns to their home countries, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Wednesday.
The Mediterranean nation was on the frontline of a 2015-2016 migration crisis when more than a million people fleeing war and poverty in the Middle East and Africa crossed into Europe.
