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Mapping refugee arrivals in Crete
Crete – Gavdos: 7,336 refugee arrivals in the first half of 2025, lack of management plan
9 July 2025
Crete – Gavdos: 7,336 refugee arrivals in the first half of 2025, lack of management plan

Arrival data for the first half of 2025

Crete - Gavdos: Sixfold increase in refugee arrivals in 2024 - Lack of organised first reception and accommodation infrastructure
Crete – Gavdos: Sixfold increase in refugee arrivals in 2024 – Lack of organised first reception and accommodation infrastructure
30 January 2025
Crete – Gavdos: Sixfold increase in refugee arrivals in 2024 – Lack of organised first reception and accommodation infrastructure

Arrival Data for 2024

Crete and Gavdos have no reception and identification procedures despite the increased arrivals
Crete and Gavdos have no reception and identification procedures despite the increased arrivals
19 December 2023
Crete and Gavdos have no reception and identification procedures despite the increased arrivals

In recent months, there has been an increase in the number of ships arriving in Crete and Gavdos, islands which have no official infrastructure for the first reception of asylum seekers and their identification procedures.

kos hot spot oktober 2017
Vulnerable protection seekers who arrived in Crete end up detained in Kos
4 October 2017
Vulnerable protection seekers who arrived in Crete end up detained in Kos

Despite facilities in Kos have already reached maximum capacity due to increased arrivals from Turkey, the few last weeks authorities…