{"id":24391,"date":"2025-09-30T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/?p=24391"},"modified":"2025-10-23T12:09:31","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T09:09:31","slug":"recognised-refugees-statistics-in-greece-2025half","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/recognised-refugees-statistics-in-greece-2025half\/","title":{"rendered":"Recognised refugees statistics in Greece: first half of 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"24391\" class=\"elementor elementor-24391 elementor-24374\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb99ac3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"eb99ac3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-093daca elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-title elementor-page-title elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"093daca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Recognised refugees statistics in Greece: first half of 2025<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a454ed elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8a454ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Returns on the rise, long-standing barriers to integration unresolved<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e5c24cc elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e5c24cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/202509_recognised_stats_plain-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-24384\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/202509_recognised_stats_plain-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/202509_recognised_stats_plain-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/202509_recognised_stats_plain-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/202509_recognised_stats_plain-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/202509_recognised_stats_plain-1250x703.jpg 1250w, https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/202509_recognised_stats_plain-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/202509_recognised_stats_plain.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8189d5d elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"8189d5d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-514832c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"514832c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f602e93 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f602e93\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>The number of recognised refugees returned to Greece from other European<\/strong> <b>countries is increasing, despite long-standing legal and practical obstacles to dignified living conditions and their integration in the country<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. This is confirmed by the official statistical data provided in response to parliamentary questions for the first half of 2025, analysed in this Refugee Support Aegean (RSA) note.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to Hellenic Police figures, the Greek authorities received <\/span><b>readmission requests<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from other European countries for 3,279 beneficiaries of international protection in the first half of 2025. This figure almost equals the total number of requests submitted throughout 2024 (3,615). The vast majority of readmission requests in the first half of this year came from only two countries: Germany (1,516) and Switzerland (1,309).<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-baabba4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"baabba4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"flourish-embed flourish-chart\" data-src=\"visualisation\/25335445\"><script src=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/resources\/embed.js\"><\/script><noscript><img src=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/visualisation\/25335445\/thumbnail\" width=\"100%\" alt=\"chart visualization\" \/><\/noscript><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d93b42c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d93b42c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most readmission requests received by the Hellenic Police were accepted: 3,139 out of a total of 3,279.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>number of people actually returned to Greece<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> under readmission procedures in the first half of 2025 alone reached 293, marking a significant increase on previous years. By way of comparison, a total of 390 people were returned throughout the whole 2024. These figures do not include cases of people voluntarily returning from other states to Greece.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f57f84 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"2f57f84\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"flourish-embed flourish-chart\" data-src=\"visualisation\/25335520\"><script src=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/resources\/embed.js\"><\/script><noscript><img src=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/visualisation\/25335520\/thumbnail\" width=\"100%\" alt=\"chart visualization\" \/><\/noscript><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5bbbfee elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5bbbfee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Returns of recognised refugees from other states to Greece are on the rise, while long-standing <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/recognised-refugees-in-greece-2025\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">legal and practical obstacles<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> persist as regards people\u2019s access to documents and basic socio-economic rights.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A key example remains the critical issue of<\/span><b> protracted delays in the renewal of identification documents <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for beneficiaries of international protection, leaving large numbers of refugees in a precarious situation due to the lack of a valid Residence Permit (ADET) required for access to basic rights and services.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By the end of June 2025, the number of pending renewal applications for residence permits for refugees and subsidiary protection holders had reached 6,452, with the vast majority (6,312) falling under the dedicated Autonomous Asylum Unit (AAU) for Beneficiaries of International Protection of the Asylum Service.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d9e39c elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"3d9e39c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"flourish-embed flourish-chart\" data-src=\"visualisation\/25335559\"><script src=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/resources\/embed.js\"><\/script><noscript><img src=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/visualisation\/25335559\/thumbnail\" width=\"100%\" alt=\"chart visualization\" \/><\/noscript><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06b84dd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"06b84dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More than 1,500 residence permit renewals have been pending for over a year. The data confirm the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/recognised-refugees-in-greece-2025\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">concerns<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> we have consistently raised regarding the Asylum Service\u2019s inability to process renewal applications within a reasonable timeframe. During these long waiting periods, beneficiaries are not regularly informed about the state of play of their cases, while the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201ccertificates of asylum status\u201d<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> they can obtain from the Asylum Service upon request pending the completion of the process are not accepted by other authorities, as a rule.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As for travel documents, 1,052 renewal applications were pending at the end of the first half of 2025, almost all of them at the Asylum Service (1,022).<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-03a9926 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"03a9926\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"flourish-embed flourish-chart\" data-src=\"visualisation\/25335608\"><script src=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/resources\/embed.js\"><\/script><noscript><img src=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/visualisation\/25335608\/thumbnail\" width=\"100%\" alt=\"chart visualization\" \/><\/noscript><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Returns on the rise, long-standing barriers to integration unresolved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":24384,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[243,143,5,245,137],"tags":[336,18],"class_list":{"0":"post-24391","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-facts-and-figures","8":"category-integration-and-social-rights","9":"category-publications","10":"category-recognised-refugees","11":"category-topics","12":"tag-2025-2","13":"tag-featured"},"menu_order":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24391"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24391\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24613,"href":"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24391\/revisions\/24613"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}