{"id":26402,"date":"2026-03-31T10:10:01","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T08:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/?p=26402"},"modified":"2026-03-31T10:37:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T08:37:27","slug":"deportation-and-immigration-detention-statistics-in-greece-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/deportation-and-immigration-detention-statistics-in-greece-in-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Deportation and immigration detention statistics in Greece in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Deportation and immigration detention statistics in Greece in 2025<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Returns & deportations<\/b><\/p>

26,527<\/b> <\/span>Hellenic Police decisions: <\/span>11,877<\/b><\/span> return decisions (Return Directive) and <\/span>14,650<\/b><\/span> deportation decisions (derogation from the Directive). Main nationalities are Afghanistan, Egypt, Syria, Albania and Sudan.<\/span><\/p>

5,736<\/b><\/span>\u00a0 <\/span> returns of third-country nationals, of which 3,638 concern nationals of Albania and Georgia, not represented in arrivals via Evros and the Mediterranean<\/span><\/p>

Review of return & deportation orders<\/b><\/p>

402<\/b><\/span> \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span> decisions challenged through an administrative appeal to the Hellenic Police (1.5%)<\/span><\/p>

2.7%<\/b><\/span> \u00a0 <\/b> approval rate in appeals before the Hellenic Police<\/span><\/p>

Immigration detention<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

25,497<\/b><\/span> Hellenic Police detention orders: <\/span>7,919<\/b><\/span> in return procedures; <\/span>14,601<\/b><\/span> in deportation procedures; and <\/span>2,977<\/b><\/span> in the asylum process<\/span><\/p>

47,126<\/b><\/span> RIS \u201cfreedom restriction\u201d orders, including <\/span>11,862<\/b><\/span> in RIC Malakasa<\/span><\/p>

99.7%<\/b><\/span> detention rate in deportation procedures<\/span><\/p>

66.6%<\/b><\/span> detention rate in return procedures<\/span><\/p>

Judicial review of detention<\/b><\/p>

\u00a0<\/b>3,878<\/b>\u00a0 <\/b><\/span> orders challenged through objections before administrative courts (15.2%)<\/span><\/p>

43.6%<\/b><\/span> approval rate in objections before administrative courts<\/span><\/p>

0.8%<\/b><\/span> \u00a0 <\/span> rate of detention orders quashed in <\/span>ex officio <\/span><\/i>review by the same courts based on the same provisions<\/span><\/p>

Detention conditions<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

1,791<\/b><\/span>\u00a0 <\/b> people detained in mainland pre-removal centres on 31 December 2025, of whom <\/span>634<\/b><\/span> in Amygdaleza, <\/span>323<\/b><\/span> in Corinth and <\/span>312<\/b><\/span> in Fylakio. Main countries include Egypt (627 detainees) and Afghanistan (305 detainees)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

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This new Refugee Support Aegean (RSA) note analyses the latest statistics on return, deportation and immigration detention in Greece for 2025, provided by the Greek authorities in reply to<\/i><\/b> parliamentary questions<\/i><\/b><\/a>.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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For yet another year, the figures reveal a <\/span>constant, arbitrary practice of imposing deprivation of liberty and deportation<\/b>, even to countries where removal is neither permitted nor feasible. The data also demonstrate chronic dysfunctions in the review of legality of deportation and detention orders.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Below, we present a selection of key statistics in Greece in 2025, drawn from the full set of figures included in the note.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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The Hellenic Police issued a total of <\/span>26,527 decisions ordering removal<\/b> from the Greek territory in 2025. Of those, 11,877 were return decisions, and 14,650 were deportation orders.<\/span><\/p>

As confirmed every year by official figures, <\/span>the Hellenic Police systematically circumvents EU law through a blanket practice of deportation orders against newly arrived people who seek asylum and thereby have a right to remain on the territory.<\/b> By way of illustration, the main countries of origin of people facing deportation proceedings in derogation from the Return Directive were by far Afghanistan, Syria, Somalia and Sudan. The majority of nationals of these countries are granted refugee status in Greece.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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