Monthly Report -

September 2020

Migratory flows were reduced by 73% in 2020. Between 01.01.2020 and 30.09.2020, 12,289 people arrived in
Greece from the eastern border while the corresponding period of 2019, 44,734 people had reached Greece.
The positive balance of returns-arrivals continues, both for the month of September (1,529 departures-792 arrivals)
and for the quarter July-August-September (3,774 departures-2,415 arrivals).
On the islands, there is a decrease in residents by 48.7% (September 2020: 21,564 people, January 2020: 42,007
people).
Transfers have increased by 129% while asylum decisions have gone up by 82% during the period January-September
2020 (66,221 decisions) compared to 2019 (36,306 decisions). Pending decisions decreased to 90,283 compared to
the beginning of the year when they were amounting to 140,379 (36% decrease).

Decongestion ARRIVALS RESIDENTS

LESBOS LESBOS

Jan-Sept Jan-Sept Differ Sept Sept Differ

2019 2020 ence 2019 2020 ence

After nine months 16,159 4,154 -74% 14,765 10,442 -29%

of systematic CHIOS CHIOS
efforts, the
decongestion of the
islands is in its final
stages. In all five 4,486 891 -80% 3,765 3,572 -5%
Aegean islands, the
number of
residents in SAMOS SAMOS
September 2020
has decreased
6,812 1,267 -81% 6,040 4,693 -22%
compared to
September 2019.
Overall, there is a LEROS LEROS
decrease by 5%
(min) to 56% (max) 1,948 1,072 -45%
(September 2019 & 2,939 35 -99%
2020).

KOS KOS

3,763 1,664 -56%

5,096 704 -86%

DECISIONS JAN-SEPT Α’ GRADE ASYLUM SEPTEMBER PENDING DECISIONS

+82% compared to 2019 -36% compared to

January 2020
66,221 90,283

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 DETAILED INFORMATION

Ι. Arrival flows

MONTH/RIC OTHER
KOS LESVOS SAMOS CHIOS LEROS FYLAKIO TOTAL
* ISLANDS
Jan-20 209 1,751 596 176 0 311 670 3,713
Feb-20 209 521 454 306 35 490 752 2,767
Mar-20 262 854 178 336 0 640 311 2,581
Apr-20 0 39 0 0 0 0 37 76
May-20 0 227 0 0 0 1 56 284
Jun-20 0 245 0 0 0 22 186 453
Jul-20 0 285 8 0 0 23 247 563
Aug-20 21 173 31 48 0 173 614 1.060
Sept-20 3 59 0 25 0 2 703 792
Total 704 4,154 1,267 891 35 1,662 3,576 12,289
*Reception and Identification Center

In the Year-to-Date comparison January - September 2019 and 2020, flows for 2020 are found to be reduced by 73%.

YtD MONTHLY YtD MONTHLY DIFFERENCE %

2019 DIFFERENCE 2020 DIFFERENCE 2019-2020
June 18,317 9,874 -46%
July 24,104 32% 10,437 6% -57%
August 32,853 36% 11,497 10% -65%
September 44,734 36% 12,289 7% -73%

ΙΙ. Mainland transfers

Mainland transfers from the islands in September 2020 amounted to 3,147. From the beginning of the year the total
number of transfers reached 28,369. It is important to point out that for the whole of 2019 the number of transfers
only reached 21,504.

OTHER
MONTH/RIC KOS LESVOS SAMOS CHIOS LEROS TOTAL
ISLANDS
Jan-20 300 1,419 1,034 546 266 189 3,754
Feb-20 294 1,307 203 291 525 97 2,717
Mar-20 535 1,806 490 610 596 345 4,382
Apr-20 139 755 119 215 179 5 1,412
May-20 96 1,359 343 231 79 11 2,119
Jun-20 207 2.370 197 261 268 77 3,380
Jul-20 235 2,451 673 458 452 161 4,430
Aug-20 202 1,811 215 284 291 225 3,028
Sept-20 255 1,279 515 615 353 130 3,147
Total 2020 2,263 14,557 3,789 3,511 3,009 1,240 28,369

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In the Year-to-Date comparison January - September 2019 and 2020, transfers for 2020 have increased by 129%.

YtD MONTHLY YtD MONTHLY DIFFERENCE

2019 DIFFERENCE 2020 DIFFERENCE % 2019-2020
June 7,231 17,764 146%
July 7,635 6% 22,194 25% 191%
August 8,532 12% 25,222 14% 196%
September 12,380 45% 28,369 12% 129%

ΙΙΙ. Asylum Seekers in the islands

On 30/9/2020 there were 18,319 residents in the islands’ RICs, compared to 23,869 on 31/8/2020. The difference
between the end of September and the end of August 2020 was -23%. The difference between 1/1/2020 and
30/9/2020 amounted to -52.5%.

RIC
Residents
KOS LESVOS SAMOS CHIOS LEROS TOTAL*
1/1/2020 3,791 18,,698 7,764 5,785 2,496 38,534
31/1/2020 3,849 19,419 7,243 5,233 2,376 38,120
29/2/2020 3,343 19,584 7,622 5,512 2,338 38,399
31/3/2020 2,838 18,966 7,154 5,313 2,116 36,387
30/4/2020 2,395 18,365 6,850 5,036 1,898 34,544
31/5/2020 2,172 17,169 6,455 4,777 1,674 32,247
30/6/2020 1,765 15,358 6,303 4,575 1,411 29,412
31/7/2020 1,603 13,903 5,193 4,236 1,197 26,132
31/8/2020 1,449 12,714 4,912 3,730 1,064 23,869
30/9/2020 1,052 8,554 4,404 3,338 971 18,319
Difference 2020 -72,3% -54,3% -43,3% -42,3% -61,1% -52,5%
* Including other islands.

In relation to the corresponding date of 2019 (30/9/2019), the residents in the RICs of the islands were, reduced by
32%, for 2020.

RIC
Residents
KOS LESVOS SAMOS CHIOS LEROS TOTAL* DIFFERENCE 2020**
1/1/2019
31/1/2019 773 4,871 3,675 1,391 966 11,676 226%
29/2/2019 718 5,063 3,966 1,358 945 12,050 219%
31/3/2019 629 4,969 3,805 1,261 828 11,492 217%
30/4/2019 1,327 4,832 3,172 1,454 867 11,652 196%
31/5/2019 1,554 4,520 3,339 1,753 1,024 12,190 165%
30/6/2019 1,512 5,627 3,496 1,883 1,122 13,640 116%
31/7/2019 1,873 7,188 3,498 2,333 1,150 16,042 63%
31/8/2019 2,367 10,250 4,372 2,763 1,282 21,034 13%
30/9/2019 3,217 12,565 5,802 3,457 1,719 26,760 -32%
* Including other islands
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** Calculated difference of the TOTAL with the corresponding date of 2020

The decrease of asylum seekers on the islands continued further for September 2020. Specifically, the total decrease
from 1/1/2020 to 30/09/2020 has reached -48.7%.

TOTAL RESIDENTS KOS LESVOS SAMOS CHIOS LEROS ISLANDS TOTAL*

1/1/2020 4,146 20,868 8,063 6,081 2,754 42,007

31/1/2020 4,317 21,622 7,572 5,553 2,654 41,816
29/2/2020 3,987 21,894 7,943 5,811 2,592 42,414
31/3/2020 3,472 21,147 7,505 5,593 2,330 40,139
30/4/2020 3,033 20,532 7,195 5,333 2,095 38,284
31/5/2020 2,813 19,298 6,794 5,080 1,874 35,962
30/6/2020 2,422 17,425 6,641 4,871 1,589 33,066
31/7/2020 2,227 15,855 5,513 4,529 1,354 29,579
31/8/2020 2,069 14,802 5,218 4,025 1,241 27,576
30/9/2020 1,664 10,422 4,693 3,572 1,072 21,564
DIFFERENCE 2020 -59,9% -50,1% -41,8% -41,3% -61,1% -48,7%
* Including other islands.

Compared to the corresponding date of 2019 (30/9/2019), the residents of the islands were, reduced by 29%, for 2020.

DIFFERENCE
TOTAL RESIDENTS KOS LESVOS SAMOS CHIOS LEROS TOTAL*
2020**

31/1/2019 991 6,860 3,935 1,642 1,187 14,673 185%

29/2/2019 944 7,068 4,238 1,640 1,148 15,104 181%
31/3/2019 807 7,105 4,040 1,548 1,048 14,619 175%
30/4/2019 1,650 7,012 3,377 1,735 1,098 14,929 156%
31/5/2019 1,979 6,736 3,585 2,034 1,259 15,640 130%
30/6/2019 1,970 7,909 3,729 2,149 1,350 17,198 92%
31/7/2019 2,409 9,469 3,754 2,609 1,390 19,746 50%
31/8/2019 2,930 12,494 4,642 3,054 1,503 24,735 11%
30/9/2019 3,763 14,765 6,040 3,765 1,948 30,381 -29%
* Including other islands.
** Calculated difference of the TOTAL with the corresponding date of 2020

IV. Returns - Departures

In September 2020, the departures from Greece to third countries outside the EU, as well as to member states of the
European Union are the following:

 376 forced deportations and returns of third country nationals, based on agreements of the European Union,
but also bilateral agreements of our country.
 Returns under the EU - Turkey Joint Declaration have not been made since March due to Covid-19. It should be
noted though that despite the lifting of the measures for the pandemic, from 01/06 the requests of missions-
returns of the Greek authorities have not been answered.
 352 voluntary departures through International Organisation for Migration (IOM).
 86 voluntary departures of immigrants from our country to their countries of origin.

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  180 transfers to Member States of the European Union under the Dublin Regulation.
 313 minors with a serious medical condition or other vulnerability have been transferred, accompanied by their
family, to Germany.
 53 minors left with the program of relocation of unaccompanied minors from Greece to Germany.
 169 asylum seekers left on 22-09 for France. The program was implemented by the Special Secretariat for the
Protection of Unaccompanied Minors and the Asylum Service in collaboration with European Asylum Support
Office (EASO) and international organizations such as the IOM and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees.

In total, 1,529 people left the country in September, while 792 people arrived. Thus, the positive balance continues,
both for the month of September and for the quarter July-August-September. During this quarter, a total of 3,774
people left while the arrivals were 2,415. Since the beginning of the year, 7,305 people have left the country.

Compulsory Voluntarily IOM UM Relocation Vulnerabl Dublin TOTAL

France e Minors
Jan-20 349 81 348 153 929
Feb-20 431 118 286 165 1,000
Mar-20 264 71 227 187 749
Apr-20 10 25 7 59 0 101
May-20 88 56 13 73 230
Jun-20 361 69 37 16 37 520
Jul-20 334 106 129 49 171 407 1196
Aug-20 430 20 284 115 121 79 1049
Sept-20 376 86 352 53 169 313 180 1529
TOTAL 2,643 632 1,683 292 169 605 1,281 7,305

FLOWS DEPARTURES FRACTION

YtD FLOWS/DEPARTURES
YtD 2020
2020 (YtD)
June 9,874 3,531 2,80
July 10,437 4,727 2,21
August 11,497 5,776 1,99
September 12,289 7,305 1,68

V. Distribution of Asylum Seekers by Region of residence

The goal of the Government is the equal and fair distribution (1%) of asylum seekers in all the regions of the country,
with the exception of the first reception points. There was a general decrease in most regions. It is pointed out that
the decrease in the whole country in comparison to 31/12/2019 (total 92,838) was 17,938 people in total (decrease
of 19%). It is also noted that for the first time, in the North Aegean, the percentage of the population is in single digits,
i.e. 8.8% (total: 17,434 people from 23,838 on 31/8/2020).

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 REGIONS Residents Percentage of the Population
NORTH AEGEAN 17,434 8,8%
SOUTH AEGEAN 2,521 0,8%
EPIRUS 3,355 1,0%
MAINLAND GREECE 5,542 1,0%
CENTRAL MACEDONIA 14,436 0,8%
ATTICA 22,690 0,6%
WEST MACEDONIA 1,096 0,4%
THESSALY 2,879 0,4%
PELOPONNESE 1,861 0,3%
EAST MACEDONIA & THRACE 1,515 0,2%
CRETE 948 0,2%
WEST GREECE 623 0,1%
IONIAN ISLANDS 0 0,0%
TOTAL RESIDENTS 74,900

More specifically, the distribution of immigrants within the regions on 30/9 had the following picture:

STRUCT
ESTIA HOTELS RICs* TOTAL
URES
NORTH AEGEAN 0 1,138 0 16,296 17,434
SOUTH AEGEAN 37 240 0 2,244 2,521
EPIRUS 1,830 1,220 305 0 3,355
CENTRAL GREECE 4,754 409 379 0 5,542
CENTRAL MACEDONIA 7,617 4,481 2,338 0 14,436
ATTICA 10,207 11,641 842 0 22,690
WEST MACEDONIA 693 0 403 0 1,096
THESSALY 1,456 1,177 246 0 2,879
PELOPONNESE 733 373 755 0 1,861
EAST MACEDONIA &
1,329 0 80 106 1,515
THRACE
CRETE 0 948 0 0 948
WEST GREECE 391 0 232 0 623
IONIAN ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 29,047 21,627 5,580 18,646 74,900
*Including islands and Evros

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The evolution of the number of all residents for 2020 is depicted below:

RESIDENTS DIFFEREN STRUCT

ESTIA HOTELS RICs*
TOTAL CE % URES
Dec-19 92,838 24,662 21,620 7,742 38,814
Jan-20 93,037 0,2% 25,352 21,458 7,743 38,484
Feb-20 93,563 0,6% 25,479 21,653 7,640 38,791
Mar-20 91,844 -1,8% 25,771 21,983 7,039 37,051
Apr-20 92,909 1,2% 28,245 22,395 7,123 35,146
May-20 92,463 -0,5% 29,569 22,769 7,223 32,902
Jun-20 89,227 -3,5% 29,993 22,578 6,699 29,957
Jul-20 85,618 -4,0% 30,090 22,087 6,687 26,754
Aug-20 82,483 -3,7% 30,118 22,118 5,824 24,423
Sept-20 74,900 -9,2% 29,047 21,627 5,580 18,646
Difference 31/12/19-
-19,3%
30/9/20
*Including islands and Evros

VI. Outstanding and flow of Asylum & Appeal applications

Pending asylum decisions (first and second degree) decreased by 5.6% in September compared to August. The
difference in the total pending decisions in September 2020, compared to December 2019, is of -35%.

ASYLUM SERVICE: OUTSTANDING AND DECISIONS ISSUANCE

OUTSTANDIN OUTSTANDING TOTAL
G DECISIONS DECISIONS B΄ OUTSTAN CHANGE DECISIONS Α΄ DECISIONS B΄
MONTH
Α΄ GRADE GRADE DING (%) GRADE GRADE
DECISIONS
Dec-19 138,653
Jan-20 126,181 14,198 140,379 1,2% 3,783 1,862
Feb-20 126,083 12,121 138,204 -1,5% 5,273 3,619
Mar-20 120,165 11,368 131,533 -4,8% 6,904 1,442
Apr-20 105,501 8,826 114,327 -13,1% 15,853 2,542
May-20 99,936 8,217 108,153 -5,4% 6,026 1,926
Jun-20 94,829 7,605 102,434 -5,3% 8,715 2,020
Jul-20 91,383 7,341 98,724 -3,6% 7,071 1,935
Aug-20 88,286 7,367 95,653 -3,1% 5,551 1,517
Sept-20 84,212 6,071 90,283 -5,6% 7,045 2,553

In the Year-to-Date comparison January - September 2019 and 2020, the first-degree asylum decisions for 2020 have
increased by 82%.

ASYLUM DECISIONS Α' GRADE

YtD MONTHLY YtD MONTHLY DIFFERENCE 2019-
2019 DIFFERENCE 2020 DIFFERENCE 2020 %
June 24,701 46,554 88%
July 28,646 16% 53,625 15% 87%
August 31,924 11% 59,176 10% 85%
September 36,306 14% 66,221 12% 82%

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VII. Unaccompanied Minors

 The total number of unaccompanied & separated minors who were in the country on 15/02/2020 was 5,424,
the highest number that existed so far in our country. 1,790 of them were on the islands’ and Fylakio’s RIC.
 Seven months later, the total number of unaccompanied & separated minors in the country is of 4,417 while
in the islands’ RICs there is no longer any unaccompanied minor. It is worth noting that the total number of
unaccompanied minors on the islands had decreased significantly before the Moria fire, by 54%.

VIIΙ. Helios Integration Program

The "Helios" program is funded by the European Union. Its purpose is to promote the independent living and social
integration of the beneficiaries and is being implemented with:
 Housing support
 Through integration courses (learning the greek language, strengthening social skills)
 Promotion in the labor market
 Raising awareness of the local community and promoting social cohesion.

The Ministry of Migration and Asylum monitors the development of the program, which is implemented by the
International Organization for Migration.

From 16-07-2019 until 25-09-2020, 17,332 people have registered in the program, while 5,464 recognized refugees
receive financial assistance for renting a house. It is worth noting that in September, 958 new house rentals were
added to the housing component of the "Helios" program. This represents an increase of 17% compared to August
(820) thus highlighting the state's concern for recognized refugees. At the same time, 2,142 beneficiaries of
international protection have enrolled in the integration courses and 1,860 people are attending counseling seminars
on work-oriented issues.

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 REGISTERED IN
HELIOS
DECEMBER 2019 5,844
JANUARY 2020 6,173
FEBRUARY 2020 6,707
MARCH 2020 7,693
APRIL 2020 7,918
MAY 2020 9,103
JUNE 2020 10,681
JULY 2020 13,251
AUGUST 2020 14,761
SEPTEMBER 25/9 17,332

NEW RENTALS
AUGUST 2019 15
SEPTEMBER 2019 65
OCTOBER 2019 104
NOVEMBER 2019 145
DECEMBER 2019 209
JANUARY 2020 235
FEBRUARY 2020 272
MARCH 2020 248
APRIL 2020 149
MAY 2020 244
JUNE 2020 921
JULY 2020 1,016
AUGUST 2020 820
SEPTEMBER 25/9 958

RECEIVING RENTAL
ALLOWANCE

DECEMBER 2019 519

JANUARY 2020 731
FEBRUARY 2020 1,052
MARCH 2020 1,272
APRIL 2020 1,442
MAY 2020 1,665
JUNE 2020 2,484
JULY 2020 3,623
AUGUST 2020 4,445
SEPTEMBER 25/9 5,464

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