Newly appointed Migration and Asylum Minister Dimitris Kairidis speaks during a handover ceremony, in Athens, Greece, on Tuesday, June 27, 2023. Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis' cabinet has been sworn in as his center-right New Democracy party had 40.55%, more than twice the opposition Syriza party's 17.84% on Sunday's elections. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
Newly appointed Migration and Asylum Minister Dimitris Kairidis speaks during a handover ceremony, in Athens, Greece, on Tuesday, June 27, 2023. Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis' cabinet has been sworn in as his center-right New Democracy party had 40.55%, more than twice the opposition Syriza party's 17.84% on Sunday's elections. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
TSATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece's new minister for migration said Monday he would consider it “unthinkable†for the European Union to pull out its border protection force from the country, and promised to address a growing list of international grievances over dealing with migrants.
A dispute between Greece's government and the EU border agency Frontex worsened after a trawler carrying hundreds of migrants sank off the coast of the Greek mainland on , leaving more than 500 people feared dead.
Frontex has also given Greece until July 10 to regarding new reports of alleged illegal deportations – known as – of migrants on the Greek island of Lesbos.
Dimitris Kairidis, the migration minister, said he would meet with Frontex officials in Athens and at the agency's headquarters in Warsaw, Poland in the coming days.
“I think it would be unthinkable for Frontex to leave our country,†Kairidis told state-run ERT television. “They would be shooting themselves in the foot. Their main purpose is to the protect the borders of the European Union.â€
Kairidis was sworn in as minister last week following the re-election victory of Greece's conservatives. He confirmed Monday that consultations with Frontex had already taken place “regarding its presence in Greece – nothing more.†___
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