A joint European operation to repatriate illegal migrants was organized by Greece together with Spain, Italy, and Cyprus, in cooperation with the Greek police and coordinated by the EU border agency Frontex.
Greece repatriates 20 Georgians and 28 Pakistanis whose asylum applications have been rejected.
The Asylum Office of the Migration Ministry has begun to rapidly process applications submitted since Tuesday at the Amygdaleza detention center in Attica.
Officials of the Attica Directorate and the Return Directorate of the Asylum Service were at the Athens airport to resolve other outstanding issues and complete the return procedure./BGNES
