Ministry of Migration and Asylum

Ministry of Migration and Asylum
Agency overview
Formed15 January 2020
Preceding agency
  • Ministry of Migration Policy
TypeMinistry
HeadquartersAgios Ioannis Rentis, Attica, Greece
Minister responsible
Deputy Minister responsible
  • Sevi Voloudaki
Websitemigration.gov.gr

The Ministry of Migration and Asylum is the official government body that oversees migration and asylum policy issues in Greece. It also contributes and implements European policies on Migration. It collaborates with the European Union Agency for Asylum, the International Organization for Migration and the United Nations. It receives funding from the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund, the Internal Security Fund and the European Recovery and Resilience Fund. The Ministry of Migration and Asylum was established on 15 January 2020. The Ministry of Migration Policy, established on 5 November 2016, was abolished on 8 July 2019.

Makis Voridis is the current Minister for Migration and Asylum and Sevi Voloudaki is the Deputy Minister, responsible for issues of social integration.