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News Published: 14 May 2016

Joint Press Release: The registration of asylum seekers residing in open reception facilities in the mainland will begin in the next few weeks

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The Asylum Service will conduct a pre-registration exercise for international protection in the mainland from end of May to end of July with the financial support of the European Commission (DG Home). The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) will support the Asylum Service in this exercise.
 
The pre-registration exercise will take several weeks to conclude, but all those who arrived in Greece before 20 March, wishing to apply for international protection in Greece and are currently residing on the mainland will be able to pre-register.
 
Athens, 14/05/2016
 
Read the press release here.