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Greece

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  • Population.........................................................................10,497,595 (2023 est.)
  • Population growth rate .............................................................-0.35% (2023 est.)
  • Birth rate...................................................7.52 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
  • Death rate...............................................12.02 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)
  • Net migration rate...............................1.03 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2023 est.)
  • Ethnic groups*.......................................Greek 91.6%, Albanian 4.4%, other 4% (2011 est.)

* Data represent citizenship; Greece does not collect data on ethnicity

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Profile
March 8, 2012

Greece: Illegal Immigration in the Midst of Crisis

Once known for large-scale emigration, Greece has become the main point of entry for unauthorized migrants heading toward Europe. The country must now — amid economic turmoil — grapple with issues related to its highly porous borders, mounting asylum applications, and inadequate immigrant-detention system.

Recent Activity

Top Ten
December 1, 2012
Major Immigration Countries Take a Crack at Addressing Thorny Issue of Immigrant Detention

The U.S. and Australian governments have long grappled with unwanted entries by unauthorized migrants and would-be asylum seekers. Both nations undertook efforts in 2012 to reform immigration detention policies and procedures that have generated significant scrutiny and criticism.

Top Ten
December 1, 2012
2012 Proved a Year of Migration Management Headaches in the European Union

In 2012, significant challenges to existing EU policy, from Schengen to the Common European Asylum System, have constituted the chief concerns for migration management for both EU Member States and the European Commission. Beyond EU borders, there will be additional pressure for the European Union to offer a more concerted humanitarian response to the Syrian refugee crisis affecting Europe's neighbor Turkey in 2013.

Top Ten
December 1, 2012
Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric Just One of Several Campaign Messages for Far-Right Parties

The electoral fortunes of far-right parties, a number of which campaigned using anti-immigrant messages, varied during 2012, with notable albeit small advances for Greece’s extremist Golden Dawn party. For the most part, however, extreme-right politicians continue to struggle to build sizeable support; and in Europe, the anti-immigration discourse has been overshadowed by anti-Brussels rhetoric and anger over high unemployment and austerity measures.

Profile
March 8, 2012
Greece: Illegal Immigration in the Midst of Crisis

Once known for large-scale emigration, Greece has become the main point of entry for unauthorized migrants heading toward Europe. The country must now — amid economic turmoil — grapple with issues related to its highly porous borders, mounting asylum applications, and inadequate immigrant-detention system.

Top Ten
December 2, 2010
Crackdown on Illegal Migration Makes Greece Main Entry Point to Europe

When there's a will, there's a way — migrants seeking illegal entry have proven the old proverb true countless times as they and their smugglers have adapted to enforcement strategies. The latest development in the cat-and-mouse game comes not from the United States, but from Europe.

Top Ten
December 1, 2005
Challenges of Immigrant Integration: Muslims in Europe

Only recently have European politicians and public opinion leaders talked about the need to focus on the integration of immigrants and their children.

Feature
October 1, 2005
Migrants in the Rural Economies of Greece and Southern Europe

With fewer natives working in agriculture in Southern Europe, migrants from the Balkans, Africa, and Asia are filling the gaps. Charalambos Kasimis of the Agricultural University of Athens reports.

Feature
June 1, 2004
The Changing Mosaic of Mediterranean Migrations

Martin Baldwin-Edwards of Panteion University examines new trends in the long-established phenomenon of migration within the Mediterranean basin.

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Profile
June 1, 2004
Greece: A History of Migration
Greece, once known for outward migration, has become a receiver of migrants and a permanent immigrant destination according to Charalambos Kasimis and Chryssa Kassimi.

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