Greece
Key Statistics
Data are 2024 UN data and may differ from national statistics agencies.
1424000
Immigrant Population
14.2%
Immigrant Share of Total Population
780000
Emigrant Population
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Crackdown on Illegal Migration Makes Greece Main Entry Point to Europe
By October 2010, Greece accounted for 90 percent of illegal EU border crossings, prompting the first ever deployment of specialized Frontex border guards.
Challenges of Immigrant Integration: Muslims in Europe
The July 7 London bombings and weeks of rioting in France after two North African teens died in a Paris suburb made Muslim integration an urgent issue in Europe in 2005.
Migrants in the Rural Economies of Greece and Southern Europe
Migrants account for nearly 20 percent of Greece's agricultural labor and are vital to rural Southern Europe, where many natives refuse low-wage seasonal farm work.
Characteristics of the European Born in the United States in 2000
In 2000, 4.9 million European-born residents made up 15.8 percent of the U.S. immigrant population, with Eastern Europeans driving recent growth.
The Changing Mosaic of Mediterranean Migrations
Southern Europe faced volatile, increasingly restrictive immigration policies as North Africa and the Balkans emerged as transit zones.
Greece: A History of Migration
Greece shifted from a major emigration country to a leading immigrant destination after 1989, but two regularization programs fell short and integration plans had stalled as of 2004.
