“The Ministry of Immigration and Asylum has set itself the goal of building strong and long-term relationships of good cooperation with representatives of civil society,” the statement said.

And he adds: “In the context of this cooperation, the competent reception and identification service has given permission to members of a non-governmental organization registered in the YMCA Registry, which is actively involved in the legal representation of unaccompanied minors. go to the KUT prison.”

“The delegation of this NGO, as it turned out later, included a correspondent of a foreign media who had submitted a false application for entry as an interpreter, while the real purpose of the visit was to communicate and conduct interviews with some of the 38 identified migrants. a few days ago in Greek territory, which are still in the process of providing explanations to the competent authorities,” complains the Ministry of Immigration and Asylum.

“To our regret, we state that the rules of journalistic ethics and confidentiality, dictated by the General Regulations on the activities of hospitality structures, were violated at least, and that the journalist in question deliberately decided to blame the Greek authorities. The Ministry of Immigration and Asylum will take all necessary legal action.

With regard to the incident, it is indicated that the Minister of Immigration and Asylum, Mr.. Notis Mitarakisstated on social media: “Many question marks remain for the Evros incident as significant inconsistencies in facts and descriptions are already apparent.”

In general, on the development of immigration, on the initiative of Mr. Mitarakis, on Tuesday at 16:00 a meeting of the competent Standing Committee of the Parliament will be held.