{"id":264114,"date":"2025-07-22T21:06:03","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T20:06:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/greece-under-pressure-for-freezing-asylum-applications-dw-news\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T21:06:03","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T20:06:03","slug":"greece-under-pressure-for-freezing-asylum-applications-dw-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/greece-under-pressure-for-freezing-asylum-applications-dw-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Greece under pressure for freezing asylum applications | DW News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/O4I7GvdBUhI\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Greece under pressure for freezing asylum applications | DW News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/O4I7GvdBUhI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Greece is under pressure for its recent decision to freeze asylum applications. Citing a surge in the number of migrants arriving by boat from North Africa, Athens says it will detain asylum seekers in camps for up to 18 months. Rights groups and opposition parties say the move is illegal and unconstitutional. <\/p>\n<p>Chapters:<br \/>\n0:00 Greece faces pressure<br \/>\n4:16 Dimitra Kyranoudi, Head of DW Greek Service<br \/>\n8:05 Notis Mitarachi, Former Greek Migration Minister<\/p>\n<p>CORRECTIONS:<br \/>\n8:05 We accidentally misname the former Greek minister here, the graphic should read &#8216;Notis Mitarachi&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>For more news go to: http:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/<\/p>\n<p>Follow DW on social media:<br \/>\n\u25baInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/deutschewellenews\/<br \/>\n\u25baTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/dwnews<\/p>\n<p>F\u00fcr Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/dwdeutsch<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1<br \/>\n#greece #migrants #asylum<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greece is under pressure for its recent decision to freeze asylum applications. 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