Greek migration ministry calls video depicting unaccompanied minors misleading
Translated from Greek and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
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- Greece’s Migration and Asylum Ministry said a video presented as showing unaccompanied minors is misleading and does not involve one of its facilities.
- The ministry said the facility belongs to a Spanish nongovernmental organization that is not registered with it or funded by Greek taxpayers.
- It plans to refer the video to prosecutors to investigate possible criminal offenses and said Greece now uses medical checks to verify minors’ ages.
Greece’s Migration and Asylum Ministry has rejected a circulating video that allegedly shows adults being housed in a facility for unaccompanied minors, calling the material “absolutely misleading.”
The ministry said the facility shown does not fall under its authority. Facilities hosting unaccompanied minors that come under the ministry’s responsibility are under its exclusive control, it said.
According to the ministry, the location in the video belongs to a Spanish nongovernmental organization. The organization is not registered in the ministry’s registry and does not receive funding from Greek taxpayers.
Absolutely misleading.
The ministry said the video creates a false impression about how Greece handles unaccompanied minors. It plans to send the material to the prosecutor’s office so authorities can examine possible criminal offenses by its creators and any involvement by individuals.
The ministry also said Greece now conducts medical checks to certify age, claiming the system ensures that adults cannot be housed in facilities for minors.
The video will be sent to the prosecutor's office so that any criminal offenses by its creators can be investigated.
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Originally published by Ta Nea in Greek. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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