Snapshot of migration to Greece in the last five years

Greece, historically an emigrant-sending country, transitioned between 1990 and 2009 into a destination for economic migrants and a transit hub for asylum seekers. Since the early 2000s, irregular arrivals have increasingly included individuals from regions beyond Greece’s immediate neighbors, such as Bangladesh, Pakistan, Afghanistan, India, sub-Saharan Africa, and the Maghreb. Mixed migration, encompassing both economic migrants and asylum seekers, remains a defining feature of Greece’s maritime and land borders.