Places for refugees in countries of first asylum need to be subsidized, Alternate Min for Migration says

"They all come here in order to leave" and "this is what the vast majority does" Mouzalas said in statements to MEGA TV. He also estimated that "in non-critical situations, like the one we live in now, every 24 hours there are not more than 50,000" migrants and refugees crossing the country.

On the possibility of refugees trapped in Greece because of closed borders in other European countries, he said that "the chances are very small" and that "right now the danger is not visible."

He noted that the Greek government accepted to provide 20,000 places for rental that will be financed by the United Nations and Europe.

Mouzalas reiterated Greece's position to have subsidized places for refugees in countries of first asylum, to be recorded there and be relocated to Europe directly from there.

Commenting on Turkey's position on the refugee issue, he said that "it has to recognize that it hosts 3-4 million; it has a huge responsibility."