Asylum Procedures

Access to the international protection procedure is unrestricted and free of charge.

An international protection applicant is any third country citizen or stateless person who submits an international protection application before the Regional Asylum Offices or Autonomous Asylum Units or Units of the Asylum Service that operate within Reception and Identification Centers. The international protection applicant requests not to be deported because he/she is in fear of persecution because of his/her race, religion, nationality, participation in a particular social group or because of his/her political beliefs, or because he/she is in danger of suffering serious harm in his/her country of origin or country of previous residence, especially because he/she is in danger of facing the death penalty or execution, torture or inhuman or degrading treatment or his/her life or physical integrity is in danger because of an international or civil war.

Also, any third country citizen or stateless person who is transferred to Greece from a European state which implements the “Dublin III” Regulation.

You may also submit applications for your family members, provided that they are in Greece with you and they wish to do so. They will also have to come along with you to the Asylum Service.

Detailed information about the asylum procedure in 18 languages can be found here. 

Useful Contact Info

• • Hellenic Asylum Office: 2 Kanellopoulou str., 11427, Athens, Tel: +30 210 6988500, GAS@migration.gov.gr
  • Thessaloniki Regional Asylum Office: Building of former «B KTEO», 5 Pontou Str. – Lachanagora District, 54628 Ampelokipoi-Menemeni Thessalonikis (The Office is served by bus line No.9, Stop «Anapsyktirio»), Tel: +30 2310 751775, GAS.pga.thessalonikis@migration.gov.gr