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Greece Slashes Asylum Benefits Amid Rising Rents, NGOs Warn
10/9/2025
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Story summary
- Greece will cut asylum-seeker benefits by 30% and abolish rental subsidies, lowering spending from €400 million to €288 million.
- Deputy Migration Minister Sevi Voloudaki announced a shift to a work-based support model.
- The HELIOS rental-subsidy program will be replaced by career training and language courses.
- NGOs warn the cuts could leave refugees homeless and hungry as rents rise.
