European Asylum Support Office strengthens its presence in Greece signing agreement with Greek gov't

Greek Alternate Minister of Migration and Asylum Giorgos Koumoutsakos (R) and Executive Director of the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) Nina Gregori attend a signing ceremony in Athens, Greece, Jan. 28, 2020. Greek Alternate Minister of Migration and Asylum Giorgos Koumoutsakos and Executive Director of the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) Nina Gregori signed on Tuesday in Athens a seat agreement for the hosting of the EASO operational office in Greece, according to an EASO press release. Under the agreement the agency's deployed personnel will double in size from approximately 500 to over 1,000 in 2020 in dozens of sites nationwide, Gregori told a press briefing in Athens, after the signing ceremony. (Xinhua/Marios Lolos)