{"id":26098808,"date":"2023-12-19T18:39:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-19T16:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/a-small-but-important-step-by-the-ministry-of-migration-and-asylum\/"},"modified":"2025-01-07T15:01:06","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T13:01:06","slug":"a-small-but-important-step-by-the-ministry-of-migration-and-asylum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/en\/a-small-but-important-step-by-the-ministry-of-migration-and-asylum\/","title":{"rendered":"A small but important step by the Ministry of Migration and Asylum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/metadrasi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/METAdrasi_Ministry.jpg\" alt=\"Metadrasi -\" class=\"wp-image-27403\" title=\"Metadrasi -\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>METAdrasi welcomes the decision of the Ministry of Migration and Asylum to adopt an amendment related to residence and work permits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While a moderate intervention, it represents a significant step forward, allowing asylum seekers to access legal employment and decent living within two months, a reduction from the previous six-month waiting period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At last, this promises a more dignified life for asylum seekers who have long lived in constant fear while working illegally for years, offering them the chance to move out of the costly camps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This also means that thousands of employers will breathe a sigh of relief, as they can now hope to find the essential human resources needed to run their businesses, whether large or small.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are particularly pleased that common sense has prevailed today!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-background is-style-default\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Please also refer to the opinion article of the President of METAdrasi, Lora Pappa in <a href=\"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/en\/lora-pappa-opinion-piece-in-kathimerini-a-viable-solution-for-job-vacancies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kathimerini<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>METAdrasi welcomes the decision of the Ministry of Migration and Asylum&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":25991510,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[124],"tags":[],"dipi_cpt_category":[],"class_list":["post-26098808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-announcements"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26098808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26098808"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26098808\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25991510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26098808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26098808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26098808"},{"taxonomy":"dipi_cpt_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dipi_cpt_category?post=26098808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}