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1.1. Contact organisation | Border Protection Division/ Hellenic Police HQs |
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1.2. Contact organisation unit | Operational Unit |
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1.5. Contact mail address | 4, P. Kanellopoulou Av.-P.C. 10177-Athens. |
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2.1. Metadata last certified | 1 July 2024 | ||
2.2. Metadata last posted | 26 July 2024 | ||
2.3. Metadata last update | 1 July 2024 |
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3.1. Data description | |||
Enforcement of immigration legislation data (EIL statistics) contain statistical information based on Article 5 and 7of the Regulation (EC) No 862/2007 as amended by the Regulation (EU) 2020/851 with reference to third-countrynationals:
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3.2. Classification system | |||
See table 3.2. in annex ‘Quality report tables EIL 2023’. |
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3.3. Coverage - sector | |||
Migration and asylum – Enforcement of Immigration Legislation statistics. |
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3.4. Statistical concepts and definitions | |||
See table 3.4. in annex ‘Quality report tables EIL 2023’. |
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3.5. Statistical unit | |||
Νumber of persons/apprehensions for Y1 &Y2 |
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3.6. Statistical population | |||
See table 3.6. in annex ‘Quality report tables EIL 2023’. |
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3.7. Reference area | |||
Greece - EL |
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3.8. Coverage - Time | |||
See table 3.8. in annex ‘Quality report tables EIL 2023’. |
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3.9. Base period | |||
Not applicable. |
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Number of persons. |
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Calendar quarter and calendar year. |
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6.1. Institutional Mandate - legal acts and other agreements | |||
The statistics collected under the Regulation 862/2007. |
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6.2. Institutional Mandate - data sharing | |||
Not applicable. |
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7.1. Confidentiality - policy | |||
The issues of maintaining statistical confidentiality are regulated by Articles 6, 7, and 8 of Law 3832/2010, as amended by Article 90, paragraph 8 of Law 3842/2010, and Article 10 of Law 3899/2010, as well as by Article 8 of Law 2392/1996, which was reinstated according to Article 90, paragraph 8 of Law 3842/2010. At the European level, Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 on European statistics (recital 24 and Article 20(4)), of March 11, 2009 (OJ L 87, p. 164), defines the need for establishing common principles and guidelines that ensure the confidentiality of data used for the production of European statistics and access to such confidential data, taking into account technical developments and user requirements. |
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7.2. Confidentiality - data treatment | |||
Hellenic Police protects and does not disseminate the data it possesses or has access to, which allow for the direct or indirect identification of the statistical units that provided the data by revealing individualized information, obtained directly for statistical purposes or indirectly from administrative or other sources. It takes all appropriate preventive measures to prevent the identification of individual statistical units through technical or other means that can reasonably be used by third parties. Statistical results that may enable the identification of the statistical unit are disseminated by Hellenic Police only if:
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8.1. Release calendar | |||
Not applicable. |
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8.2. Release calendar access | |||
Not applicable. |
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8.3. Release policy - user access | |||
Monthly. |
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Monthly. |
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10.1. Dissemination format - News release | |||
Not available at national level. |
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10.2. Dissemination format - Publications | |||
Not available at national level. |
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10.3. Dissemination format - online database | |||
Presentation of the National online national database for EIL data accessible to the public and the accessibility procedure. |
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10.3.1. Data tables - consultations | |||
Not requested. |
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10.4. Dissemination format - microdata access | |||
Not requested. |
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10.5. Dissemination format - other | |||
Not available at national level. |
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10.5.1. Metadata - consultations | |||
Not requested. |
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10.6. Documentation on methodology | |||
There is not a published documentation on methodology concerning the collection and evaluation of EIL statistics. |
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10.6.1. Metadata completeness - rate | |||
Not requested. |
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10.7. Quality management - documentation | |||
Not applicable. |
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11.1. Quality assurance | |||
Not available. |
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11.2. Quality management - assessment | |||
1. Description of the Quality management system at national level Comprehensive quality controls are implemented throughout the entire process, spanning from the initial data collection phase to the final formulation. The data undergoes rigorous validation through logical checks designed to identify and rectify any potential errors. Following these thorough inspections and cross-referencing procedures, and after making the necessary adjustments, the resulting outcomes are deemed to be of the highest quality.
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12.1. Relevance - User Needs | |||
1. General aspects The statistics collected under the Regulation 862/2007 are widely used in official publications and by a wide range of users at national, European and International level. Main users of EIL statistics at national level National administrations in policy/decisions making, National statistics office, Local authorities and organizations, academic and scientific research and Media. 2. EIL data publication at national level Presentation of the EIL statistics published at national level No national publication on EIL statistics. At national level, the Hellenic Police publishes, on a monthly and annually basis, data with different variables. Differences between the data provided to Eurostat and the data published at national level (Comparability of figures) There are differences between the categories.The data published at national level, which are also included into EIL statistics, are identical. |
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12.2. Relevance - User Satisfaction | |||
Not available. |
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12.3. Completeness | |||
Completeness of the data provided based on Articles 5 and 7 Regulation 862/2007 (mandatory data provision) and justification of the missing mandatory breakdowns and completeness of the data provided on voluntary basis. See table 12.3. in annex ‘Quality report tables EIL 2023’. |
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12.3.1. Data completeness - rate | |||
Not requested. |
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13.1. Accuracy - overall | |||
No major systematic errors are identified in the statistical outputs. An accuracy of nearly 100 % is to be expected. |
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13.2. Sampling error | |||
Procedures and classifications used in case of missing information (e.g. unknown citizenship, age, etc) In the database, mandatory and optional fields are used the same. The missing information is requested via formal document or email from our regional Services, which upload the data in the “Mapping on Migrants” application. Unknown citizenship, age and gender is classified as unknown. |
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13.2.1. Sampling error - indicators | |||
Not requested. |
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13.3. Non-sampling error | |||
Not requested. |
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13.3.1. Coverage error | |||
See table 13.3.1. in annex ‘Quality report tables EIL 2023’. |
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13.3.1.1. Over-coverage - rate | |||
Not applicable. |
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13.3.1.2. Common units - proportion | |||
Not applicable. |
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13.3.2. Measurement error | |||
Not applicable. |
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13.3.3. Non response error | |||
Not requested. |
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13.3.3.1. Unit non-response - rate | |||
Not requested. |
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13.3.3.2. Item non-response - rate | |||
Not requested. |
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13.3.4. Processing error | |||
No significant errors are identified. |
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13.3.5. Model assumption error | |||
Not requested. |
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14.1. Timeliness | |||
No significant time lags are identified. |
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14.1.1. Time lag - first result | |||
Not requested. |
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14.1.2. Time lag - final result | |||
Not requested. |
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14.2. Punctuality | |||
Problems with data provision to Eurostat in due time and the impact of these problems on the data quality provided to Eurostat. "See table 14.2. in annex ‘Quality report tables EIL 2023’." |
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14.2.1. Punctuality - delivery and publication | |||
Not requested. |
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15.1. Comparability - geographical | |||
1. Provision of data using the Eurostat EIL Technical Guidelines and exceptions applied. Full compliance with EIL technical guidelines. 2. Details on categories of Non-EU citizens difficult to be classified using the reference definitions from EIL technical guidelines and the categories excluded from these reasons (excluded from the statistics reported). Full compliance with EIL technical guidelines. 3. Description of records related to "Unknown" country of citizenship category. Full compliance with EIL technical guidelines. <4. Description of records related to "Unknown" age category. Persons whose current age is not identified. 5. Description of records related to "Unknown" sex category. Persons whose sex is not identified. 6. Establishing the reported ground in case of “multiple grounds” for the same refusal and the impact on double counting of the person in the same dataset. The methodological procedure of "one ground per refused person", is applied, as laid down in EIL Technical Guidelines (procedure of "higher ground overrules the lower ground for refusal). There is no impact on double counting. 7. Type of "external border" applicable. Land boarder, Sea border and Air border 8. The definition of “refused Non-EU citizens” applied. The Schengen Borders Code's refusal definition is applies for the Statistics reported to Eurostat >9. The correspondence between the national system of “grounds for refusal" classification and Schengen Borders Code classification. The national system uses the same definitions related to the “grounds for refusal”. 10. The definition of “Non-EU citizens found to be illegally present” applied. The number of third-country nationals who have been detected by authorities while not fulfilling, or no longer fulfilling, the conditions for stay or residence, either when they are detected inland or while trying to exit the territory. 11. The definition of “Non-EU citizens ordered to leave” applied. The number of third-country nationals subject to an obligation to leave the territory of the Member State as a result of an administrative or judicial decision or act stating or declaring that the stay of the third-country national was illegal according to a return decision/order issued in accordance with national law. 12. The definition of “Non-EU citizens returned following an order to leave” applied. The number of third-country nationals returned from a Member State to a third country, either through voluntary departure or by forced return. |
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15.1.1. Asymmetry for mirror flow statistics - coefficient | |||
Not applicable. |
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15.2. Comparability - over time | |||
See table 15.2. in annex ‘Quality report tables EIL 2023’. |
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15.2.1. Length of comparable time series | |||
Not requested. |
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15.3. Coherence - cross domain | |||
See table 15.3. in annex ‘Quality report tables EIL 2023’. |
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15.3.1. Coherence - sub annual and annual statistics | |||
No significant lack of coherence is identified. |
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15.3.2. Coherence - National Accounts | |||
Not requested. |
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15.4. Coherence - internal | |||
1. Links and differences between the Non-EU citizens with obligation to leave and Non-EU citizens who actually left the territory. There are links between the statistics on Non-EU citizen with obligation to leave and Non-EU citizens who actually left the territory. More specifically, a Non-EU citizen who actually left the territory is a person who actually left the territory while he had already the obligation to leave the territory (a return decision/order issued in accordance with national law). 2. Links and differences between the Non-EU citizens who actually left the territory and Non-EU citizens who left the territory to a third country. Persons reported under "left to a third country" are also included under "who actually left the territory". |
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Not requested. |
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17.1. Data revision - policy | |||
The data may be revised in accordance with the most recently updated information. |
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17.2. Data revision - practice | |||
See table 17.2. in annex ‘Quality report tables EIL 2023’. |
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17.2.1. Data revision - average size | |||
Not requested. |
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18.1. Source data | |||
See table 18.1. in annex ‘Quality report tables EIL 2023’. |
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18.2. Frequency of data collection | |||
Annual and Monthly. |
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18.3. Data collection | |||
National systematic process of gathering data for official statistics. |
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18.4. Data validation | |||
Description of the data validation system at national level. Data extracted on a monthly basis from the “Mapping of Migrants” application, is verified and reviewed directly from the Border Protection Division. Compare data with daily reports.
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18.5. Data compilation | |||
Estimations used: Details on the estimations done for EIL statistics (methodology applied and the concerned categories and tables). Not applicable. |
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18.5.1. Imputation - rate | |||
Not requested. |
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18.6. Adjustment | |||
Not applicable. |
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18.6.1. Seasonal adjustment | |||
Not requested. |
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1. General remarks The following classification is used for data availability at Eurostat level:
2. General description of the statistical domain at national level EIL National System (level of development, main changes that affected the system in the last years and furtherdevelopment). The national system of Greece for the generation of the EIL-statistics consists of two different Divisions of theAliens & Border Protection Branch of Hellenic Police HQs. For the collection of the EIL statistics Border ProtectionDivision is the responsible authority, which takes over the unification and the upload of the data on behalf of theHellenic Police/HQs. This system is unchanged since introduction of the EIL-statistics. Legal national framework relevant for EIL statistics:
3. Main problems that affect the quality of the data and what tables are concerned including thecompliance status with the definitions from EIL Technical Guideline. (See metadata information including concepts and definitions from the EIL ESMS file). |
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Quality report tables EIL 2023 |