Attica Regional Asylum Office

The Regional Asylum Office of Attica is the first office of the Asylum Service to be established, and it started its operation on June 7, 2013, based in Athens.

It has local jurisdiction in the territorial region of the Regions of Attica, Central Greece, Epirus, Thessaly and the Regional Units of Naxos (Municipalities of Naxos and Small Cyclades and Amorgos), Paros (Municipalities of Paros and Antiparos), Milos (Municipalities of Milos, Kimolos, Serifos and Sifnos), Syros (Municipality of Syros Ermoupolis), Kea Kythnos (Municipalities of Kea and Kythnos), Tinos (Municipality of Tinos), Mykonos (Municipality of Mykonos), Andros (Municipality of Andros) and Thira (Municipalities of Thira, Ieta, Sikinos, Folegandros and Anafi) of the South Aegean Region.

The Attica RAO is responsible for all applications for international protection submitted by foreigners or stateless persons within its local jurisdiction, except for those that fall under the Asylum Units of Amygdaleza, of Fast-track Examination of Applications for International Protection, of International Protection Applicants Under Custody, and of Vulnerable Groups of Attica, as well as of the Regional Asylum Offices of Piraeus and Alimos.

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