Is it actually a requirement for asylum applications to be open in UN member states? Not too clued up on that myself. Additionally, UN doesn't seem to want to

Is it actually a requirement for asylum applications to be open in UN member states? Not too clued up on that myself. Additionally, UN doesn't seem to want to lift a finger for Greece in this situation either or suggest some alternative. If you've read even the tiniest bit about Greco-Turkish relations, you'd know that doing nothing would be a complete ego suicide for either country. The EU wants to defend its piece of pie and is being helpful this time round at least, especially since bucking to Erdogan's constant blackmailing is not a recipe for having a healthy treasury. Lastly, Greek bureaucracy is terrible enough that even with asylum applications postponed, the same amount of work on the current ones would be done. All sane and capable Greeks left the country already.