As of March refugees residing in Greece will have their free meals replaced by financial assistance.
The announcement was made on Monday by Migration Policy Minister Yiannis Mouzalas in an interview with SKAI TV.
According to the minister, those eligible will be refugees on mainland Greece, while excluding those currently staying in camps on the islands.
A set amount will be allocated to each refugee family, which Mr Mouzalas said will be one euro less than the minimum income that is guaranteed to Greek families receiving assistance – a decision he says was made “for symbolic reasons”.
The minister was also questioned over the current EU-Turkey deal and the consequences for Greece if it were to collapse, which he unsurprisingly said would see Greece faced with “a very difficult situation”.
Fifty thousand refugees and migrants have been registered so far, as the government looks to distribute them across various centres that are still under construction.