ATHENS, Greece — Migrants in Greece with rejected asylum claims will be required to wear ankle monitors as part of planned measures to speed up deportations, a government official announced Monday.

Migration Minister Thanos Plevris said the measure is set to be implemented before the end of the year under reforms that would criminalize noncompliance with deportation orders.

“The use of electronic monitoring will make it clear that the options have narrowed,” Plevris told state-run ERT radio.

The tougher regulations, including mandatory jail terms for defying deportation orders, will be submitted to parliament next month after a summer delay caused by a spike in migrant arrivals from Libya to the island of Crete.

Plevris said electronic monitoring would be enforced during a 30-day compl

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