After the end of the war, the ELAS fighters who took refuge in southern Yugoslavia and Bulgaria were not all permitted by Greece to return: only those who considered themselves Greeks were allowed, whereas those who considered themselves Bulgarians or Macedonians were barred.
Karui pasibaigus, ELAS kariams, pabėgusiems į pietų Jugoslaviją ir Bulgariją, neleista sugrįžti; leista tik tiems, kurie laikė save graikais, o laikiusiems save bulgarais ar makedoniečiais uždrausta.