Two years after the violent crackdown on citizens in Chios and Lesvos who oppose the transformation of the islands into prisons for refugees and migrants, dissatisfaction with the refugee response is growing.

Press Conference

Refugees arbitrarily deprived of their liberty despite unfeasible deportations

An expert opinion by the European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) released today finds the Greek legal framework on the registration of NGOs working with refugees and migrants (Joint Ministerial Decision 10616/2020) “in clear violation” of standards of international law, EU law and the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).

The situation in the CCAC on Samos.

Τhe European Ombudsman released her conclusions on EU search and rescue as related to the Pylos shipwreck.

Greek Asylum Case Law Report Issue 2/2024 released

Violence and tensions currently tend to become routine at the Reception and Identification Center (RIC) – the so-called hotspot in…

“We want to put our heads on our pillows at night and sleep in peace all together.”  Foaz M, 40…

Clear evidence of serious criminal liability among senior Coast Guard officers

A family of refugees had unlawfully been detained under a “restriction of freedom” in the RIC of Malakasa

A Syrian refugee, a Christian of Armenian origin, who lived for about a year in Turkey under the precarious ‘temporary…

Fighting for refugee status recognition in Greece​

78 people dead and more than 500 missing after the shipwreck off the coast of Pylos are seeking justice