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In recent months, there has been an increase in the number of ships arriving in Crete and Gavdos, islands which have no official infrastructure for the first reception of asylum seekers and their identification procedures.

Flood victims in Greece are housed in unsuitable conditions at the refugee structure in Koutsochero

The tragic human toll currently includes 19 confirmed dead refugees on Evros and escalation of racist discourse and practices

The Council of the European Union sets impermissible restrictions on refugees’ access to asylum procedures in Europe.

Joint Civil Society Submission to the European Commission on the 2023 Rule of Law Report January 2023

Refugee Support Aegean (RSA) completes registration on the NGO Registry  The Special Secretariat for Stakeholder Coordination at the Ministry of…

In its submission to the 2022 Rule of Law Report of the European Commission, RSA highlights developments and persisting concerns relating to the rule of law through the lens of the Greek asylum system.

The European Commission tabled legislative proposals to amend the Schengen Borders Code and to address so-called “instrumentalisation” in migration and asylum, two months after 12 Member States, including Greece, Cyprus, Hungary, Poland, Lithuania and Latvia, requested the “adaptation of EU law to new realities” and after the European Council called on the Commission to take legislative measures.