Greek Asylum Case Law Report Issue 2/2024 released

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.

Refugee women reflect on the belongings they carried and the memories they cherish

Campaign for Access to Asylum

Greece is intensifying its detention policy under the hypocritical and tolerating gaze of the EU. More specifically, on Kos and – during the operation of the pre-removal centre – in Evros the authorities apply a policy of generalised and systematic detention of newly arrived asylum seekers subject to a few exceptions, whereas even vulnerable people are detained for prolonged periods.

The reform of the Common European Asylum System (CEAS)

The Deportations and Returns Bill tabled by the Greek Ministry of Migration and Asylum to Parliament on 25 August 2021 fully disregards the positions and concerns put forward by civil society and the National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR) regarding compliance with international and EU law on asylum and migration. Without any justification, the drafters of the bill omit over 60 comments tabled by experts in the public consultation, thereby circumventing a necessary institution to safeguard the rule of law and better law-making.

Arrival Data for 2024

These figures derive from the data we are publishing today for the whole of 2024, following our own collection and analysis.

Download the Note In September 2020, as part of the New Pact on Migration and Asylum, the European Commission tabled…

The RVRN categorically condemns recent incidents involving civilian self-proclaimed ‘militia’ groups engaging in unlawful acts of violence against refugees and migrants in Greece

WE ARE DEEPLY THANKFUL – Update on the collection of computers for refugee children

Refugees arbitrarily deprived of their liberty despite unfeasible deportations