Greece continues to systematically impose deprivation of liberty against asylum seekers and to expose people seeking protection to serious violations of fundamental rights and to unsuitable conditions in pre-removal centres and police stations. The practice persists despite sharp criticism and mounting condemnations of the country by international bodies.
This note analyses current detention practice based on the latest available statistics on immigration detention and judicial review thereof, as well as on testimonies from refugees detained in Greece.
Joint Letter: Repeal the national list of safe third countries
Hundreds of refugees that entered EU through Greece and reached other EU countries after 15th of March are in danger…
Legal aid organizations express concerns regarding the unprecedented administrative practice of the Regional Asylum Office of Lesvos, which goes against…
Download theLegal Note From its very inception in early March 2016, the EU-Turkey deal signed on 18 March 2016 was…
On March 30th a new pre-removal detention center was opened on Kos Island. Similar detention centers are planned on other…
Manifesto for the 2019 European elections by 5 organisations from France, Germany, Greece, Italy and Spain
The undersigned NGOs strongly oppose the introduction and use of the concept of instrumentalisation and its codification in EU law;
Online press conference
Nearly 100 recognised refugees have been deported to Greece in the first half of 2022
National Transparency Authority should publish the full investigation regarding pushbacks in accordance with the principle of transparency Download the Press…
The Council of State, the Supreme Administrative Court of Greece, has on Friday decided against the appeals of two Syrians…
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