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Greek authorities unlawfully pushed a group including Syrian refugee back to Turkey through the Evros land border, while a procedure for interim measures was pending before the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).
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8th of March, International Women’s Day: “A look from my window”
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PUSH BACKS AT EVROS BORDERS: A DISREGARD FOR HUMAN LIFE AND LEGALITY
Athens, May 2, 2019 The borders of Greece at Evros tend to become an area outside the law, a place…
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Risks of serious human rights violations
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Download theLegal Note From its very inception in early March 2016, the EU-Turkey deal signed on 18 March 2016 was…
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Open letter to Mr Notis Mitarakis Minister of Migration and Asylum
Athens, 21 January 2020 Dear Minister, With this letter, the below signatory humanitarian, human rights and protection organizations would like…
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No monitoring of fundamental rights violations in Greece without independent and effective mechanisms
Joint Statement
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This Refugee Support Aegean (RSA) policy note analyses the main trends and developments in the Greek asylum procedure through statistics provided by national authorities in response to parliamentary questions and in monthly reports of the Ministry of Migration and Asylum. It formulates observations and recommendations for filling existing gaps in the quality of data published by the administration.
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The Serious Incident Report of the Frontex Fundamental Rights Office on the Pylos shipwreck leaves no doubt as to the responsibility of the Greek Coast Guard
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Four experts present the impact of confinement on the mental health, rights and life of the “children of the deal”.
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