Refugees who approach the Greek authorities to seek asylum end up arrested and criminally prosecuted.
Criminalisation (7)
Criminalisation of seeking asylum: The first month of implementation of the New Pact on Migration and Asylum has been marked by arbitrary arrest, detention and criminalisation of refugees, collapse of procedures, and suspension of registration of asylum applications.
2 APR 2026
One year since the 3 April Lesvos shipwreck: Survivor acquittal as a first step towards justice
Joint statement
28 fatal incidents, including 16 shipwrecks
Statistics on the implementation of the September 2025 eform
17 FEB 2026
Crete – Gavdos 2025: Fourfold increase in refugee arrivals and absence of state planning
Stats and info - 2025
The story of a survivor of a different impending shipwreck, two years ago
7 OCT 2026
People seeking protection end up behind bars: No access to asylum in Attica
21 JUL 2026
A mother and her two children arrested upon seeking asylum, a couple arbitrarily detained for a month: Two stories from the first month of the implementation of the New Pact
2 APR 2026
One year since the 3 April Lesvos shipwreck: Survivor acquittal as a first step towards justice
16 MAR 2026
At least 98 refugees dead or missing at Greece’s maritime borders in 2025
25 FEB 2026
Criminalisation of “illegal stay” in Greece puts almost 300 people behind bars
17 FEB 2026
Crete – Gavdos 2025: Fourfold increase in refugee arrivals and absence of state planning
20 JUN 2023
From impending shipwreck in 2021 to unjust detention, separation, and today reunification with his children: The story of N.S.
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