{"id":10643,"date":"2021-03-30T12:16:34","date_gmt":"2021-03-30T09:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/?p=10643"},"modified":"2021-03-30T12:33:20","modified_gmt":"2021-03-30T09:33:20","slug":"joint-action-against-push-backs-signed-by-49-ngos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/joint-action-against-push-backs-signed-by-49-ngos\/","title":{"rendered":"Joint Action against push-backs signed by 49 NGO’s"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Over the last years, the undersigned organisations have been receiving allegations of push-backs at the country\u2019s land and sea borders. This practice seems to have now acquired systematic characteristics and constitutes an official state policy aiming at the prevention of refugee and migrant flows.<\/p>

Although not a new phenomenon, this policy of land and sea push-backs has, however, escalated in an unprecedented fashion over the last year, both in terms of frequency of incidents and of the means employed. Dozens of complaints, substantiated by evidence (videos, testimonies and photos), have been recorded.<\/p>

Of the utmost concern is the reported tolerance and\/or involvement of FRONTEX as well as the inaction in conducting a substantial inquiry into the public allegations connected to it. This policy not only constitutes a violation of fundamental principles of international law but also poses a direct threat to people\u2019s lives.<\/p>

We emphatically point out that:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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  • \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe deterrence of entry as well as the return of persons who have entered Greece, without respecting the legal procedures for the apprehension and registration of the latter and without examining their potential application for international protection, infringes the fundamental principles of international law which prohibit the return of persons to a country where they are at risk of persecution, torture and inhuman or degrading treatment.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
  • \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe protection of human life is the ultimate responsibility and obligation of the authorities<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
  • \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTargeting and criminalising civil society organisations and citizens who record and publicise push-back incidents at the land and sea borders of the country is dangerous for the Rule of Law and aims at consolidating a climate of fear and of tolerance towards illegal practices<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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    Several of the undersigned organizations have already submitted reports and complaints to international and European bodies, aiming at the effective investigation and prosecution of illegal push-back practices. In addition, we now call on civil society organisations and bodies to come together in an initiative to address the below demands to national, European and international bodies:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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    • \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe immediate end of illegal push-back practices that endanger the Rule of Law and fundamental human rights<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
    • \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe establishment of an independent mechanism for the systematic recording and substantiation of reported push-back cases <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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      THE SIGNING ORGANISATIONS<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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      Advocates Abroad<\/p>

      Attika Human Support<\/p>

      Better Days<\/p>

      Boat Refugee Foundation\/Stichting Bootvluchteling<\/p>

      BORDERLINE EUROPE E.V.<\/p>

      Changemakers Lab<\/p>

      Choose Love<\/p>

      Diakonie Oesterreich (Austria)<\/p>

      ECHO100PLUS<\/p>

      Equal Rights Beyond Borders<\/p>

      EuroMed Rights<\/p>

      Europe Must Act<\/p>

      Fenix – Humanitarian Legal Aid<\/p>

      Glocal Roots<\/p>

      HIAS \u2013 Greece<\/p>

      HumanRights360<\/p>

      International Rescue Committee (IRC)<\/p>

      Irida Women’s Center<\/p>

      Legal Centre Lesvos<\/p>

      Lighthouse Relief (LHR)<\/p>

      Mare Liberum<\/p>

      Mobile Info Team<\/p>

      Mobile Info Team<\/p>

      RAD MUSIC INTERNATIONAL<\/p>

      Refugee Legal Support (RLS)<\/p>

      Refugee Rights Europe (RRE)<\/p>

      Refugee Support Aegean (RSA)<\/p>

      SolidarityNow<\/p>

      Still I Rise<\/p>

      The Hope Project<\/p>

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      \u0391\u03a1\u03a3\u0399\u03a3 \u2013 \u039a\u03bf\u03b9\u03bd\u03c9\u03bd\u03b9\u03ba\u03ae \u039f\u03c1\u03b3\u03ac\u03bd\u03c9\u03c3\u03b7 \u03a5\u03c0\u03bf\u03c3\u03c4\u03ae\u03c1\u03b9\u03be\u03b7\u03c2 \u039d\u03ad\u03c9\u03bd\/ ARSIS \u2013 Association for the Social Support of Youth<\/p>

      \u0395\u039b\u039b\u0397\u039d\u0399\u039a\u0397 \u0395\u039d\u03a9\u03a3\u0397 \u0393\u0399\u0391 \u03a4\u0391 \u0394\u0399\u039a\u0391\u0399\u03a9\u039c\u0391\u03a4\u0391 \u03a4\u039f\u03a5 \u0391\u039d\u0398\u03a1\u03a9\u03a0\u039f\u03a5<\/p>

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      \u039d\u0391\u039f\u039c\u0399, \u039f\u03b9\u03ba\u03bf\u03c5\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd\u03b9\u03ba\u03cc \u0395\u03c1\u03b3\u03b1\u03c3\u03c4\u03ae\u03c1\u03b9 \u03a0\u03c1\u03bf\u03c3\u03c6\u03cd\u03b3\u03c9\u03bd, NAOMI, Ecumenical Workshop for Refugees<\/p>

      \u039f\u03b9\u03ba\u03bf\u03bb\u03bf\u03b3\u03b9\u03ba\u03ae \u039a\u03af\u03bd\u03b7\u03c3\u03b7 \u0398\u03b5\u03c3\u03c3\u03b1\u03bb\u03bf\u03bd\u03af\u03ba\u03b7\u03c2\/ Ecological Movement of Thessaloniki<\/p>

      \u03a3\u03c5\u03bc\u03b2\u03af\u03c9\u03c3\u03b7-\u03a3\u03c7\u03bf\u03bb\u03ae \u03a0\u03bf\u03bb\u03b9\u03c4\u03b9\u03ba\u03ce\u03bd \u03a3\u03c0\u03bf\u03c5\u03b4\u03ce\u03bd \u03c3\u03c4\u03b7\u03bd \u0395\u03bb\u03bb\u03ac\u03b4\u03b1, \u0394\u03af\u03ba\u03c4\u03c5\u03bf \u03a3\u03c7\u03bf\u03bb\u03ce\u03bd \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03a3\u03c5\u03bc\u03b2\u03bf\u03c5\u03bb\u03af\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c4\u03b7\u03c2 \u0395\u03c5\u03c1\u03ce\u03c0\u03b7\u03c2 \/ Symbiosis-Schoolof Political Studies in Greece, affiliated to the Council of Europe Network of Schools<\/p>

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      Over the last years, the undersigned organisations have been receiving allegations of push-backs at the country\u2019s land and sea borders….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":10705,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,8,6,142,137,254],"tags":[275,18],"class_list":{"0":"post-10643","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-publications","8":"category-news-2","9":"category-press-releases","10":"category-push-backs-collective-expulsions","11":"category-topics","12":"category-violations-at-the-borders","13":"tag-2021-2","14":"tag-featured"},"menu_order":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10643"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10643\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10723,"href":"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10643\/revisions\/10723"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}