{"id":13840,"date":"2022-10-13T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-13T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/?p=13840"},"modified":"2022-10-12T13:01:13","modified_gmt":"2022-10-12T10:01:13","slug":"returns-in-figures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/returns-in-figures\/","title":{"rendered":"European countries carry on with deportations of recognised refugees to Greece \u2013 returns in figures"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"13840\" class=\"elementor elementor-13840\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-006f567 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"006f567\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ea8dfca\" data-id=\"ea8dfca\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ffada1b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ffada1b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">European countries carry on with deportations of recognised refugees to Greece \u2013 returns in figures<\/h2>\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<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2a7360f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2a7360f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0e80331\" data-id=\"0e80331\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d79aec elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8d79aec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">Nearly 100 recognised refugees have been deported to Greece by other European countries in the first half of 2022, despite well-documented <a href=\"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/beneficiaries-of-international-protection-in-greece-report\/\"><span class=\"s1\">potent risks<\/span><\/a> of destitution and degrading treatment facing people returned thereto.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">Figures made available by the Hellenic Police in reply to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hellenicparliament.gr\/UserFiles\/67715b2c-ec81-4f0c-ad6a-476a34d732bd\/12095585.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s1\">parliamentary questions<\/span><\/a> refer to 596 incoming readmission requests concerning 1,071 people, under bilateral readmission agreements with different European states:<\/p><p class=\"p1\">Germany remains the main sender of readmission requests regarding recognised refugees. However, an increase is noted in requests from countries such as France, Sweden and Switzerland.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\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<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9492b09 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9492b09\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9e470bc\" data-id=\"9e470bc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0466889 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"0466889\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"flourish-embed flourish-chart\" data-src=\"visualisation\/11448115\"><script src=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/resources\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/div>\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<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-044719b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"044719b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-57fd1b1\" data-id=\"57fd1b1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a2669f1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a2669f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">Greece has accepted the overwhelming majority of readmission requests (96%). Only 44 cases were rejected, including 31 relating to requests from Germany.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">A total of 96 beneficiaries of international protection were returned to Greece in the first six months of 2022. Most of them were deported from Sweden, Finland and France.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\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<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-219e481 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"219e481\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-41be45d\" data-id=\"41be45d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fdb7ea2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"fdb7ea2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"flourish-embed flourish-chart\" data-src=\"visualisation\/11448325\"><script src=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/resources\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/div>\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<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b08fc07 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b08fc07\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a5b760c\" data-id=\"a5b760c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4dfc48e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4dfc48e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>Refugee Support Aegean (RSA) follows and supports various cases of refugees returned to Greece from Germany, Sweden, Belgium, Switzerland and the Netherlands.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">It is worth recalling that Germany <a href=\"https:\/\/www.infomigrants.net\/en\/post\/39328\/germany-to-process-frozen-asylum-claims-of-refugees-from-greece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s1\">decided<\/span><\/a> in spring 2022 to refrain from returning recognised refugees to Greece and to process their claims on the merits, apart from exceptional cases. The Netherlands recently <a href=\"https:\/\/puc.overheid.nl\/ind\/doc\/PUC_1294149_1\/1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s1\">followed suit<\/span><\/a> with a similar policy in September 2022. Other countries have not adopted similar policies to date, however.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p class=\"p1\">For more information:<\/p><p><span class=\"s3\">* RSA, <a href=\"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/deported-to-destitution\/\"><span class=\"s1\">Deported to destitution: Refugee women remain undocumented four months after return from Sweden to Greece<\/span><\/a>, 5 October 2022<\/span><\/p><p><span class=\"s3\">* RSA, <a href=\"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/the-new-cartoneros-of-athens\/\"><span class=\"s1\">The new \u201cCartoneros\u201d of Athens<\/span><\/a>, 14 July 2022<\/span><\/p><p><span class=\"s3\">* RSA &amp; PRO ASYL, <a href=\"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/beneficiaries-of-international-protection-in-greece-report\/\"><span class=\"s1\">Beneficiaries of international protection: Access to documents and socio-economic rights<\/span><\/a>, 31 March 2022<\/span><\/p><p><span class=\"s3\">* RSA, <a href=\"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/recognised-refugee-returned-to-greece\/\"><span class=\"s1\">Recognised refugee returned to Greece, destitute, forgotten and undocumented<\/span><\/a>, 4 March 2022<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\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<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nearly 100 recognised refugees have been deported to Greece in the first half of 2022<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":13842,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,259,243,143,245,137],"tags":[284,18],"class_list":{"0":"post-13840","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-publications","8":"category-deportations-returns","9":"category-facts-and-figures","10":"category-integration-and-social-rights","11":"category-recognised-refugees","12":"category-topics","13":"tag-284","14":"tag-featured"},"menu_order":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13840","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=13840"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13840\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13849,"href":"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13840\/revisions\/13849"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}