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Spain: Supreme Court Supports Transfer from Greece to Spain Following a Request at the Embassy

Spain: Supreme Court Supports Transfer from Greece to Spain Following a Request at the Embassy

11th December 2020 | News

On 15 October 2020, the Supreme Court of Spain confirmed that an Iraqi national who applied for a transfer from Greece to Spain in the Spanish embassy in Athens had to be transferred to Spain, where he can apply for international protection. In its assessment of the...
Greece: Migration Minister Praises Conditions in Moria 2.0, Pushbacks and Shipwrecks Continue

Greece: Migration Minister Praises Conditions in Moria 2.0, Pushbacks and Shipwrecks Continue

4th December 2020 | News

Greek Minister of Migration and Asylum, Notis Mitarakis praises the temporary facility in Kara Tepe despite harsh conditions. Evidence of pushbacks continue to mount and shipwreck off Lesvos cost two lives. Following a visit to the temporary facility in Kara Tepe also...
Greece: Migration Minister Praises Conditions in Moria 2.0, Pushbacks and Shipwrecks Continue

Greece: Frontex Denies Involvement in Pushbacks, Expert Council Critique of NGO Registration Rules

27th November 2020 | News

According to Der Spiegel, Director of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex), Fabrice Leggeri, denied involvement of the agency in pushback operations from Greece during an extraordinary board meeting called by the European Commission. In an addendum...
Greece: Migration Minister Praises Conditions in Moria 2.0, Pushbacks and Shipwrecks Continue

Greece: EU to Finance Camps on Islands, CPT Calls for Reforms of Detention System and end of Pushbacks, Whereabouts of Rejected Asylum Seekers Unknown

20th November 2020 | News

EU has signed a financing agreement for the construction of new structures to replace overcrowded camps on Lesvos, Samos, Chios, Leros and Kos. Council of Europe’s anti-torture Committee (CPT) calls for reform of Greek immigration detention system and ending...
Greece: Migration Minister Praises Conditions in Moria 2.0, Pushbacks and Shipwrecks Continue

Greece: Father of Drowned Child Arrested, Thousands of Pushbacks Documented, Frontex Involvement in Pushbacks Under Scrutiny

13th November 2020 | News

Six people are missing and one child drowned after a shipwreck off Samos, the father of the child has been arrested on suspicion of endangering a life. Mare Liberum has collected information on hundreds of pushback operations in the Aegean Sea involving more than...
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