The new Greek Minister of Migration Policy, Dimitris Vitsas, said the authorities recorded a 33% increase in refugee flows from Turkey in the first quarter of 2018, compared to the same period last year. He also announced the government will submit a draft bill at the...
The updated AIDA country report on Greece tracks key developments track key developments in asylum procedures, reception conditions, detention and content of protection throughout 2017. Cases of alleged push backs have been systematically reported at the Greek-Turkish...
On 15 March 2018, the European Court of Human Rights ruled in case A.E.A. v. Greece (application no. 39034/12) and found that Greece had violated the human rights of a Sudanese national who was unable to apply for asylum in Greece from 2009 to 2012 due to the systemic...
Difficulties in securing adequate reception for unaccompanied children seeking protection have persisted in Italy and Greece throughout 2017. 2,275 unaccompanied children applied for asylum in Greece in 2017, adding to 2,146 lone children who arrived the year before....
The Administrative Court of Appeal of Athens has accepted a request by the Greek Ministry of Migration Policy for a provisional order to suspend a decision of the Appeals Committee granting refugee status to a Turkish soldier, pending the outcome of judicial review...
