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Successful completion of pre-registration of asylum seekers in Greece – more needed to meet long term concerns

2nd September 2016 | News

The pre-registration of asylum seekers on mainland Greece was declared completed on 1 August in a joint press release by the Greek Asylum Service, UNHCR and the European Asylum Support Office (EASO). The large-scale operation launched on June 8, 2016, resulted in...

With Greece: ECRE and AIRE Centre report on refugee protection in Greece

15th July 2016 | News

ECRE and the AIRE Centre released this week a report on procedural challenges and recommendations for effective and sustainable support to the Greek asylum system. The report, which follows a field visit to the country between 28 May and 6 June, emphasises the need...

Only 3,000 people relocated from Greece and Italy in ten months

15th July 2016 | News

The European Commission’s Fifth Report on Relocation and Resettlement published on 13 July finds that the relocation system has many deficiencies, including a lack of relocations generally, lengthy response times and hardly any relocations of unaccompanied...

With Greece: Recommendations for refugee protection

13th July 2016 | News

The AIRE Centre & ECRE Report Publication Brussels/London, 13 July 2016. More than 200,000 people have fled conflict and persecution to seek protection in Europe, so far this year. 70% of these people have landed in Greece and most remain stranded. Though the...

Greece amends its asylum law after multiple Appeals Board decisions overturn the presumption of Turkey as a ‘safe third country’

24th June 2016 | News

Last week the Greek Parliament approved an amendment to its asylum law to modify the composition of Appeals Committees and removed the possibility for asylum seekers to request a personal hearing before the Committees. The main change brought about by the new law...

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