23rd September 2016 | News
The Ministerial Decision introducing free legal assistance in asylum appeals procedures in Greece was published on 9 September 2016. Free legal assistance is made available to applicants who appeal before the Appeals Committees against a negative decision on their...
16th September 2016 | News
On September 10, the European Commission announced another 115 million of emergency support for Greece to improve the conditions for over 60,000 asylum seekers and refugees in Greece in often dire conditions. The money will be used to improve current shelters and...
16th September 2016 | News
A day after the European Commission released new statistics revealing a slow implementation of the relocation mechanism, UNHCR has called upon EU Member States to increase their pledges and pace of relocation. So far only 3 per cent of the pledge to relocate 160,000...
9th September 2016 | News
Asylum seeking children are facing harrowing conditions in Greek detention centres, a new report published by Human Rights Watch (HRW) documents. Children are enduring inadequate sanitation and hygiene conditions, ill-treatment by police offices, and little or no...
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...
