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Greece urgently adopts controversial law to implement EU-Turkey deal

8th April 2016 | News

8 April 2016 On Friday 1 April the Greek Parliament adopted Law 4375/2016, amid debate and speculation around the legal reforms needed for the implementation of the EU-Turkey deal of 18 March. The new law does not explicitly designate Turkey as a ‘safe third country’....

ECRE urges the EU and Member States not to resume Dublin transfers to Greece

4th March 2016 | News

4 March 2016 As a response to the European Commission’s Recommendation on urgent measures to be taken by Greece to resume transfers of asylum seekers under the Dublin Regulation there, ECRE published comments expressing concerns about ongoing shortcomings in the Greek...

Greece deports hundreds of people to Turkey

4th March 2016 | News

4 March 2016 On Wednesday 2 March, the European Commission announced that Greece was in the process of returning 308 people who had entered Greece irregularly, back to Turkey, stepping up its efforts to ensure an effective return policy. They are mainly of Moroccan,...

ECRE Comments on the Commission Recommendation relating to the reinstatement of Dublin transfers to Greece

26th February 2016 | News

26 February 2016 ECRE has published comments on the European Commission’s Recommendation on the urgent measures to be taken in view of the resumption of Dublin transfers to Greece. Transfers to Greece have been suspended since 2011, following judgments of the European...

EU Commission adopts: Greece ‘seriously neglected’ Schengen border controls

5th February 2016 | News

5 February 2016 On 2 February, the EU’s College of Commissioners adopted the Schengen Evaluation Report on Greece and a proposal for a Council Recommendation on ‘addressing the serious deficiencies identified in the evaluation report on the application of Schengen...

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