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EU Commission calls on Greece to return to the Dublin system within six months

1st October 2015 | News

1 October 2015 In a document setting out the priority actions for the management of the refugee crisis, the European Commission called for Greece to normalise the asylum situation within their territory and return to the Dublin system in the coming months. The...

Greece: The Gate to Europe?

18th September 2015 | News

18 September 2015 The UN has estimated that some 30,000 refugees are on Greek islands, of which 20,000 reside on Lesvos. According to the authorities in Lesvos, the island receives approximately 2,000 irregular migrants and refugees per day, placing it as an area...

ECRE urgently calls on the EU and Member States for more robust solidarity as the refugee crisis in Greece deepens

27th August 2015 | News

27 August 2015 The current exceptional situation in Greece requires additional measures by the European Union and EU Member States to further support the initiatives taken by the Greek authorities and civil society organisations to address the increasing numbers of...

Greece: Border monitoring reports by the Greek Council for Refugees

12th August 2015 | News

12 August 2015 Two mission reports on the situation on the island of Kos and Eidomeni, near the Greek-FYROM border, were published by ECRE member Greek Council for Refugees (GCR). In its report on Kos, compiled following a visit in June 2015, GCR notes the complete...

Greece: ECRE members respond to asylum crisis on the islands

17th July 2015 | News

17 July 2015 As UNHCR highlighted, Greece is facing an unprecedented refugee emergency, with 1,000 people arriving on the Greek islands daily over the latest weeks. Deutsche Welle and other media reported that during the first week of July alone 9,000 refugees and...

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