Register now for PICUM conference “EU Migration Policy: A push back for migrants’ rights in Greece?” on 20 March, Brussels

10th March 2014 | News

7 March 2014 The Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants (PICUM) in cooperation with ECRE, Amnesty International, the European Network of Migrant Women, European Anti-Poverty Network, the European Network Against Racism and Médecins du Monde is...

Commissioner Malmström: “There are very serious allegations of pushbacks and ill treatment of migrants in Greece. We need to shed full light”

7th February 2014 | News

7 February 2014 European Commissioner for Home Affairs Cecilia Malmström and several Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have urged the Greek government to undertake an independent, thorough and transparent investigations into the tragedy that claimed  the lives...

Medici per i Diritti Umani denounces push backs from Italy to Greece

2nd December 2013 | News

In a new report, Medici per I Diritti Humani (Doctors for Human Rights) has documented over a hundred accounts of push-backs of migrants and asylum seekers from the Italian Adriatic ports to Greece, under a readmission agreement between the two countries. The...

UNHCR seeks clarification about Greece’s treatment of refugees from Syria

15th November 2013 | News

UNHCR Greece has this week demanded clarification from Greek authorities regarding the whereabouts of 150 Syrian refugees, among them many families with children. The refugees were being held in police custody but were later taken by the authorities to an unknown...

Pro Asyl accuses Greece of systematically pushing back refugees at the Greek-Turkish border

8th November 2013 | News

Refugees attempting to cross the EU’s external borders with Turkey are systematically pushed back from Greek territorial waters, the Greek islands and from the land border. The accounts of 90 refugees who were illegally pushed back are detailed in a new report...