“Turned away” HRW reports about illegal push-backs of minors from the Italian...
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View ArticleGreece: UN experts on arbitrary detention concerned by detention conditions...
ATHENS / GENEVA (31 January 2013) – At the end of its 11-day visit to Greece, the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention noted that the time has come for an improvement of conditions of detention and...
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Chios: dozens of refugees detained for days in cage like detention building
47 Syrians and 4 Palestinian refugees who had newly arrived in end Fbebruary 2013 in Greece – among them 14 children and two pregnant women – were detained in a container like buiding next to the...
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BBC: Greece asylum: Journey through a broken system
When it comes to seeking asylum, Greece is the gateway to Europe. But the Greek asylum system is a mess. Paul Mason spoke to one man who has spent more than a year on the road – in squats, living rough...
View ArticleLesvos: More refugees dying on dangerous routes to asylum in Europe
Another refugee boat with 15 passengers got lost only three months after the tragedy that cost the lives of 21 refugees in December of last year on Lesvos island. Eight Syrian refugees a lost in the...
View ArticleNew report on Greece published by the Council of Europe Commissioner for...
Strasbourg, 16 April 2013 – CommDH(2013)6 REPORT by Nils Muižnieks, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Following his visit to Greece, from 28 January to 1 February 2013 Summary...
View Article2012 Annual Report of the Racist Violence Recording Network
Introduction The present report consists of two parts: First, the quantitative and qualitative findings of recording incidents of racist violence, through interviewing victims, by organizations...
View ArticleAI: Frontier Europe (new report on push-backs and arbitrary detention)
The Greek government is trying to seal its borders not only through increased surveillance and the construction of a fence; but research by Amnesty International shows that those who do arrive are...
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3 Videos / CNN / Europe’s Lost Children: Journeys of pain, despair – and joy.
Immigrants fleeing violence pay people smugglers thousands of dollars to enter Europe through Greece. The exodus includes children, alone and at risk. Their dreams are big, but the reality far...
View ArticleAI: Two boat tragedies leave migrants dead and missing off Europe’s shores
Press releases 25 July 2013 Two boat tragedies leave migrants dead and missing off Europe’s shores Separate boating incidents putting the lives of dozens of migrants at risk in the Aegean Sea today are...
View ArticleStatistics New Asylum Service Greece 2013
The new asylum service reached now its first six months of functioning in Athens. Also in Fylakio, Alexandroupoli and Lesvos three asylum offices were opened meanwhile. Soon also in Rhodes (end of...
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