In December 2021, the European Commission presented a proposal for a Regulation addressing situations of instrumentalization in the field of migration and asylum. The proposal introduces a mechanism that allows Member States to derogate from their responsibilities under EU asylum law in situations of “instrumentalization” of migration. The mechanism is
Παιδιά χωρίς χαρτιά, παιδιά σε κίνδυνο. Μέχρι πότε … ;
Η πρόσφατη περίπτωση του νεαρού Σαϊντού (Saidou), πρόσφυγα από την Γουινέα, κατέδειξε έντονα το πρόβλημα των ασυνόδευτων παιδιών, τα οποία αν και βρίσκονται στην χώρα υπό την φροντίδα της Πολιτείας, στερούνται ένα μακροχρόνιο πλαίσιο νομικής προστασίας,
σύμφωνα με το βέλτιστο συμφέρον τους.
Η συγκεκριμένη υπόθεση, έφερε στην επιφάνεια τη συστημική
National Transparency Authority should publish the full investigation regarding pushbacks in accordance with the principle of transparency
Athens, 7 April 2022: On the 29th of March, the Greek National Transparency Authority (NTA) issued a press release announcing the conclusion of a 3-month investigation on the management of migration flows to the Greek territory as well as the relevant international journalistic reports on informal forced returns (pushbacks)1.
It
Κοινή Δήλωση 293 Οργανώσεων για το νέο Νομοσχέδιο της ΚτΠ
– Ανοιχτή Επιστολή –
23/11/2021
Θέμα “Κοινή Δήλωση 293 Οργανώσεων για το νέο Νομοσχέδιο της ΚτΠ”
Με την παρούσα επιστολή που συνυπογράφουν 293 Οργανώσεις της Κοινωνίας των Πολιτών θέτουμε υπόψιν σας τους προβληματισμούς και προτάσεις μας επί του νέου νομοσχεδίου που εισάγει το Υπουργείο Εσωτερικών και αφορά τις Οργανώσεις της
JOINT NGO PRESS BRIEFING PAPER
No one should be left hungry!
The Greek government should immediately disburse belated payments of cash assistance and ensure food provision to people living in facilities (e.g. camps and ESTIA apartments), irrespective of their legal status. Depriving them of this basic human right is shameful and a violation of fundamental
Health is a fundamental right. Immediate access to the vaccination process for undocumented people
To: Deputy Minister of Health, Mr. Vassilis Kontozamanis,
Secretary General of Primary Health Care, Mr. Marios Themistokleous Chairman of the National Vaccination Committee, Ms. Maria Theodoridou
Throughout the last year and a half, the Covid19 pandemic has affected widely the everyday life of people all over the world, resulting in
Press Release
Greece deems Turkey “safe”, but refugees are not:
The substantive examination of asylum applications is the only safe solution for refugees
Athens, 14 June 2021: With a new Joint Ministerial Decision (JMD) issued on 7 June,1the Greek State designates Turkey as a “safe third country” for families, men, women and
Joint Action for the creation of an initiative of organisations in relation to push-backs
Over the last years, the undersigned organisations have been receiving allegations of push-backs at the country’s land and sea borders. This practice seems to have now acquired systematic characteristics and constitutes an official state policy aiming at the prevention of refugee and migrant flows.
Although not a new phenomenon, this
Open letter about the Greek Recovery and Resilience Plan: opacity and lack of participation
To Deputy Minister of Finance, Theodoros Skylakakis
CC:
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis
Minister of Finance, Christos Staikouras
The European Commission Recovery and Resilience Task Force (RECOVER) Athens, Tuesday 23rd March 2021
Dear Mr. Minister,
The signatory Civil Society Organisations would like to express our concerns about the opacity in the