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Refugees & Migrants
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Acknowledgment of Racist Motive in the Case of the Events at Sappho Square

hias.org | 11 July 2024

Humanitarian Governance
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Greece Country Report

This report draws on information inter alia provided by the Directorate of the Hellenic Police and the General Secretariat for Vulnerable Persons and Institutional Protection (GSVP) of the Ministry on Migration and Asylum, national and international jurisprudence, reports by international, European and national human rights bodies and institutions, international and non-governmental organisations, publicly available data, media information as well as GCR’s observations from practice and information provided by the GCR Legal and Social Unit.

Events
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Conference in honour of Evthymios Papataxiarchis Mytilini, 17-18 May 2024

The Department of Social Anthropology and History of the University of the Aegean invites you to a scientific conference in honour of Emeritus Professor Evthymios Papataxiarchis
Mytilene, 17-18 May 2024
Amphitheatre of Geography Department

Refugees & Migrants
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Press conference of the defense team for the nine survivors of the Pylos shipwreck

The team of defense lawyers for the nine survivors of the Pylos shipwreck invites you to a Press Conference on Thursday, May 16, 2024 at 12:00, at ESIEA (Athens Press Union, 20 Akadimias Street, Athens, 3rd floor). The trial of the nine Egyptian survivors of the deadly shipwreck of Pylos is set for the 21 May 2024, in Kalamata.

Humanitarian Governance
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Greece: Migrant Arrivals Increase Despite Deportations, Pushbacks and Criminalisation of Migrants and Humanitarians ― Turkish Authorities Intercept Migrant Boats to Prove Their “Reliability” as Migration Partners, EU Ombudsman Criticises Greek Response

ecre.org | 1 March 2024

Refugees & Migrants
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Acknowledgment of Racist Motive in the Case of the Events at Sappho Square
Local Societies
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Without extenuating circumstances the guilty for the "pogrom" in Sappho Square
Lesvos Society
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On Tuesday the decision for the 26 accused in the "pogrom" in Sappho Square
Refugees & Migrants
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Swim For Good in Mytilene
Refugees & Migrants
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A 30-year-old smuggler was arrested
Humanitarian Governance
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Sappho Square was crowded with people on World Refugee Day
Humanitarian Governance
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Greece Country Report
Refugees & Migrants
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Boat chase with one refugee - migrant dead and five injured
University of the Aegean
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Α group of academics from Université Côte d’Azur and the Observatory for Migrations and Societies (URMIS) visited the Observatory and Archive of the Refugee and Migration Crisis in the Aegean and the Department of Social Anthropology and History
Events
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Conference in honour of Evthymios Papataxiarchis Mytilini, 17-18 May 2024
Refugees & Migrants
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Press conference of the defense team for the nine survivors of the Pylos shipwreck
Lesvos Society
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They deny their participation in the "pogrom" of Sappho Square
Lesvos Society
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The trial for the "pogrom" in Sapphos Square began with an interruption
Refugees & Migrants
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The Trial Date for the Pylos 9 is Announced
Humanitarian Governance
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The “Moria 6” Appeal Court
Humanitarian Governance
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Workshop on refugee education
Centers & Facilities
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Trial of the 6 of Moria: From the fiery hell, atoning victims of political responsibilities
Humanitarian Governance
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Greece: Migrant Arrivals Increase Despite Deportations, Pushbacks and Criminalisation of Migrants and Humanitarians ― Turkish Authorities Intercept Migrant Boats to Prove Their “Reliability” as Migration Partners, EU Ombudsman Criticises Greek Response
Refugees & Migrants
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Two dead and one missing in a new shipwreck in Lesvos
Humanitarian Governance
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Palinodies of the Coast Guard
Refugees & Migrants
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Missing refugees near Farmakonisi - Over 100 rescued off Gavdos island
Foreign Institutions
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Drift-backs in the Aegean Sea
Refugees & Migrants
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Forensic Architecture/Forensis: large increase in refoulements in one year
Refugees & Migrants
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European Court of Human Rights: Condemnation of Greece for the death and injury of a refugee by the Hellenic Coast Guard
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