Located in remote areas far from local communities, with 24/7 CCTV and barbed-wire fences, these prison-like complexes go against the core principles of European policy, including for example in the EU Action Plan on Integration and Inclusion, with disproportionate focus on deterrence, isolation and containment.

Ο Συνήγορος καλεί την πολιτική ηγεσία να επανεξετάσει τη συμμετοχή του στις επιτροπές αυτές προκειμένου να διασφαλίσει τον ρόλο και την φυσιογνωμία της Ανεξάρτητης Αρχής αλλά και των προαναφερόμενων επιτροπών.

DEAR MANOS LOGOTHETIS AND PATROKLOS GEORGIADIS,
IN LIGHT OF INFORMATION COLLECTED THROUGH INPUT FROM NUMEROUS ORGANIZATIONS AND FOCUS GROUPS FROM THE COMMUNITY, WE ARE SENDING YOU THIS LETTER HIGHLIGHTING PARTICULAR CONCERNS RELATING TO THE SITUATION OF LGBTQI+ ASYLUM SEEKERS IN GREECE. WE APPRECIATE YOUR RECEPTION TO OUR FEEDBACK AND HOPE WE CAN CONTINUE TO WORK WITH YOU ON THIS MATTER FURTHER.

DEAR MANOS LOGOTHETIS AND PATROKLOS GEORGIADIS,
IN LIGHT OF INFORMATION COLLECTED THROUGH INPUT FROM NUMEROUS ORGANIZATIONS AND FOCUS GROUPS FROM THE COMMUNITY, WE ARE SENDING YOU THIS LETTER HIGHLIGHTING PARTICULAR CONCERNS RELATING TO THE SITUATION OF LGBTQI+ ASYLUM SEEKERS IN GREECE. WE APPRECIATE YOUR RECEPTION TO OUR FEEDBACK AND HOPE WE CAN CONTINUE TO WORK WITH YOU ON THIS MATTER FURTHER.

The information contained within the platform is the result of extensive collaborative research led by Forensic Architecture and its berlin-based sister organization, Forensis, with the participation of Border Violence Monitoring Network, Bellingcat Global Authentication Project, Amnesty’s Crisis Evidence Lab and the Digital Verification Corps (DVC), and monitors and NGOs such as Alarm Phone, Aegean Boat Report, Refugee Support Aegean, Legal Centre Lesvos, and HIAS Greece.