Κοινή Δήλωση Ε.Ε.-Τουρκίας

Την Παρασκευή 4 Οκτωβρίου 2024 το Δικαστήριο της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης (ΔΕΕ), συντασσόμενο και με τη Γνώμη του Γενικού Εισαγγελέα, έκρινε ότι τα κράτη μέλη δεν μπορούν να εκδώσουν απόφαση που απορρίπτει αίτημα ασύλου ως απαράδεκτο, με βάση την έννοια της «ασφαλούς τρίτης χώρας», όταν έχουν διαπιστώσει ότι δεν θα επιτραπεί στον αιτούντα άσυλο να μεταβεί στο έδαφος χώρας που έχει χαρακτηρισθεί ως ασφαλής.

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.

A report released by CPT-Aegean Migrant Solidarity documents the deaths of migrants in Moria’s Reception and Identification Centre between 2016 and 2020 in Lesvos, Greece.

Incarcerating the Marginalized. The Fight Against Alleged ›Smugglers‹ on the Greek Hotspot Islands. A report on the criminalization of migration. The following report outlines the system of punishment and incarceration of migrants who are accused of human smuggling at the EU-external border in the Aegean. It bears witness to the fates of people who have been sentenced to life long imprisonment in Greece

Since July 2023, the Aegean islands have experienced a sharp increase in arriving asylum seekers crossing by boat from Türkiye. Between 1 July – 31 August 2023, over 4,000 people were brought to the Closed Controlled Access Centres (CCACs) on Samos and Lesvos and placed into unlawful detention while awaiting registration of their asylum requests.

News Bulletin by Refugee Support Aegean (RSA) and PRO ASYL:
Seven years after signing the toxic EU-Turkey "agreement", the East Aegean islands remain "black holes" for the fundamental rights of applicants for international protection. According to recent data, arrivals had increased significantly in late 2022 and early 2023.