Report

Humanitarian Governance
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November 02, 2023
The report describes how denial of assistance, violence and refoulement have become an integral part of a border management system on the islands of Samos and Lesvos, funded and legitimised by the European Union, with devastating consequences for those seeking protection in Europe.
Humanitarian Governance
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September 21, 2023
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
Πρόσφυγες και Μετανάστες
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July 27, 2023
Η Έντα Γκέμη και ο Μπλεντάρ Φετά συνέταξαν την έκθεση του Δικτύου Ειδικών για τη Διεθνή Μετανάστευση του ΟΟΣΑ, που αναλύει τις εξελίξεις γύρω από το μεταναστευτικό ζήτημα στην Ελλάδα. Η έκθεση περιέχει δεδομένα και πληροφορίες για όλο το έτος 2021 καθώς και για τους πρώτους εννέα μήνες του 2022.
Η έκθεση εξετάζει τα χαρακτηριστικά του μεταναστευτικού πληθυσμού στην Ελλάδα, το μέγεθος και τα κύρια κοινωνικοδημογραφικά χαρακτηριστικά του, καθώς και τη συμμετοχή του στην αγορά εργασίας. Ιδιαίτερη προσοχή δίνεται στην τρέχουσα κατάσταση όσον αφορά τις ροές των αιτούντων άσυλο και παράτυπων μεταναστών που έχουν εισέλθει στην χώρα μέσω των ελληνοτουρκικών θαλάσσιων και χερσαίων συνόρων.
Humanitarian Governance
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January 26, 2023
The case of ‘ERCI and others’ is part of a series of prosecutions happening in the Aegean and the Mediterranean Sea that aim to criminalize solidarity and the rescue of migrants. However, this particular case stands out in that the defendants are seeking to stand trial in every way possible, and the court, five years later, is denying it.
Humanitarian Governance
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December 12, 2022
Based on its own documentation and reporting, the Legal Centre Lesvos demonstrates in a recent submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture that the illegal practice of systematic pushbacks in the Aegean region amount to torture, both under international and Greek law.
Centers & Facilities
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November 01, 2022
As the conditions worsen in Lesvos’ Reception and Identification Center in Lesvos (known as Mavrovouni RIC), the new Closed Controlled Access Center (CCAC) in Vastria continues to be built with the full support of the European Commission, despite the multiple voices raised against its construction: away from sight in the middle of a forest. Vastria has come to represent the future policies of the European Union and Greek State; more construction, fences and walls for people, at the expense of nature.
Humanitarian Governance
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October 11, 2022
Equal Rights Beyond Borders together with HIAS Greece and Refugee Support Aegean and commissioned by the Danish Refugee Council published an analysis on Border Procedures on the Greek Islands.
Τhe report examines the workings of border procedures implemented on the Greek islands over the past year (June 2021 – June 2022), revealing new concerns tied to poor quality of asylum procedures and to breaches of fundamental rights.