The International Catholic Migration Commission
serves and protects uprooted people: refugees, internally
displaced persons and migrants, regardless of faith, ethnicity or nationality.
serves and protects uprooted people: refugees, internally
displaced persons and migrants, regardless of faith, ethnicity or nationality.
Greece   Greece Immediate action needed to improve unbearable living conditions in detention facilities in Evros and ensure the physical and mental health of migrantsATHENS, 26 January 2011(MSF<)—“The Greek government should immediately improve living and hygiene conditions in the border police stations and detention centres for migrants and asylum seekers in Evros region,” said the international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) today. The situation in these facilities has reached emergency levels. Every day men, women, children, pregnant women and unaccompanied minors are experiencing a cruel and inhumane reality that has serious implications for the physical and mental health of the migrants.Read more< Europe Major blow to the Dublin System: Returning asylum seekers to Greece violates the European Convention on Human RightsBRUSSELS, 21 January 2011 (ECRE<)—Today the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled that returning asylum seekers to Greece violates the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).Read more< Europe Stop sending asylum seekers to GreeceBRUSSELS, 29 October 2010 (ECRE<)—In a letter to EU governments, ECRE and its member organisations across Europe call on EU countries to follow the example of Belgium, the UK, Iceland and Norway, which have stopped sending asylum seekers to Greece and are examining the cases nationally.Read more< Greece EU teams to patrol Greek border amid migrant surge25 October 2010 (BBC News<)—The EU is for the first time sending border guards to help Greece stem an influx of migrants entering across the land border with Turkey.Read more< Greece 16 migrants drown trying to reach Greece from TurkeyTHESSALONIKI, Greece, 30 June 2010 (Hurriyet Daily News<)—Greek police have found the bodies of 16 migrants believed to have drowned in a river that flows along the Turkey-Greek border as they tried to enter the country, a police source said Wednesday.Read more< Europe Germany and Greece agree to cooperate on asylum policyBERLIN, 1 April 2010 (Earth Times<)—Germany and Greece signed an agreement on Thursday to cooperate more closely on asylum procedures, aimed in part at improving the process by which EU states decide where refugees should register their claims.Read more<  |
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