Lately the Greek Council for Refugees has received successive complaints of illegal arrests of asylum seekers who are arrested in the center of Athens and are thereafter taken to the Attica Aliens Office, where the interviews to examine their applications are held in a rush and in an illegal brief manner.more
«READMISSION OF ASYLUM SEEKER IN TURKEY»
21/01/2011
NEWThe Greek Council for Refugees hereby denounces the deportation of an Iranian asylum seeker, T.R. (full identification details available at the Greek Council for Refugees), from Tychero Border Police Station to Turkey, through the Readmission Protocol between Greece and Turkey. T.R, who was recognised as a refugee under the mandate of UNHCR in Iraq, entered Greece through the Evros region on 29.10.2010. According to the account he gave us, since the moment of his arrest he had been asking the Greek authorities for protection.more
Brussels, 29 October 2010. 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.more
The rights of refugees are violated in Greece: the evidence
In Greece, most people in need of international protection do not even have the opportunity to have their asylum claims heard.more
... For (the new ) destitute people of Igoumenitsa
26/05/2010
With the opportunity of certain recent publications expressing their surprise to discover citizens of third countries gathered in the area around the port of Igoumenitsa and living in makeshift camps under appalling conditions waiting for a chance to leave illegally for Italy, we would like to point out the following:more
NEWThe darkness that has forever covered the eyes of a fifteen-year-old boy and his family a few evenings ago in the neighbourhood of Patissia, by chance illuminated the horrific reality experienced daily by thousands of people, who have fled their country persecuted or hunted,more
For the trial of St. Panteleimon Police Department policemen indicted for torture
01/12/2009
On December 2, 2009 two Athens police officers will be appear before the Criminal Court of First Instance, accused of, among other things, breach of Article 137 A (torture) of the Penal Code for the compelling case that saw the light of day in December 2004.more
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ATHENS - In the aftermath of a successful concert on 16 September at Petra Theatre, the President of the Greek Council for Refugees (GCR),
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