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Joint Statement: Provision of cash assistance to asylum seekers in Greece must resume immediately
17 September 2024 Asylum seekers in Greece have once again been denied their legal right to dignified living conditions after months of […]
#FreePylos9: Trial and Latest Developments
–ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΑ ΠΑΡΑΚΑΤΩ– On Tuesday 21 May 2024, the Three Member Felony Court of Appeals of Kalamata examined the case against the ‘Pylos 9’. After a […]
The Nine Accused of the Pylos Shipwreck Acquitted Based on the Lack of Jurisdiction of Greek Courts
PRESS RELEASE – Mytilene, 21.5.2024 Today, the Criminal Court of Kalamata acquitted the nine defendants accused by the Greek State of smuggling […]
Nonsense Of The Month: March 2024
Meet Ramatu: Found non-credible, against all odds This month, to illustrate parts of the administrative kafkaesque nightmare faced by migrants going through […]
Eight years of Violence, Discrimination, Segregation, and Exclusion: Anniversary of EU – Turkey Statement
Photo Credit: Sakis Mitrolidis/Agence France-Presse –ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΑ ΠΑΡΑΚΑΤΩ– –TÜRKÇE AŞAĞIDA– When the EU-Turkey Statement was issued in March 2016, it was roundly denounced […]
The Annual Report of the Recording Mechanism of Incidents of Informal Forced Returns is Out
On 24 January 2024, the Greek National Commission for Human Rights presented its annual report including the findings of the ‘Recording Mechanism […]
81 Civil Society Organisations Call On MEPs To Vote Down Harmful EU Migration Pact
Amidst warnings from over 50 Civil Society Organisations, EU lawmakers reached a political agreement on the EU’s New Pact on Migration and […]
New podcast series “Crossing the Aegean” traces the memory of the population exchange between Greece and Turkey
–ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΑ ΠΑΡΑΚΑΤΩ––TÜRKÇE AŞAĞIDA– Hafıza Merkezi and the Legal Centre Lesvos, in collaboration with Community Peacemaker Teams, have joined forces to envision a […]
Informative update on the case of Baris Buyuksu
–ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΑ ΠΑΡΑΚΑΤΩ– –TÜRKÇE AŞAĞIDA– After months of unsuccessful attempts on various departments of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Greece, as of […]