The new detention regime in Greece
Instead of rights protection of refugees and migrants Greece is investing in a new detention regime. See some of the new detention centers. Amigdaleza detention centerThe greek government is...
View ArticleProtest at the detention centre in Corinth reveals inhuman and degrading...
The provisory detention centre for sans-papiers was opened about four months ago in an overnight action by the Ministry of Citizen Protection and Public Order. It is one of three mass detention centres...
View ArticleUN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants on the situation in Greece
UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants concludes the fourth and last country visit in his regional study on the human rights of migrants at the borders of the European Union: Greece...
View ArticleVote No on the EU “Reception” Directive! Flight is no crime!
Appeal to the members of the European Parliament Vote No on the EU Reception Directive! Flight is no crime! Dear Sir or Madam, Imagine you yourself had to flee. You leave everything that you own...
View ArticleGreece moves to repeal immigrant citizenship law / SE Times
As Greece continues a sweep of illegal aliens, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras is proposing to eliminate a law that grants citizenship to immigrants, many of them minors who were born in Greece, attend...
View ArticleMounting tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean over migration and asylum: a...
Strasbourg, 24.01.2013 – Given the mounting tensions over asylum and irregular migration into Greece, Turkey and other Mediterranean countries, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe...
View ArticleThe new untouchables, An essay by Spyros Marchetos
The Monaghan Report on the scandalous death of Jimmy Mubenga during his expulsion from Britain highlighted the broader issue of the inhuman treatment of immigrants in Europe. We become more and more...
View ArticleMinistry announces pilot scheme Greece to use drones to control Immigration
The Greek government is about to use a drone to oversee its sea borders in the Aegean, one the of main avenues for immigration into the EU, in a pilot project. Athens’ Ministry of Shipping has issues...
View ArticleGreece wants more EU-money for more detention centres due to increase in...
Greece needs more EU funds for immigration, minister says Greece needs more funding from the European Union to deal with the increased flow of undocumented immigrants in the eastern Aegean, Public...
View ArticleFire in protest at horrific conditions in Amygdaleza pre-removal immigration...
I am a young man from Syria, detained in Greece. Amygdaleza. I escaped from the war in my country in order to obtain safety, but I was detained in Greece for a long time. I no longer feel safe,...
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