GCR &RSA had filed a judicial review application against #Greece's#Turkey#SafeThirdCountryrsaegean.org/en/court-of-...curia.europa.eu/juris/docume...
On Thursday 14/32024, hearing before the Court of Justice of the European Union in Luxembourg, regarding Turkey as a "safe third country"
This ruling follows judicial review applications by GCR and RSA and follows the Advocate General opinion. However, the Court conceded that a country can still be designated as a #SafeThirdCountry even if it does not comply with its obligations to readmit asylum seekers.
Recognised refugees, after the end of the HELIOS programme, are now stripped of even this minimal support and face an imminent risk of homelessness. See more about the HELIOS programme in our previous text: rsaegean.org/en/helios-ne...
The HELIOS programme, the only programme for refugee integration in Greece, has been suspended since January 1, 2024, due to lack of funding.
As of 1/10/2024, Greece will have no active programme supporting the integration and housing of recognised refugees into society, in addition to the chronic legal and practical obstacles to access to documents and socio-economic rights.
As of 31 August 2024, no new enrolments or lease agreements were being processed (housing support). Furthermore, all services provided - including integration monitoring, job counselling, integration classes, home search support, and workshops - ceased on 1 September 2024.
Throughout this paper, we offer our analysis of selected concepts and changes to the asylum system brought about by the CEAS reform, with a view to highlighting the main issues and breaches attached to their impending implementation.
You can view the full press conference, "Justice for the Crime in Pylos - One Year Later," at the link 👇 www.youtube.com/live/Wlkjhsw... Many thanks to omniatv for organizing and hosting the webcast.
Έναν χρόνο μετά το πιο πολύνεκρο ναυάγιο που καταγράφηκε στη Μεσόγειο τα τελευταία χρόνια, νεκροί, αγνοούμενοι/ες, συγγενείς και επιζώντες αναζητούν δικαίωση...
[...] The dominant issue was the failure to activate the necessary rescue operation, despite FRONTEX's awareness, resulting in a flagrant violation of all international and national laws governing sea rescue and the protection of human life.” - Eleni Spathana
[...] It is a chronicle of many deaths that were foreseeable, a crime committed over a period of 15 hours due to the actions and omissions of the Greek port authorities.[...]