Greece
Europe
Advocacy for Greece
What’s Happening?
Greece is a primary destination for people seeking refuge in the European Union and has received billions of Euros in funding to receive them. But conditions in its camps and reception centers are inhumane. Stringent laws and regulations hinder efforts to provide services to refugees and enable them to unite with family. Greek border guards and the Hellenic coast guard have forcibly expelled people seeking refuge.
What Must Be Done?
Refugees International is calling on policymakers to ensure access to asylum for people seeking refuge in Greece, humane reception conditions, early and comprehensive integration efforts, and access for (rather than criminalization of) groups contributing to the response.
Latest Reports and Briefs
Humanitarian Pathways and Ezidi Family Unification in Europe Ten Years After Genocide
May 31, 2024
The Fallacy of Control: Tightened Asylum and Reception Policies Undermine Protection in Greece
February 24, 2022
Blocked at Every Pass: How Greece’s Policy of Exclusion Harms Asylum Seekers and Refugees
November 24, 2020
Latest Statements and News
Refugees International Calls for Safe Pathways to Europe in Response to Recent Loss of Lives in the Mediterranean
June 16, 2023
One Year Since Greece Opened New “Prison-Like” Refugee Camps, NGOs Call for a More Humane Approach
September 20, 2022
28 Groups Echo EU Commissioner’s Call for Greece to Ensure Food and Rights for Refugees and Asylum Seekers
December 15, 2021
Latest Opinions, Q&As, and Explainers
Latest Advocacy Letters
Implementation of the Safe Third Country Concept in Greece
March 8, 2022
NGOs Welcome the Resumption of Cash Assistance for Asylum Seekers in Greece, Call for Gaps to be Urgently Filled
March 8, 2022
28 Groups Echo EU Commissioner’s Call for Greece to Ensure Food and Rights for Refugees and Asylum Seekers
December 15, 2021
