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Stop Deportations to Greece!
On February 21, 2008 PRO ASYL has filed a petition with the Petition Committee of the German Federal Parliament, requesting to stop all deportations of asylum-seekers to Greece based on the EU Council Regulation known as Dublin II. There are grave reasons to suspend all deportations: Currently, the Greek asylum system does not guarantee effective access
On February 21, 2008 PRO ASYL has filed a petition with the Petition Committee of the German Federal Parliament, requesting to stop all deportations of asylum-seekers to Greece based on the EU Council Regulation known as Dublin II.
There are grave reasons to suspend all deportations:
- Currently, the Greek asylum system does not guarantee effective access to the asylum procedure or a hearing for the applicant when lodging an asylum application. Due to their sheer number, many asylum applications are not registered at all by the authorities in charge.
- As documented by PRO ASYL, asylum-seekers are detained in Greece without any legal basis after having been returned from Germany. In one of these cases the refugee is even threatened by deportation to the persecuting country.
- After their release asylum-seekers are facing homelessness since Greece does not offer enough accommodation, not even close.
- Chances for people from Iraq to be acknowledged as refugees have virtually dropped to zero in 2007. They are not granted any protection according to the GFC.
Following the upsetting reports from Greece Norway has suspended transfers to Greece under the Dublin II regulation as from 7 February 2008 (Decision of the first asylum instance court). Germany refuses to do the same. Asylum-seekers are still deported to Greece. PRO ASYL demands that these deportations are stopped immediately!
[Petition „Stop Deportations to Greece“]