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UNHCR Claims 10 Syrians Returned to Turkey Were Denied Pursuit of Asylum in Greece

asylum seekers in greeceThe civil protection ministry rejected claims made by the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) on Friday that 10 Syrian refugees who had arrived in Greece were illegally returned to Turkey, saying they were seeking asylum in the EU but never able to submit their claims.
UNHCR said it is “seriously concerned by the return of Syrian nationals from Greece to Turkey,” adding they were among a group of 91 people who arrived on the island of Milos on October 9. The 10 Syrian nationals “were transferred to Kos and subsequently readmitted by plane to Adana, Turkey without due consideration of their asylum claims,” the agency said.
The Civil Protection Ministry said the refugees were first informed of their right to apply for international protection by Greek police on the day of their arrival to Milos and for a second time during their 10-day stay at the registration and identification center in Leros.
Once at the airport of Kos, where they were scheduled to leave Greece to be returned to Turkey, authorities asked them again if they had changed their mind and wanted to apply.
One three-member family said they wanted to apply and did not board the flight, but none of the ten Syrians expressed such a wish, the ministry said.
A ministry spokesperson said, “We noted that throughout the return flight there were Frontex officials and a representative of the Greek Ombudsman inside the plane, supervising the procedure.”
(Source: ANA-MPA)

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