Greece

Four NGOs stand charged with smuggling illegal immigrants from Turkey to Greece in the summer of 2021. The NGOs, both well-known and reputable, allegedly colluded with traffickers working from the Turkish coast. They have also been accused of spying...

By Dr. Carl Mirra* If the root causes of Erdogan’s “opening the gates” are not addressed, a short-term problem may intensify into a long term crisis. Let’s hope that doesn’t mean war. Much of the world recognizes that Greece has not...

Greece's plan to build a “floating protection system” in the Aegean Sea meant to curtail the huge influx of migrants arriving from the Turkish coast, has recently drawn strong criticism from human rights groups. “This plan could put lives at...

The chairman of the independent Greek National Commission for Human Rights (GNCHR) resigned on Wednesday in protest against the "arrogance of executive power and authoritarianism in the decision-making and implementation of its decisions." Georgios Stavropoulos said in a statement that...

By Andreas C Chrysafis The campaigns for the next elections for the European Parliament, scheduled for May 23-26, 2019, have already begun in earnest. A total of 751 parliamentary openings are currently up for grabs by those fortunate enough to...

The National Human Rights Commission of Greece (NHRC), an independent advisory body to the Greek State on matters pertaining to human rights protection, raised serious concerns on Tuesday about the return of refugees to their home countries. Over what it...

The Greek government, with the support of EU member states, should act now to end Greece’s “containment policy,” 20 human rights and aid groups said on Wednesday. The policy forces asylum seekers arriving on the Greek islands to remain in...

The Greek government has announced the nomination of Migrant Policy Minister Yannis Mouzalas as EU Human Rights commissioner, a nomination with "high symbolism", it notes. According to the Foreign Ministry announcement, the Greek government considers this nomination highly symbolic, at...

There are many unnecessary delays and arbitrary barriers which keep older refugees and asylum seekers stranded in Greece, unable to reunite with family members who have legal status in the European Union, Human Rights Watch said on Monday. According to their...

In a strongly-worded announcement on Thursday, Amnesty International blamed "inhuman EU policies" for trapping refugees on Greek islands where they risked freezing to death in the snow. Since the EU-Turkey agreement was signed in March, the organization noted, European...

On Tuesday during an interview with Skai TV, Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama downplayed claims recently made by the Cham community concerning their outcries of their rights to property they left behind after being expelled from Greece in World...

Presidential Commissioner for Humanitarian Affairs Fotis Fotiou said on Saturday that the continuous refusal of Turkey to cooperate in efforts to determine the fate of missing persons is “a challenge to all civilized humanity.” He was speaking in Limassol during...

There has been "large-scale violation of rights" in Greece as a result of the austerity programmes imposed by its international lenders, independent UN expert on human rights Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky said in a press conference here on Friday. According to...

The European Commission (EC) has awarded Greece emergency funding worth 56 million euros to improve conditions for migrants in the country, to increase the capacities of the Greek authorities to register newly arriving migrants and to process their asylum...

Only 615 out of 66,400 migrants had been relocated from Greece to other EU member states in 2015, according to a European Commission report released last week. Amnesty International has used these figures in a report entitled "Trapped in Greece:...