asylum
Greece
Asylum Seekers to Get Social Security Number in Greece in Apparent Policy U-Turn
Five key Greek ministries on Monday decided that the country will re-introduce the practice of granting a social security number to all migrants who have applied for asylum in Greece, something that the current conservative government had stopped doing...
Diplomacy
Secret Documents Reveal Turkey Planned Operation to Capture Officers Who Fled to Greece
Secret documents obtained by a research group show that the Turkish military had prepared to force back home eight officers who fled to Greece in the aftermath of the failed 2016 coup in Turkey.
The Nordic Research Monitoring Network published...
Greece
New Asylum Bill Reaches Greek Parliament Amid Heavy Criticism
The new bill laying out the procedures by which refugees and migrants are either granted asylum status or are deported came before the Greek Parliament late Monday night.
The aim of the new bill is to significantly reduce the time...
Diplomacy
Turkey's Erdogan Asks Greek PM to Repatriate Eight Turkish Soldiers
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called on Greece on Tuesday to cooperate in the repatriation of eight soldiers who fled to Greece following a 2016 coup attempt.
Erdogan made the remarks in a joint news conference with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras...
Crime
Turkey Places Officers Granted Asylum on "Wanted" List
The Turkish Interior Ministry on Tuesday included the eight servicemen who fled to Greece the day after the 2016 uprising to their list of "wanted" suspects.
The move is seen as highly provocative, especially as it coincides with the official...
Greece
Nearly 6,000 Turks Have Sought Refuge in Greece Since 2016
A total of 5,786 Turkish citizens have applied for refugee status in Greece since 2016’s failed coup attempt that was followed by a government crackdown, Turkish media reported on Sunday.
According to a report by Diken attributed to the Greek...
Diplomacy
Turkish Fury at Greek Court Over Asylum for Coup Suspects
Turkey slammed the decision of Greek Council of State to reject the government’s objection against its earlier ruling that granted right of asylum to Turkish soldiers, who were accused by Turkey of participating in the 2016 coup attempt.
The eight...
Europe
Merkel Says Talks with Greece on Taking Back Asylum Seekers Well Underway
Angela Merkel told the media on Monday that talks with Greece on re-admitting asylum-seekers from Germany's borders were well underway.
In comments reported by the Associated Press, the German Chancellor said direct talks with Greek premier Alexis Tsipras were not...
Greece
Turkish PM Criticizes Greek Asylum Body over Coup Suspects
Turkey's prime minister has hit out at the Greek asylum service for green-lighting the applications of two of the eight former Turkish servicemen wanted by Ankara for trial.
However, Binali Yildirim, in a Greek media interview cited by state-run Anadolu...
Greece
Greece Approves Bill to Speed Up Asylum Process
The Greek parliament has passed in principle a draft bill on new rules for granting asylum to migrants and refugees, aimed at speeding up the lengthy process.
Following a lengthy debate on Tuesday evening the bill was approved with the...