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EU Commissioner Avramopoulos Wants Common EU Asylum Policy

It is time to adopt a common and effective European policy on asylum, EU Commissioner for Migration and Home Affairs Dimitris Avramopoulos said on Thursday at the JHA Council, Luxembourg. Regarding the strengthening of the Common European Asylum System,...

Eurostat: 132 Percent Increase in Asylum Seekers in Greece

Eurostat notes that there has been a 132 percent increase in asylum seekers in Greece in the second quarter. Citizens of 148 countries sought asylum for the first time in the EU in the second quarter of 2016. Syrians, Afghanis...

Amnesty International: 18 Years Before Refugees Stranded in Greece are Relocated

Amnesty International's report on the refugee crisis in Greece states that while images of men, women and children trudging through the Balkans have stopped, the humanitarian crisis has not. In 2015, almost 60,000 refugees and migrants continue to be...

Turkish Asylum Requests Rejected for 3 of the 8 Coup Instigators Who Fled to Greece

Greece rejected the asylum requests of three of the group of eight Turkish soldiers who fled to Alexandroupolis after the failed coup attempt in Turkey in July. The men had applied for asylum and deny involvement in the coup, however,...

EU Relocation Program: 3,493 People Relocated from Greece

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) presented data for the EU resettlement program for this week that showed that 82 asylum seekers, including 11 unaccompanied children, had left Greece for Finland. IOM said that 42 of these people, mostly...

European Commission Presents Proposals for Humane Asylum Policy

The European Commission presented proposals to complete the reform of the Common European Asylum System in order to move towards a fully efficient, fair and humane asylum policy – one which can function effectively both in times of normal and...

Thousands of Asylum Seekers Registered in Greece

The U.N. refugee agency reports more than 15,500 asylum seekers have gone through a so-called pre-registration process on mainland Greece. The UNHCR said these people will be able to lodge future claims for asylum in Greece or in other European...

Greek Asylum Service Busy with Thousands of Applications

The Greek Asylum Service received 4,288 asylum applications in May alone, most of them from migrants landing illegally on the Aegean islands. According to the service, a total of 2,858 asylum claims were filed by migrants who arrived on the...

Refugee Relocation Progressing at Snail's Pace: Just 3% of Target Met

The European Commission has not met the target it set two months ago for the relocation of 20,000 asylum seekers from Greece and Italy by mid-May. Instead, only 553 refugees -- just 3 percent -- have been transported from...

1600 Syrians Granted Asylum in Cyprus in 2015 According to Eurostat

In 2015 Cyprus granted protection status to 1,600 Syrians -- accounting for 85.5% of all asylum requests filed in the country -- 65 Iraqis (3.6%) and 60 "stateless" persons (3.25%), according to Eurostat. In total Cyprus made positive decisions on...