asylumineurope. org | 24 June 2024
Greece Country Report
The present updated report was written by Spyros-Vlad Oikonomou and Alkistis Agrafioti Chatzigianni, Agapi Chouzouraki, Aikaterini Drakopoulou, Κyriaki Fileri, Eleni Kagiou, Chara Kallinteri, Chara Katsigianni, Zikos Koletsis, Alexandros Konstantinou, Maria Papadopoulou, Olga Papadopoulou, Maria Papamina, Eleni Pasia, Klotildi Prountzou, Orestis Skandalis, Aggeliki Theodoropoulou, Maria Tsiota, Anastasia Vrychea and Eleni Vryoni, members of the Greek Council for Refugees (GCR) Legal Unit. The report was edited by ECRE.
This report draws on information inter alia provided by the Directorate of the Hellenic Police and the General Secretariat for Vulnerable Persons and Institutional Protection (GSVP) of the Ministry on Migration and Asylum, national and international jurisprudence, reports by international, European and national human rights bodies and institutions, international and non-governmental organisations, publicly available data, media information as well as GCR’s observations from practice and information provided by the GCR Legal and Social Unit.
The Asylum Information Database (AIDA) is managed by the European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE). It aims to provide up-to date information which is accessible to researchers, advocates, legal practitioners and the general public through the dedicated website www.asylumineurope.org. It covers 23 countries, including 19 EU Member States (AT, BE, BG, CY, DE, ES, FR, GR, HR, HU, IE, IT, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SE, and SI) and 4 non-EU countries (Serbia, Switzerland, Türkiye, and the United Kingdom). The database also seeks to promote the implementation and transposition of EU asylum legislation reflecting the highest possible standards of protection in line with international refugee and human rights law and based on best practice.