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Legal opinion by Prof. Dr. Anna Lübbe on the compatibility of the refoulement practice under the German-Greek »Seehofer Agreement« with Union-law requirements for effective legal remedies.

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Against the deprivation of rights of people seeking protection.

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During the past four months, RSA/PRO ASYL have documented the living conditions of a four-member family of recognized refugees, who were returned to Greece from Switzerland at the end August 2018.

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This legal note analyzes the role of UNHCR in a rule of the Council of State (Greece’s highest administrative court) against applications made by two Syrian asylum-seekers.

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August 2016: With this detailed statement, PRO ASYL analyses and criticizes the planned proposals of the European Commission as yet another set of restrictive measures that cut the rights of refugees in Europe.

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Whether or not to treat Turkey as a ‘safe third country’ has been a matter of much discussion in the EU. Turkey is playing a central role in the struggle to find a solution to the crisis of European refugee law. Political measures must respect applicable Union law. For this reason, the following paper commissioned by Pro Asyl will examine whether applicable Union law allows European Union Member States to treat Turkey as a ‘safe third country’. If this is not the case, asylum seekers cannot be returned from Greece to Turkey or taken back to Turkey after interception at sea.

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In the past few months PRO ASYL has become increasingly concerned about reports from asylum seekers who, during hearings in Germany, state that whilst in Greece, they were given no opportunity to file an asylum claim in accordance with the requirements of the 1951 Refugee Convention. Furthermore, the numbers of refugees reporting maltreatment and attempted refoulement by the Greek coast guard has increased.