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#NotMyCamps

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Against the deprivation of rights of people seeking protection.
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Update: Legal Note on the living conditions of beneficiaries of international protection in Greece

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The legal note on the precarious existence of recognized refugees in Greece was updated in August 2018 and shows that living conditions for beneficiaries of international protection in Greece have not improved. There are still widespread deficits in the reception, care and integration of beneficiaries of protection.
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Case study: Returned recognized refugees face a dead-end in Greece

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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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Eritrea – A Country Under the Sway of a Dictatorship

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This booklet is based in large part on the contributions of the conference “Eritrea and the Ongoing Refugee Crisis”, which took place in Brussels on 19 October 2017.
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Legal Note: UNHCR has Failed to Stand Up for Refugee Rights During Crucial EU-Turkey Deal Judgement

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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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Legal Note on the living conditions of beneficiaries of international protection in Greece

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This legal note, including a series of conducted interviews with affected refugees, presents the precarious existence of beneficiaries of international protection in Greece.
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Afghanistan: No safe country for refugees

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An investigation into the country’s political and economic situation, its internal security and the situation of refugees.
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Statement: No to this Dublin IV regulation!

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On 4 May 2016 the European Commission submitted a proposal to change the Dublin III Regulation, which sets out competences for asylum procedures within the European Union. The proposal is part of a complete revision of the Common European Asylum System.
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Statement on the planned reform of the Dublin Regulation

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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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The planned reform of the Dublin system: Humanitarian flexibilities are to be removed

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June 2016: With this short position paper, 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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Legal Opinion on the admissibility under Union law of the European Council’s plan to treat Turkey like a »safe third state«

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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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Legal Opinion: Border Controls at Sea: Requirements under International Human Rights and Refugee Law

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ECCHR / Dr. Andreas Fischer-Lescano, LL.M. and Tillmann Löhr, September 2007 Requested by STIFTUNG PRO ASYL, Amnesty International and Forum Menschenrechte
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„The thruth may be bitter, but it must be told“ – The Situation of Refugees in the Aegean and the Practices of the Greek Coast Guard

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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.
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Complaint against Greece filed with the European Commission, November 2009

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This complaint is an initiative of the Dutch Council for Refugees and is also submitted on behalf of the Finnish Refugee Advice Centre, PRO ASYL and Refugee and Migrant Justice.
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Joint Position on the Current Status of Harmonisation of European Refugee Law

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A Joint Position of: • Arbeiterwohlfahrt Bundesverband e.V. (workers’ welfare association) • Deutscher AnwaltVerein (German association of asylum lawyers) • Caritas Germany • German Paritätische Welfare Association • German Red Cross • Neue Richtervereinigung (new association of judges) • Diakonisches Werk (Protestant social service agency) • PRO ASYL, national working group for refugees
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The Living Conditions of Refugees in Italy

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This Report by Maria Bethke & Dominik Bender documents the extremely difficult living conditions of asylum seekers and persons with protection status in Italy.
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#NotMyCamps

Update: Legal Note on the living conditions of beneficiaries of international protection in Greece

Case study: Returned recognized refugees face a dead-end in Greece

Eritrea – A Country Under the Sway of a Dictatorship

Legal Note: UNHCR has Failed to Stand Up for Refugee Rights During Crucial EU-Turkey Deal Judgement

Legal Note on the living conditions of beneficiaries of international protection in Greece

Afghanistan: No safe country for refugees

Statement: No to this Dublin IV regulation!

Statement on the planned reform of the Dublin Regulation

The planned reform of the Dublin system: Humanitarian flexibilities are to be removed

Legal Opinion on the admissibility under Union law of the European Council’s plan to treat Turkey like a »safe third state«

Legal Opinion: Border Controls at Sea: Requirements under International Human Rights and Refugee Law

„The thruth may be bitter, but it must be told“ – The Situation of Refugees in the Aegean and the Practices of the Greek Coast Guard

Complaint against Greece filed with the European Commission, November 2009

Joint Position on the Current Status of Harmonisation of European Refugee Law

The Living Conditions of Refugees in Italy