Legal Note on the living conditions of beneficiaries of international protection in Greece
October 2017
This legal note, incluÂding a series of conÂducÂted interÂviews with affecÂted refuÂgees, presÂents the preÂcaÂrious exisÂtence of beneÂfiÂciÂaÂries of interÂnaÂtioÂnal proÂtecÂtion in Greece.
BeneÂfiÂciÂaÂries of interÂnaÂtioÂnal proÂtecÂtion are defiÂned as aliÂens or staÂteÂlÂess perÂsons who have been recoÂgniÂzed as refuÂgees or beneÂfiÂciÂaÂries of subÂsiÂdiaÂry proÂtecÂtion staÂtus. Not only do refuÂgees belonÂging to this group in Greece sufÂfer from the lack of inteÂgraÂtiÂon proÂsÂpects into the Greek socieÂty, but they are often facing inaÂdeÂquaÂte living conÂdiÂtiÂons and humaÂniÂtaÂriÂan stanÂdards, a preÂcaÂrious socio-ecoÂnoÂmic situaÂtiÂon, and even have proÂblems in secuÂring their very existence.