Update: Legal Note on the living conditions of beneficiaries of international protection in Greece
January 2019
The legal note on the preÂcaÂrious exisÂtence of recoÂgniÂzed refuÂgees in Greece was updated in August 2018 and shows that living conÂdiÂtiÂons for beneÂfiÂciÂaÂries of interÂnaÂtioÂnal proÂtecÂtion in Greece have not improÂved. TheÂre are still wideÂspread defiÂciÂts in the recepÂtiÂon, care and inteÂgraÂtiÂon of beneÂfiÂciÂaÂries of protection.
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.