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Greece: Back to Detention
On March 30th a new pre-removal detention center was opened on Kos Island. Similar detention centers are planned on other islands of the Aegean. After the implementation of the EU-Turkey Deal on 20 March 2016, refugees arriving newly to Greece are caught on the islands. News from Refugee Support Aegean (RSA), implementing partner of PRO ASYL.
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Another deportation flight to Afghanistan – Who were the people affected in December?
Last Monday, a second deportation flight departed from Frankfurt Airport, touching down in Kabul on January 24th. As the political agenda of forcing further deportations to a country at war continues, a closer look at the identities of the people affected by the deportation in December reveals who they were.
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Illegal pushbacks of asylum seekers at the EU’s eastern external borders
Various Central European organisations forming the European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) recently published a report on the appalling reality at the EU’s eastern external borders, where time and again illegal pushbacks of asylum seekers are taking place.
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Greece: Thousands of refugees out in the cold without shelter
In Greece, thousands of refugees are suffering in the bitter cold in unheated tents and makeshift shelters. Nonetheless, the German Ministry for the Interior (BMI) is planning to recommence deportations to Greece from March 15th. PRO ASYL instead demands swift rescue operations for people seeking protection.
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The package for the Orbanization of Europe: PRO ASYL‘s analysis of Brussels‘ proposals
In the EU Parliament and the Council negotiations about the comprehensive reform of the so-called „Common European Asylum System“ on the basis of proposals from the EU Commission are beginning to take place. PRO ASYL has analyzed Brussels‘ proposals and the findings are devastating: It`s a program geared towards weakening refugees‘ rights in Europe
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Greek Government in court for introducing unconstitutional second instance asylum committees
Today the Greek Council of State is hearing a complaint of crucial importance for the implementation of the EU-Turkey deal. The complaint is raised against the Greek government for replacing the Asylum Appeals Committees with the new »Independent Appeals Committees«.
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Mussie Zerai honored with human rights award of the PRO ASYL Foundation
The catholic priest Father Mussie Zerai has been helping refugees in distress at sea for more than ten years. His mobile phone number is being etched into Libyan prison walls – it has been called already thousands of times, by desperate people in mortal danger. On Saturday Zerai has received PRO ASYL's human rights award for his commitment.
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PRO ASYL’s human rights award bestowed upon Father Mussie Zerai
For many, his number is the last hope: the PRO ASYL Foundation awards its human rights award 2016 to the priest and refugee aid worker Mussie Zerai, who has been involved in the rescue of refugees in distress at sea for more than ten years with unparalleled effort.
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