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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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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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Over a year has passed since we published an initial report in March 2012 on the situation of refugees in Hungary. This update shows, that Homelessness and detention  have remained decisive for the living conditions of refugees in Hungary.

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The report focuses on the barriers to accessing the territory of the European Union for people seeking international protection, and particularly on the prevailing situation at the EU land and sea borders in Greece.

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With this memorandum, the signatory organisations would like to contribute to a wide debate on the question of sharing responsibility for refugees in Europe, and they offer a fundamentally new approach.

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What we have observed in Evros area is a multilevel deterrence system implemented by the Greek police and Frontex. The detention of refugees and migrants in Evros is synonimous with brutality, despair and dehumanisation. In this case, calling an emergency of «mass-immigration» has given the Greek government and the EU an excuse for violating human dignity.