The European Parliament will adopt next week in Strasbourg a resolution asking for a radical bureaucratic boost on defence matters. The draft resolution “on the implementation of the Common Security and Defence Policy” that has already been approved by the Committee on Foreign Affairs (voted by EPP, Liberals/ALDE and Social Democrats), is a major step towards further…
THE SHELTER OFFERED to Amira since she got to Europe amounts to a plastic sheet she has slept under for the past ten days. The Syrian mother of three was taken to Vathy, a camp on the Greek island of Samos where nearly 3,000 people are spilling out of a facility built for 700. She…
European officials are becoming increasingly worried that the E.U.-Turkey deal could fall apart. With few returns and thousands of people trapped on the Greek islands, the E.U. is encouraging stronger measures – such as opening more detention centers on the islands to speed up asylum proceedings and facilitate deportations – to rescue the deal. In…
The Greek government has sidelined members of an independent authority that had blocked the deportation of Syrian refugees, following sustained pressure from other European countries. Greek MPs voted on Thursday to change the composition of the country’s asylum appeals board, in an attempt to sideline officials who had objected on legal grounds to the expulsion…
On June 9th 2016, the Lawyers Association of Mitilini (Lesvos) sued the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) for obstructing access to asylum proceedings by its members. The lawyers claim that EASO officials and private security guards are prohibiting access to specific areas of the holding centers, also called hotspots, that host the EASO offices and…
ATHENS, Jun 9 2016 – Closure of the Western Balkans route has trapped tens of thousands of refugees heading to Central and Northern Europe in Greece, including many unaccompanied minors who either escaped from war zones after having lost their relatives, or were sent ahead in hopes of helping their families follow afterwards. While the…
Βήμα-βήμα το μεγάλο παιχνίδι της καγκελαρίου στο προσφυγικό, σε Βερολίνο, Άμστερνταμ, Λονδίνο, Άγκυρα και Αθήνα. Στο φόντο, η νατοϊκή εμπλοκή. Στις 4 Φεβρουαρίου στο Λονδίνο, κατά τη διάρκεια συνόδου με στόχο την άντληση κεφαλαίων για τη Συρία, ο Ολλανδός πρωθυπουργός Μαρκ Ρούτε παρουσίασε στους κ.κ. Τσίπρα και Νταβούτογλου μια ριζοσπαστική πρόταση για τη διαχείριση της…
Fourteen MEPs have submitted a question to the European Commission on 10 February 2016 questioning the status of the new Complaints Mechanism foreseen as a structure within the new European Border and Coast Guard (EBCG). The Complaints Mechanism will be responsible for accepting and examining complaints regarding possible violations of rights by EBCG officials during…
translated in English by X-Pressed Everyone who wants to understand the political schemes of the EC in the refugee crisis can start from the first sentence of the Announcement issued on Wednesday (10/14/2015), while awaiting the relevant meeting of the Heads of State: “During the first nine months of the year more than 710,000 refugees, displaced…
MEGA TV channel has featured on Aug 7 a brief video story about Greek police acquiring its first drones. The video was screened during the evening news bulletin and was part of news headlines as well. The story was about Greek police deploying its first drones for surveillance against forest fires and arsonists during the…
Apostolis Fotiadis 