Situation during visit
(See: A/HRC/16/52/Add.4)
(a) Promptly enact new legislation based on the Government‘s
adoption of the ―Greek Action Plan on Migration Management‖.
The Government openly
acknowledged the severe
problems regarding the detention
of aliens and has adopted a
―Greek Action Plan on Migration
Management‖. At the points of
entry to the country, ���Screening
Centres‘ will be established
where aliens are to be held for no
longer than 15 days for their
identification and registration.
(b) Continue to work in close consultation with UNCHR so that its
asylum system is in line with international standards.
(c) Undertake measures so that the police, currently under the
The asylum procedure has
Ministry of Citizen‘s Protection, shall no longer have responsibility for collapsed and refugees are
the refugee status determination procedure.
denied access to any meaningful
refugee determination procedure.
The foreseen legal amendments
by the draft Presidential Decree
on the procedure to grant refugee
status or subsidiary protection to
third-country nationals and
stateless persons, that was signed
by the Minister of Citizen‘s
Protection on 24 September
Information received in the reporting period
Non-governmental sources: The Greek
Government has repeatedly stated intention
to overhaul its asylum system and to treat
all migrants in a humane manner. Its efforts
to bring its laws in line with international
human rights and refugee rights standards
and engagement in a wide consultation
process with civil society groups prior to
these reforms are encouraging.
The Government has adopted a legislative
change with the adoption of presidential
decree 114/2010, that reinstated the appeals
procedure for asylum seekers, almost all of
whom have been routinely rejected in
poorly conducted first-instance interviews.
The law 3907/2011, adopted on 18 January
2011, will establish first reception centers
and an asylum service independent of the
police.
A/HRC/19/61/Add.3
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Recommendations
(A/HRC/16/52/Add.4)
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