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 90 Recommendations (A/HRC/16/52/Add.4) Refugee and Asylum System

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