Stop pushbacks at European borders and protect refugees
Description
Συνεργάτες:
Open Society Foundations
Area
of implementation:
Athens, Thessaloniki
Donor
Date of implementation:
1/7/2023 – 31/6/2026
Objectives
The main objective of the project is to promote and enhance the protection of asylum seekers from pushback and to provide access to asylum procedures.
Activities
A team consisting of two lawyers and two interpreters (based in Athens and Thessaloniki) will monitor, record and handle cases of potential refoulements at the Greek-Turkish border. The lawyers will register the cases in the Informal Forced Returns Registration Mechanism.
Results
Through this intervention, we aspire for the GCR to continue and strengthen its important contribution in protecting asylum seekers from refoulement practices and highlighting these illegal practices through legal and advocacy actions.