So the more the better ...7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Greek20:30 to 22:00 Farsi22:00 to 23:00 DiscussionEvery Friday in the library of the conquest of Bineiou (behind OTE)
FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT FOR ALL
NO BORDER NO NATION. ONE IS ILLEGAL
Saturday, 30 October 2010
Greek . Farsi and Farsi . Greek language Lesson
Every Tuesday at 17:00 in the occupation Bineio become a group learning and discussing ...Words, letters and photos mixed up in the air, motivating curiosity and our creativeavailable not only through language learning, and through discussion of problems andneeds of refugees. Through the process of self-education and discussion, without anydiscrimination (such as teacher-student) or mediation, we all learn from everyone.
So the more the better ...7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Greek20:30 to 22:00 Farsi22:00 to 23:00 DiscussionEvery Friday in the library of the conquest of Bineiou (behind OTE)
FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT FOR ALL
NO BORDER NO NATION. ONE IS ILLEGAL
So the more the better ...7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Greek20:30 to 22:00 Farsi22:00 to 23:00 DiscussionEvery Friday in the library of the conquest of Bineiou (behind OTE)
FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT FOR ALL
NO BORDER NO NATION. ONE IS ILLEGAL
Wednesday, 27 October 2010
On the details of the upcoming RABIT mission
We
are monitoring the situation around the upcoming RABIT deployment to
Greece. As it seems, Greece has requested 160 officers to be sent to
Greece.
Denmark will contribute five to six officers, which will be able to travel within the next four days.
Sweden will contribute
France has announced to mobilise the entire French RABIT pool.
Developing story, we will update this post.
Denmark will contribute five to six officers, which will be able to travel within the next four days.
Sweden will contribute
a handfulof officers.
France has announced to mobilise the entire French RABIT pool.
Developing story, we will update this post.
Tuesday, 26 October 2010
Frontex acknowledges Greek RABIT request
Frontex has granted the request of the Greek government for the deployment of the Rapid Border Intervention Teams in the Evros border.
From their press release (25th of October 2010):
Greece requested the European Union to send armed so called Frontex Rapid Border Intervention Teams (RABITs) to the Greek-Turkish border. This became public on Monday the 25th of October 2010.
Greek government statistics state that irregular migration has been increasing in the Evros-Region where the land broder to Turkey stretches over 12 km. According to the Greek Minister of Citizens’ Protection Christos Papoutsis only during the first October weekend of this year 1,400 refugees have been intercepted in that region.
More than 3,000 interceptions took place between January and September. This is an increase of 300% compared to last years numbers. Most refugees fled from war-torn regions in Afghanistan.
This stage of escalation driven by the Greek government as well as the European Union raises deep concerns on the situation of the refugees. Over the past few weeks the situation of refugees in Greece have been harshly criticized as unbearable over and over again. UNHCR declared it a humanitarian crisis. Pro Asyl says, protection-seeking persons are either refouled right at the border or immediately arrested and detained in overcrowded detention centres under catastrophic conditions. There are numerous reports of violent attacks by the police against detained refugees. Access to an asylum procedure is nonexistent.
Most concerning is the fact that these serious human rights violations are taking place in the presence and direct participation of the European border agency Frontex. Within the framework of the so called Operation Poseidon the agency is being active in the Aegean for several years. In the beginning of 2010 the agency declared the operation to be the biggest in its history. After some research most of the officers assigned to this operation where transferred to the Evros-Region. Located directly in the detentions centres they carry out identification procedures. First of October this year the agency opened a Regional office at the Port of Piraeus in Athens.
The deployment of RABITs raises many questions. In a statement Cecilia Malmström, EU Commissioner for Home Affairs expresses concerns about the humanitarian situation in Greece, however she assumes the problem will be solved by an European intervention in terms of border control.
The problem is not to be located in an inadequate surveillance of the border, but in the reception conditions of refugees in Greece. These conditions have to be fundamentally improved as soon as possible. Fulfilling key international obligations Greece has to offer every refugee the possibility of claiming asylum right after crossing the border. Currently this possibility is not given. A readmission to Turkey contradicts the principle of non-refoulement as laid down in the Geneva Convention.
During the swarming noborder actions in September this year Welcome to Europe network found out that refugees readmitted to Turkey are in danger of chain deportations to their country of origin.
Taking a concrete step towards solidarity not only with the member states, but also with the refugees, the European Union has to immediately halt all deportations to Greece under the Dublin II Regulation.
Update on the Jungle of Athens
This update dates back to 14th of October 2010.
It is around 9.30 in the morning, outside the basketball court newcomers are lying on the benches; one more family with three children, two of them small babies.
Back to the park: Reza, a 14 year old boy, was registered in Evros as 18 years old. He has severe health problems with his eye. Yesterday he was arrested by the police while hanging around at Victoria Park. He had a packet of tablets for his eye in his pocket that “the church” had given to him because of which the police accused him for carrying drugs. They put him inside the car for detainees for some hours and then released him because he was evidently underage. “They put me handcuffs,” he says laughing and showing the marks on his hands. It is not the first time that he was arrested. He stayed in prison at the Evros borders four days. For him as for the others these experiences turn more and more into mere banalities.
Another Afghan boy is passing by. Together with his family they are staying in one of the reception centres for refugees in Athens. They have the exceptional right to stay there for one month as they don’t have fulfilled the precondition of claiming asylum in Greece and then getting the so-called Red Card for asylum seekers. It is an unwritten law in Greece that refugees only find housing opportunities when they apply for asylum and when they belong to specific extra-vulnerable groups such as unaccompanied minors, single mother families etc. “We want to leave Greece, they give no asylum here,” says the youngster. Another anecdote of the disastrous “Greece of refugees” is the topic of a new announcement made by the Athens Bar Association at the 14th of October. They are protesting against the closure of the Attica Aliens Police department and the (repeated) resulting suspension of foreigners’ claims for international protection:
It is about 12 o’clock at the Attica Square, a little further from the park and the patrols go on. At the bottom of the square some policemen are controlling the papers of two immigrants. The square is empty; the fascist residents are sitting around the square fulfilling their self-proclaimed “duty”. At that time of the day the “square keepers” are mostly pensioners, men and women that found their personal meaning of life in chasing the refugees out of “their” square; fighting for the “cleanness” of “their neighbourhood” and “their nation”!
Unexpectedly a “new guy” – a refugee is walking thoughtlessly through the middle of the square when suddenly one of the female “square keepers” springs up, starts whistling, approaches him and while pushing him out of the square she is screaming in Greek: “Not here. Out, get out of here! Get the hell out of here!”
Two days later, between 19.30 and 3 o’clock in the morning. A group of the so called “indigenous” citizens attacks a mini market near the Attica Square, which belongs to a Bangladeshi immigrant:
“During the attack the Imam of the region together with another immigrant were injured. The conflict became widespread and as a result many were those injured; immigrants and Greeks. Immigrants on their attempt to escape the rage of the “citizens” found refuge in the nearby underground mosque that had been burned a half a year ago; when one policeman tried to tear the Koran that an immigrant was carrying. The “Indignant” residents blocked the entrance to the mosque and they afterwards started breaking the outer glass of the windows by throwing sticks and stones. 5 of the immigrants hidden inside the mosque have been injured. The people inside the mosque had to go out therefore and defend themselves with whatever found in the trash. When police arrived immigrants returned to the mosque, where they remained trapped for more than 1.5 hours. The “indignant” residents remained at the entrance of the mosque, shouting abusive slogans against immigrants and asking from the police to evict them. This was followed by conflicts at the nearby Attica square, where about 80 people were beating immigrants that were passing by,
Greek government statistics state that irregular migration has been increasing in the Evros-Region where the land broder to Turkey stretches over 12 km. According to the Greek Minister of Citizens’ Protection Christos Papoutsis only during the first October weekend of this year 1,400 refugees have been intercepted in that region.
Continue reading ‘Frontex Rapid Border Intervention Teams to patrol the Evros border’
The following interview was taken under difficult circumstances, on the phone of the prison. We had never seen each other before – it was a friend of a friend who brought us in contact. ahmad was not in a good mood – but he said that he wants to give testimony what happens in Hungary to the deported. He hopes that maybe, if the authorities knew what happens, they might stop the Dublin-system. He says:
Zalaergerszeg, 13th Oktober 2010 -
There are two conclusions:
From their press release (25th of October 2010):
“The situation in Greece is very serious. Acting on the basis of the Regulation 863/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council, I have decided that Frontex will provide assistance to the Greek border authorities by deploying adequate number and composition of Rapid Border Intervention Teams. Once deployed they will be operating under the command and control of the Greek authorities” stated Frontex Executive Director Ilkka Laitinen.There is a second press release of 26th October 2010:
“A team of Frontex staff is on its way to the Greek/Turkish land border to assess the situation in view of Minister Papoutsis’ request. We will decide how many officers and what kind of technical means will be needed to effectively assist the Greek authorities in strengthening this external EU border and act swiftly to provide the assistance that this Member State has requested. We will take immediate action of reorganising experts and assets being present in the area within the framework of Poseidon Joint Operation coordinated by Frontex” – he added.
Staff from the newly-opened Frontex Operational Office based in Piraeus have already arrived at the Greek-Turkish border to make an initial assessment of requirements. Frontex has contacted all Member States and Schengen Associate Countries to check the availability of the officers and is waiting for reply.
Frontex has also today sent an additional group of operational and analytical experts from its Warsaw HQ to Greece in order to begin development of an operational plan. The operational plan includes a detailed risk analysis, as well as defining the number and expertise of the officers to be deployed, length of the operation, and the type and amount of technical equipment necessary cover operational needs.
Frontex has granted the request of the Greek government for the deployment of the Rapid Border Intervention Teams in the Evros border.
From their press release (25th of October 2010):
From their press release (25th of October 2010):
“The situation in Greece is very serious. Acting on the basis of the Regulation 863/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council, I have decided that Frontex will provide assistance to the Greek border authorities by deploying adequate number and composition of Rapid Border Intervention Teams. Once deployed they will be operating under the command and control of the Greek authorities” stated Frontex Executive Director Ilkka Laitinen.There is a second press release of 26th October 2010:
“A team of Frontex staff is on its way to the Greek/Turkish land border to assess the situation in view of Minister Papoutsis’ request. We will decide how many officers and what kind of technical means will be needed to effectively assist the Greek authorities in strengthening this external EU border and act swiftly to provide the assistance that this Member State has requested. We will take immediate action of reorganising experts and assets being present in the area within the framework of Poseidon Joint Operation coordinated by Frontex” – he added.
Staff from the newly-opened Frontex Operational Office based in Piraeus have already arrived at the Greek-Turkish border to make an initial assessment of requirements. Frontex has contacted all Member States and Schengen Associate Countries to check the availability of the officers and is waiting for reply.
Frontex has also today sent an additional group of operational and analytical experts from its Warsaw HQ to Greece in order to begin development of an operational plan. The operational plan includes a detailed risk analysis, as well as defining the number and expertise of the officers to be deployed, length of the operation, and the type and amount of technical equipment necessary cover operational needs.
Frontex Rapid Border Intervention Teams to patrol the Evros border
The deployment of European border guard forces at the Greek-Turkish border increases the danger of readmitting refugees to Turkey and from there to their country of origin, where they are put at risk of facing human rights violations. The European Union should meet its obligations and ensure refugees’ protection and well-being.Greece requested the European Union to send armed so called Frontex Rapid Border Intervention Teams (RABITs) to the Greek-Turkish border. This became public on Monday the 25th of October 2010.
Greek government statistics state that irregular migration has been increasing in the Evros-Region where the land broder to Turkey stretches over 12 km. According to the Greek Minister of Citizens’ Protection Christos Papoutsis only during the first October weekend of this year 1,400 refugees have been intercepted in that region.
More than 3,000 interceptions took place between January and September. This is an increase of 300% compared to last years numbers. Most refugees fled from war-torn regions in Afghanistan.
This stage of escalation driven by the Greek government as well as the European Union raises deep concerns on the situation of the refugees. Over the past few weeks the situation of refugees in Greece have been harshly criticized as unbearable over and over again. UNHCR declared it a humanitarian crisis. Pro Asyl says, protection-seeking persons are either refouled right at the border or immediately arrested and detained in overcrowded detention centres under catastrophic conditions. There are numerous reports of violent attacks by the police against detained refugees. Access to an asylum procedure is nonexistent.
Most concerning is the fact that these serious human rights violations are taking place in the presence and direct participation of the European border agency Frontex. Within the framework of the so called Operation Poseidon the agency is being active in the Aegean for several years. In the beginning of 2010 the agency declared the operation to be the biggest in its history. After some research most of the officers assigned to this operation where transferred to the Evros-Region. Located directly in the detentions centres they carry out identification procedures. First of October this year the agency opened a Regional office at the Port of Piraeus in Athens.
The deployment of RABITs raises many questions. In a statement Cecilia Malmström, EU Commissioner for Home Affairs expresses concerns about the humanitarian situation in Greece, however she assumes the problem will be solved by an European intervention in terms of border control.
The problem is not to be located in an inadequate surveillance of the border, but in the reception conditions of refugees in Greece. These conditions have to be fundamentally improved as soon as possible. Fulfilling key international obligations Greece has to offer every refugee the possibility of claiming asylum right after crossing the border. Currently this possibility is not given. A readmission to Turkey contradicts the principle of non-refoulement as laid down in the Geneva Convention.
During the swarming noborder actions in September this year Welcome to Europe network found out that refugees readmitted to Turkey are in danger of chain deportations to their country of origin.
Taking a concrete step towards solidarity not only with the member states, but also with the refugees, the European Union has to immediately halt all deportations to Greece under the Dublin II Regulation.
Update on the Jungle of Athens
This update dates back to 14th of October 2010.
It is around 9.30 in the morning, outside the basketball court newcomers are lying on the benches; one more family with three children, two of them small babies.
They just arrived this morning, they look for a place to stay… for a room…
We were walking around the whole night, we couldn’t sleep because of the rain… some of the babies with their mothers went to sleep near the church of Ag. Panteleimonas,says a young Afghan men who was deported from Slovakia. Having no other shelter they risk to be attacked in one of the most “highly protected” areas of Athens. It is the emblem of the victorious “cleaning ups and evacuations” that racist committees of residents together with fascist groups have started against the refugees; a square constantly patrolled by different groups of residents.
Back to the park: Reza, a 14 year old boy, was registered in Evros as 18 years old. He has severe health problems with his eye. Yesterday he was arrested by the police while hanging around at Victoria Park. He had a packet of tablets for his eye in his pocket that “the church” had given to him because of which the police accused him for carrying drugs. They put him inside the car for detainees for some hours and then released him because he was evidently underage. “They put me handcuffs,” he says laughing and showing the marks on his hands. It is not the first time that he was arrested. He stayed in prison at the Evros borders four days. For him as for the others these experiences turn more and more into mere banalities.
Another Afghan boy is passing by. Together with his family they are staying in one of the reception centres for refugees in Athens. They have the exceptional right to stay there for one month as they don’t have fulfilled the precondition of claiming asylum in Greece and then getting the so-called Red Card for asylum seekers. It is an unwritten law in Greece that refugees only find housing opportunities when they apply for asylum and when they belong to specific extra-vulnerable groups such as unaccompanied minors, single mother families etc. “We want to leave Greece, they give no asylum here,” says the youngster. Another anecdote of the disastrous “Greece of refugees” is the topic of a new announcement made by the Athens Bar Association at the 14th of October. They are protesting against the closure of the Attica Aliens Police department and the (repeated) resulting suspension of foreigners’ claims for international protection:
Under the pretext of waiting for the new Transitional Presidential Decree for Asylum, whose entry into force is been delayed, the Attica Aliens Department of Police is illegally keeping the asylum service “closed”. That way claims for international protection cannot practically be lodged circumventing subsequently international treaties…The young boys’ mother has serious health problem. She is diabetic. During the last days she had a series of a crises and the doctors after treating her in the emergency room sent her to one of the hospitals of Athens for further treatment. “They did nothing there,” R says. “They just gave her injections, but no further treatment, no exams, no papers that show what she has and no prescription for insulin. My mother needs to take insulin every day. Without a prescription she cannot take the appropriate dosage.” Apart from his mums’ health condition the young boy also worries all the time about the other homeless families. “You know, one room in the guest house that we are living is now empty; probably one of the families could come there?”
It is about 12 o’clock at the Attica Square, a little further from the park and the patrols go on. At the bottom of the square some policemen are controlling the papers of two immigrants. The square is empty; the fascist residents are sitting around the square fulfilling their self-proclaimed “duty”. At that time of the day the “square keepers” are mostly pensioners, men and women that found their personal meaning of life in chasing the refugees out of “their” square; fighting for the “cleanness” of “their neighbourhood” and “their nation”!
Unexpectedly a “new guy” – a refugee is walking thoughtlessly through the middle of the square when suddenly one of the female “square keepers” springs up, starts whistling, approaches him and while pushing him out of the square she is screaming in Greek: “Not here. Out, get out of here! Get the hell out of here!”
Two days later, between 19.30 and 3 o’clock in the morning. A group of the so called “indigenous” citizens attacks a mini market near the Attica Square, which belongs to a Bangladeshi immigrant:
“During the attack the Imam of the region together with another immigrant were injured. The conflict became widespread and as a result many were those injured; immigrants and Greeks. Immigrants on their attempt to escape the rage of the “citizens” found refuge in the nearby underground mosque that had been burned a half a year ago; when one policeman tried to tear the Koran that an immigrant was carrying. The “Indignant” residents blocked the entrance to the mosque and they afterwards started breaking the outer glass of the windows by throwing sticks and stones. 5 of the immigrants hidden inside the mosque have been injured. The people inside the mosque had to go out therefore and defend themselves with whatever found in the trash. When police arrived immigrants returned to the mosque, where they remained trapped for more than 1.5 hours. The “indignant” residents remained at the entrance of the mosque, shouting abusive slogans against immigrants and asking from the police to evict them. This was followed by conflicts at the nearby Attica square, where about 80 people were beating immigrants that were passing by,
Frontex has granted the request of the Greek government for the deployment of the Rapid Border Intervention Teams in the Evros border.
From their press release (25th of October 2010):
From their press release (25th of October 2010):
“The situation in Greece is very serious. Acting on the basis of the Regulation 863/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council, I have decided that Frontex will provide assistance to the Greek border authorities by deploying adequate number and composition of Rapid Border Intervention Teams. Once deployed they will be operating under the command and control of the Greek authorities” stated Frontex Executive Director Ilkka Laitinen.There is a second press release of 26th October 2010:
“A team of Frontex staff is on its way to the Greek/Turkish land border to assess the situation in view of Minister Papoutsis’ request. We will decide how many officers and what kind of technical means will be needed to effectively assist the Greek authorities in strengthening this external EU border and act swiftly to provide the assistance that this Member State has requested. We will take immediate action of reorganising experts and assets being present in the area within the framework of Poseidon Joint Operation coordinated by Frontex” – he added.
Staff from the newly-opened Frontex Operational Office based in Piraeus have already arrived at the Greek-Turkish border to make an initial assessment of requirements. Frontex has contacted all Member States and Schengen Associate Countries to check the availability of the officers and is waiting for reply.
Frontex has also today sent an additional group of operational and analytical experts from its Warsaw HQ to Greece in order to begin development of an operational plan. The operational plan includes a detailed risk analysis, as well as defining the number and expertise of the officers to be deployed, length of the operation, and the type and amount of technical equipment necessary cover operational needs.
The deployment of European border guard forces at the Greek-Turkish border increases the danger of readmitting refugees to Turkey and from there to their country of origin, where they are put at risk of facing human rights violations. The European Union should meet its obligations and ensure refugees’ protection and well-being.Greece requested the European Union to send armed so called Frontex Rapid Border Intervention Teams (RABITs) to the Greek-Turkish border. This became public on Monday the 25th of October 2010.
Greek government statistics state that irregular migration has been increasing in the Evros-Region where the land broder to Turkey stretches over 12 km. According to the Greek Minister of Citizens’ Protection Christos Papoutsis only during the first October weekend of this year 1,400 refugees have been intercepted in that region.
Continue reading ‘Frontex Rapid Border Intervention Teams to patrol the Evros border’
This update dates back to 14th of October 2010.
It is around 9.30 in the morning, outside the basketball court newcomers are lying on the benches; one more family with three children, two of them small babies.
Continue reading ‘Update on the Jungle of Athens’
It is around 9.30 in the morning, outside the basketball court newcomers are lying on the benches; one more family with three children, two of them small babies.
They just arrived this morning, they look for a place to stay… for a room…
We were walking around the whole night, we couldn’t sleep because of the rain… some of the babies with their mothers went to sleep near the church of Ag. Panteleimonas,says a young Afghan men who was deported from Slovakia. Having no other shelter they risk to be attacked in one of the most “highly protected” areas of Athens. It is the emblem of the victorious “cleaning ups and evacuations” that racist committees of residents together with fascist groups have started against the refugees; a square constantly patrolled by different groups of residents.
Continue reading ‘Update on the Jungle of Athens’
Hungary imprisons minors after Dublin II deportation
Interview with Ahmad (17) in Zalaergerszeg detention prisonThe following interview was taken under difficult circumstances, on the phone of the prison. We had never seen each other before – it was a friend of a friend who brought us in contact. ahmad was not in a good mood – but he said that he wants to give testimony what happens in Hungary to the deported. He hopes that maybe, if the authorities knew what happens, they might stop the Dublin-system. He says:
For me it’s to late now, but maybe all the others, they should not experience the same!
Zalaergerszeg, 13th Oktober 2010 -
There are two conclusions:
- In Hungary the current policy is to detain refugees in general and for longer periods of time. Even if they apply for asylum they will be often detained until the first decision. And also all those, who get deported from other European countries, get imprisoned for often until the limit of six months. Hungary built 11 new detention facilities in the last months.
- In Zalaergerszeg there are obviously at least three minors imprisoned for a longer time, who have been deported to Hungary according to DublinII. We fear that these are not single cases and that in the other detention facilities you might also find minors.
- Hello ahmad, can we speak in english?
Hello, ya sure. My name is ahmad ahmad
Can you tell me where you are?
Ya, I’m in the Zalaegerszeg in the prison.
Why are you in prison?
I got deported from Finland, that’s why I am here now. It became something like 3 months and 20 days that I am in Hungary and all the time I am in prison. I am 17, I am born on 20th April 1993. When I arrived in Budapest after deportation, the Hungarian authorities told me I have to apply for asylum. They brought me for one month to deport-center in Budapest. When I arrived in Budapest I met a lawyer from Helsinki Committee. He told me he will help me to get out of prison. After one month I got interview and now I am waiting for answer, maybe I will get it in a few days. After the interview they transfered me here, to the prison in Zalaegerszeg near to the Slovenian border. Since 2 months and 20 days I am here. When I called Helsinki Committee again, they told me, I have to wait for the answer from migration board. And if I get positive I would be free from prison and if negative I should stay six months in the prison. I have two other friends here in prison, they are also minors. One of them, Farhad, he was also deported from Finland. And the other is Gul Agha, he got deported from England.
How is the situation in the prison and how are you there?
(He sounds really angry now.) May I know that who are you to ask this question? I ask you because everyone like you came to me and asked me questions and asked about my problems. But unfortunatly everyone just came and gave me hope, they didn’t do anything an now I don’t trust anybody.
Yes, I see you are angry and you are right to be angry, it’s a terrible situation! Okay, I will explain who I am. I’m part of a network called Welcome to Europe. We are in contact with a lot of people who have problems with Dublin-deportation. We want to stop this agreement. We don’t want somebody to get deported from any European country. That’s why we collect the stories and that’s why I am asking you. Your story is special because the Hungarian authorities say they don’t put the minors in prison. I can’t promise you much, I can just promise that we will publish your story and we will try to put pressure on the European governments to stop the deportations. But we are just ordinary people and we do not have the power. But what is happening to you, that they keep you in prison as a minor it is illegal.
Okay, now I understood and I can answer.
I know that it’s against the law. But it’s also Hungarian law that everybody who enter illegal in the country or who got deported from other countries, they have to live in prison for six months. Everybody knows this!
Now I want to tell you something about my situation. When I have been in Finland I have studied in school, I learned the finish language, what is really hard and I wanted to go later to unversity. Instead of university, I am now in prison. When they decided to deported me the Finish Migration Board made my life like hell. I start to forget everything, that I learned. Now what should I do with finish language here?
All the day we are kept inside the prison, I cannot even go out.
Later when I am out of the prison, I can answer you what is the situation here. Now we are talking on the phone of the prison and I cannot answer.
Thank you, ahmad and take care!
You are welcome, bye.
Friday, 22 October 2010
UN demands to stop Dublin II-deportations to Greece
The UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Manfred Nowak says all Dublin II associated countries
Attica square was where a hugely successful anarchist migrant solidarity demo took place only days ago. Yesterday’s sad events, however, show clearly that only our permanent, systematic presence in the area can act as a response to the poison of fascism.
need to stop all transfers of asylum seekers back to Greece under the Dublin II-regulation. He calls on the European Union to
fundamentally rethink its asylum and migration policy.
Pogrom-like attacks against migrants in Attica square, Athens
During the night of October 16th, Attikis square in Athens became the setting for yet more pogrom-like attacks against migrants in the area. A group of fascists and so-called “enraged citizens” attacked a local Bangladeshi-owned mini-market. The people there, in their attempt to escape, ran toward the local mosque, only 30 meters away. They were under siege in the mosque for 1,5 hour. In the clashes, two Bangladeshi migrants were injured.
Attica square was where a hugely successful anarchist migrant solidarity demo took place only days ago. Yesterday’s sad events, however, show clearly that only our permanent, systematic presence in the area can act as a response to the poison of fascism.
Tuesday, 12 October 2010
Jungle of Athens: A small-talk in the rain under umbrellas and trees
It is late in the evening and the small community of homeless Afghans has moved close together to be at least a little bit protected from the rainfalls and the cold of the night. The cardboards used as sofas on the ground are wet. The few umbrellas protect the small children and the women. “It doesn’t matter to me, it matters to the small children. My pullover will become wet, then it will dry. But the babys, the become sick.” A few of the families found some temporary housing solutions, still they come and visit their friends outside in the park. Everybody is just thinking of leaving Greece. But how?
The lights of the basketball-court turn off, but nobody moves into the wet court. Above the small crowd of people inside the trees are their bags and blankets. There is no other safe place to store them. “I will put my children under the umbrella to sleep and I myself will sit awake all the night. Everything I do, is just for them,” M. has tears in her eyes. She is alone with her three children. “But I am strong, I will make it!” Most of the people are sick. The children have skin problems, the others a cold and all kinds of individual health problems. Instead of an appropriate health treatment the NGOs specialized in medical services can offer them only the recipes for the medicaments they need. But nobody of them can afford to buy them. Instead of being cured thy collect papers.
A group of men and youngsters is chatting about new rumors, about possibilities to leave through embassies on legal ways. They are all tired of Greece, tired of the daily problems, of being exposed to violence. An old man says: “You know, to get beaten up is normal for us here. It is something usual just like eating bread. We don’t even care anymore. Everybody has been beaten up here!” The others agree. “When I arrived in Athens, I didn’t know about the fascists,” a 14 year old boy says. His left eye is swollen from an old infection that he has since it was operated three times. “I went to St. Panteleimon looking for a place to stay, somebody to ask where to go. Six men beat me up without any reason. They didn’t like my face maybe. Then I ran away. The other day the police slapped me because I had no paper to show them. I lost it. Greece is not for me. Hopefully you will see me soon in Norway. This is the country I love. It is the best!” He smiles. It will be another long night for them…
The Battle For Attica Square
A report on the refugees’ situation in Greece from an external source, and embedding doesn’t work either. You can find the video at youtube.
Sunday, 10 October 2010
The jungle of Athens pictures
NO ONE IS ILLEGAL
This is one of the seldom afternoons that the afghans reconquer the square. A group of 1000 people, among them many Afghan refugees, women and children gathered in the afternoon in Attiki Square to protest against the fascist movement that is occupying the place since more than a week and that already has expulsed all forms of human life from the St. Panteleimon Church. Among the many speeches were mainly Afghan refugees talking: “what have we done to you, that you treat us like this? We were forced to leave our country, we came here for saving our lives. Whose mother would send her own children away in the danger of crossing borders in the dark and with the fear of loosing them to the streets of Greece – to hopelessness, homelessness and drug addiction? Which mother travels through all that dangers with her small children if she has another choice. We came here to be saved, but instead be get beaten and kicked. Why does the government not gives us a place to sleep? We never chose to spend all our time on this square. We have nowhere else to go. Why do they take our fingerprints here if they cannot offer us anything? Why don’t they let us go, if they don’t want us? Why do they want us back, when Austria asks them to? I was deported from Austria back to Greece with my husband and my two small children. Three days ago we lost our flat, because we could not afford to pay the landlord anymore. Now we sleep in the park. Why is nobody taking his responsibilities and helping us?” A small girl says: “I want to go to school! I want to become an educated women!”
At dusk the bulk of people sets of towards St. Nicholaos train station demonstrating and shouting slogans such as: “Fascists assholes – the gallows are coming” and: “Nobody in fear never and nowhere – break the fascists in each neighbourhood” Greeks and Afghans walk together while the police is not far. The fascists hide. The demonstration ends peacefully and gets dissolved. On their way back a group of 50 Afghans and a few Greeks suddenly get attacked by two dozens of police. they want to prevent the Afghans from returning to Attiki Square so they just suddenly start beating blindly into the group of demonstrators. The first Afghan they attacked fell down from the beatings and was arrested thereafter for unknown reasons. Most people ran away, but at least 10 people were hit – some of them badly. Among them were also minors. One of them had to be brought to hospital, while there were rumours that another Afghan was attacked in St. Nicholaos with a metal pipe by fascists. He broke his leg at two points.
Thursday, 7 October 2010
The Battle For Attica Square - Greece
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPl9PW7ONIQ
It's the first time that an EU country has seen its treatment of refugees described as a humanitarian crisis by the UNHCR. This report gets to the heart of the escalating tensions in Greece.
"I've seen too many. They cross the river like bees", sighs a local fisherman. With as many as 400 people crossing the Evros river each day, arrests of illegal immigrants in Greece have exploded from 3,500 to 20,000 in a year. Most choose to turn themselves in, but they have no idea what awaits them. Infested with rats, Greece's detention centres are now critically overcrowded. Those who try to avoid this fate end up on the streets, such as in Attica Square, home to hundreds of Afghan refugees. With no government support, crime is rife here, and as frustration builds, racial attacks by local vigilantes are escalating beyond control. Ghulam's family sleep on a bench in the square - his four-year-old son was recently attacked in the middle of the night. "If I'd stayed in Afghanistan I might have been beaten, but they would have at least spared my children. I cannot believe this is Europe."
It's the first time that an EU country has seen its treatment of refugees described as a humanitarian crisis by the UNHCR. This report gets to the heart of the escalating tensions in Greece.
"I've seen too many. They cross the river like bees", sighs a local fisherman. With as many as 400 people crossing the Evros river each day, arrests of illegal immigrants in Greece have exploded from 3,500 to 20,000 in a year. Most choose to turn themselves in, but they have no idea what awaits them. Infested with rats, Greece's detention centres are now critically overcrowded. Those who try to avoid this fate end up on the streets, such as in Attica Square, home to hundreds of Afghan refugees. With no government support, crime is rife here, and as frustration builds, racial attacks by local vigilantes are escalating beyond control. Ghulam's family sleep on a bench in the square - his four-year-old son was recently attacked in the middle of the night. "If I'd stayed in Afghanistan I might have been beaten, but they would have at least spared my children. I cannot believe this is Europe."
Wednesday, 6 October 2010
The jungle of Athens
Since five days the fascist neighbourhood movement of St. Panteleimon and Attiki
is occupying and defending the Attiki Square from the “unwanted” refugees living
in that area. Even members of the movement are entering migrants shops shouting
at people and threatening them. This reality has become daily life.
Meanwhile everyday exhausted newcomers are arriving from the border of Turkey, where they are kept like animals in degrading detention centres. Some of them remain homeless after their arrival in Greece and are forced to sleep on the streets and in the parks. Nowadays not even that is possible. Not just because of the cold weather conditions or the police that has started a war against the undocumented and the „unwanted“, patrolling the streets, yelling at them to leave, even kicking women and minors away and taking their blankets and clothes from them. Nowadays its because one has to be afraid of Greece’s neonazis.
More than five Afghan families with small children and unaccompanied minors are living in a park nearby Attiki – some of them for more than two months. Some of the families moved somewhere else, because they were very afraid of and horrified by the police. There is a small child with a heart problem, a women alone with her three children, an unaccompanied minor with a swolen eye, children sitting in the cold wearing a T-Shirt, shorts and sandals.
According to the Chief of Police Antonio Manganelli, it is possible to block the landing of illegal immigrants at the coast of Salento ‘through the expansion of international cooperation to Turkey and Greece,’ Manganelli said to a journalist on the way to Lecce, where a mass was to be held in honor of St. Michael the Archangel, patron of the State Police. ‘We have worked well with a number of countries in West Africa and with Libya. We have reset landings on Lampedusa. But we have a problem,’ Manganelli admitted, ‘We are still open for those, crossing the routes through Turkey. I was in Greece last month to talk about this problem with them. Rodolfo Ronconi, Central Director of Immigration and Border Police at the Italian Ministry of Interior is going to visit Turkey in the next view days. After Lecce,’ Manganelli said, ‘I will leave for Brussels to meet the heads of the European and African police forces to discuss precisely this issue.’
Meanwhile everyday exhausted newcomers are arriving from the border of Turkey, where they are kept like animals in degrading detention centres. Some of them remain homeless after their arrival in Greece and are forced to sleep on the streets and in the parks. Nowadays not even that is possible. Not just because of the cold weather conditions or the police that has started a war against the undocumented and the „unwanted“, patrolling the streets, yelling at them to leave, even kicking women and minors away and taking their blankets and clothes from them. Nowadays its because one has to be afraid of Greece’s neonazis.
More than five Afghan families with small children and unaccompanied minors are living in a park nearby Attiki – some of them for more than two months. Some of the families moved somewhere else, because they were very afraid of and horrified by the police. There is a small child with a heart problem, a women alone with her three children, an unaccompanied minor with a swolen eye, children sitting in the cold wearing a T-Shirt, shorts and sandals.
The police came and took our clothes and our blankets away. They were yelling at us. They kicked my leg. I still can’t walk. They want us to leave!
They say there are some fascists nearby. We are afraid to go to Attiki. Here they also come and yell at us. I don’t understand what they say.
We want to go somewhere safe. We don’t have any money. Maybe we can borrow a little money in order that two of us can move on to other European countries. But there is not money fort he rest of us. We don’t want to stay here, but what can we do? Will my boy get asylum if I send him to Europe?
I am alone, my husband died. I have only my three children. Who should help us?
Immigration: Manganelli wants to expand cooperation to Turkey and Greece | 28th September 2010
Italy – Greece – Turkey
According to the Chief of Police Antonio Manganelli, it is possible to block the landing of illegal immigrants at the coast of Salento ‘through the expansion of international cooperation to Turkey and Greece,’ Manganelli said to a journalist on the way to Lecce, where a mass was to be held in honor of St. Michael the Archangel, patron of the State Police. ‘We have worked well with a number of countries in West Africa and with Libya. We have reset landings on Lampedusa. But we have a problem,’ Manganelli admitted, ‘We are still open for those, crossing the routes through Turkey. I was in Greece last month to talk about this problem with them. Rodolfo Ronconi, Central Director of Immigration and Border Police at the Italian Ministry of Interior is going to visit Turkey in the next view days. After Lecce,’ Manganelli said, ‘I will leave for Brussels to meet the heads of the European and African police forces to discuss precisely this issue.’
Since five days the fascist neighbourhood movement of St. Panteleimon and
Attiki is occupying and defending the Attiki Square from the “unwanted” refugees
living in that area. Even members of the movement are entering migrants shops
shouting at people and threatening them. This reality has become daily life.
Meanwhile everyday exhausted newcomers are arriving from the border of Turkey, where they are kept like animals in degrading detention centres. Some of them remain homeless after their arrival in Greece and are forced to sleep on the streets and in the parks. Nowadays not even that is possible. Not just because of the cold weather conditions or the police that has started a war against the undocumented and the „unwanted“, patrolling the streets, yelling at them to leave, even kicking women and minors away and taking their blankets and clothes from them. Nowadays its because one has to be afraid of Greece’s neonazis.
More than five Afghan families with small children and unaccompanied minors are living in a park nearby Attiki – some of them for more than two months. Some of the families moved somewhere else, because they were very afraid of and horrified by the police. There is a small child with a heart problem, a women alone with her three children, an unaccompanied minor with a swolen eye, children sitting in the cold wearing a T-Shirt, shorts and sandals.
Meanwhile everyday exhausted newcomers are arriving from the border of Turkey, where they are kept like animals in degrading detention centres. Some of them remain homeless after their arrival in Greece and are forced to sleep on the streets and in the parks. Nowadays not even that is possible. Not just because of the cold weather conditions or the police that has started a war against the undocumented and the „unwanted“, patrolling the streets, yelling at them to leave, even kicking women and minors away and taking their blankets and clothes from them. Nowadays its because one has to be afraid of Greece’s neonazis.
More than five Afghan families with small children and unaccompanied minors are living in a park nearby Attiki – some of them for more than two months. Some of the families moved somewhere else, because they were very afraid of and horrified by the police. There is a small child with a heart problem, a women alone with her three children, an unaccompanied minor with a swolen eye, children sitting in the cold wearing a T-Shirt, shorts and sandals.
The police came and took our clothes and our blankets away. They were yelling at us. They kicked my leg. I still can’t walk. They want us to leave!
They say there are some fascists nearby. We are afraid to go to Attiki. Here they also come and yell at us. I don’t understand what they say.
We want to go somewhere safe. We don’t have any money. Maybe we can borrow a little money in order that two of us can move on to other European countries. But there is not money fort he rest of us. We don’t want to stay here, but what can we do? Will my boy get asylum if I send him to Europe?
I am alone, my husband died. I have only my three children. Who should help us?
Article
published in la Repubblica about Italy’s attemp to stop immigration
via Turkey and Greece
Immigration: Manganelli wants to expand cooperation to Turkey and Greece | 28th September 2010
According to the Chief of Police Antonio Manganelli, it is possible to block the landing of illegal immigrants at the coast of Salento ‘through the expansion of international cooperation to Turkey and Greece,’ Manganelli said to a journalist on the way to Lecce, where a mass was to be held in honor of St. Michael the Archangel, patron of the State Police. ‘We have worked well with a number of countries in West Africa and with Libya. We have reset landings on Lampedusa. But we have a problem,’ Manganelli admitted, ‘We are still open for those, crossing the routes through Turkey. I was in Greece last month to talk about this problem with them. Rodolfo Ronconi, Central Director of Immigration and Border Police at the Italian Ministry of Interior is going to visit Turkey in the next view days. After Lecce,’ Manganelli said, ‘I will leave for Brussels to meet the heads of the European and African police forces to discuss precisely this issue.’
Immigration: Manganelli wants to expand cooperation to Turkey and Greece | 28th September 2010
According to the Chief of Police Antonio Manganelli, it is possible to block the landing of illegal immigrants at the coast of Salento ‘through the expansion of international cooperation to Turkey and Greece,’ Manganelli said to a journalist on the way to Lecce, where a mass was to be held in honor of St. Michael the Archangel, patron of the State Police. ‘We have worked well with a number of countries in West Africa and with Libya. We have reset landings on Lampedusa. But we have a problem,’ Manganelli admitted, ‘We are still open for those, crossing the routes through Turkey. I was in Greece last month to talk about this problem with them. Rodolfo Ronconi, Central Director of Immigration and Border Police at the Italian Ministry of Interior is going to visit Turkey in the next view days. After Lecce,’ Manganelli said, ‘I will leave for Brussels to meet the heads of the European and African police forces to discuss precisely this issue.’
Hunger strike in Horst (Germany)
But people do fight back | 26th September 2010
More school-age children have been sent from Hamburg to Horst, despite an agreement to the contrary. A fascist attack occurred on a refugee who is forced to live in Horst. It is the second week of protests in Horst, where the refugees are still waiting for an opportunity to finally talk about their demands with the camp management.
On Wednesday, the camp management and the interior ministry invited politicians and selected journalists to visit the facilities in a desperate attempt to silence the 300 people who live there. No attempt has been made to talk to the refugees about their demands.
On Saturday, 25th September several people and solidarity groups from various cities visited the refugees to reassure them of their support. The attempt to visit them was stopped at the gate, due to a general ban on visits. Whenever we asked in the past why the IDs of everyone wanting to visit were checked, we were given the excuse that told that the camp was open, the people were free and the checkpoints were only for the protection of the refugees.
So we were back in the friendly car park, which the children immediately started decorating. A portable photo studio soon revealed how many children are living here and are being condemned not to go to school, because they are forced to stay in the camp. At least two Afghani families with school-age children have been brought here from Hamburg. This is against a coalition agreement between the government of Hamburg and the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern which states that no child, and especially no school-age child is to be sent to Horst.
We also talked to a 19 year old Afghani woman who has been in the camp for nine months. Her family, including smaller siblings, is living in Cologne, but she was denied permission to visit them. Another young man from Afghanistan, who is now staying there for a year, has been denied permission to go to school and learn German. He should be happy with the one hour per week lessons he is getting at the camp and wait for another 10 months when he would be allowed to go to Hamburg, he was told. Condemned to 22 months of doing nothing.
The people in Horst and other camps are being robbed of their lives by bureaucrats who keep them locked up and control them. They do this thinking that these people won’t have a chance to resist, get help or even find out about their rights.
But people do fight back, like they do in Horst. And we will continue to publish the stories they tell us until they are all free and all the camps are demolished.
As if all this wasn’t enough, when we left we were told about this incident: in the evening of the 18th September, an African refugee was attacked 2 km away from the camp on the road leading to Boizenburg. Two Nazis hit him with a beer bottle over the head and continued to kick him when he was already lying on the ground. When a car drove past, the Nazis left. The refugee dragged himself to the camp bleeding and informed the security, who called the police and paramedics. He laid a complaint with the police and was interviewed by them in Boizenburg but wasn’t taken to hospital until the next morning. He stayed in hospital for four days. The police told us that they were investigating the complaint.
Hunger strike in Horst (Germany) II
Rally outside the camp in Horst | 23rd September 2010
11 days ago, a young refugee decided to go on a hunger strike to protest against the inhumane conditions in the camp in Horst. Other refugees joined him, and together with supporters from the outside, the pressure on the camp management has been increased. So yesterday, the camp management invited government officials, political parties, the refugee council and selected journalists to visit the camp in order to counter the images the public have seen in recent days with their propaganda.
It soon became obvious that the journalists who were invited were those who had written negatively about the camp. A photographer and a reporter from the magazine “Spiegel”, as well as other major news agencies had to obey the ban on visits that had been in force since the hunger strike began and had to wait outside.
Solidarity groups had organized a rally outside the camp to make sure that the journalists would see and hear the messages of the refugees. Immediately the refugees joined them, children drew pictures on the ground and others put up banners. Their demands were read out in Farsi, Serbo-Croatian, English, French and Arabic. Hearing their demands through the PA system gave people strength and as soon as the music played, the children started to dance. It didn’t take long for the rest to join and all the people who had told us their stories in the last few days were able to dance away their worries for a moment. People were singing, the fence was covered with banners and all that was missing was the delegation.
The delegation came precisely at 2 pm in expensive suits and equally expensive cars. They were ushered inside to avoid any contact with the refugees. But the refugees followed them with their banners and told them about their demands. Soon, the delegation disappeared behind a building. We found them squashed together in a corner where they were told that they were not to leave the prepared route. We had the impression that they were being ‘protected’ from the refugees to make sure they didn’t talk to them.
The first stop was the sick bay, which was squeaky-clean and tidy. What the delegation didn’t get to see was this: This is the place where for years the doctor has neglected her duty and maltreated her patients. Where the only ‘treatment’ consisted of painkillers.
The second stop was the canteen. None of the refugees were allowed in and of course again, everything was squeaky-clean. Everything looked nice and there was a bottle with water on every table. The highlight was the specially prepared meal plan for the week. What the delegation didn’t get to see: The meal plans had absolutely nothing to do with the food that was being served. They weren’t posted anywhere in the camp either. The delegation also couldn’t see the queue of 400 people outside the kitchen that was designed for 150. They didn’t see the shop – the only opportunity for the refugees to buy their supplies without having to walk all the way to the next town. And how little the 40 Euro the refugees receive per moth buy them at the shop. No receipts either, so someone is making a healthy profit here. A young man from Afghanistan said that he wished the delegation would come more often because at least on that day they were given good food.
By this time, some members of the delegation were getting tired of the lie the management were telling and started leaving the tour to talk to the refugees.
Next stop was the clothes supply, which miraculously had filled up with all sorts of clothes. What the delegation didn’t get to see: refugees wearing t-shirts because they weren’t given a sweater. And the book that records every item that was handed out.
The guided tour went on to a ‘showroom’. What the delegation didn’t get to see: the fact that the doors have no locks so that the staff can enter at any time without warning. The fact that mothers can’t cook meals for their babies, because there are no facilities for such things. The fact that many women are afraid to sleep in a room that can’t be locked.
The next stop was the kindergarten. What the delegation didn’t see: a 9 year old child had to leave the kindergarten because it was too old. However, the child isn’t allowed to go to school, so the kindergarten is the only place it can go to. There is nothing to do for children in Horst. An ex-inmate told us: “If we are supposed to learn the language and integrate ourselves, we need to be able to live with you. As long as we are locked up here we will never learn the language.”
What the delegation didn’t get to see in the living area: the day before, a young man from Afghanistan who had just received notice that he would have to stay in Horst for several more months, had thrown himself against a glass door. He was badly injured and bleeding and was taken to hospital. Many others saw him being taken away but didn’t know what had happened, so they were scared. Last night the police came in the middle of the night to arrest and deport two men from Algeria.
During the tour of lies, the people outside demanded that the delegation speaks to the refugees instead of listening to the fabricated stories from the management. Finally some delegates talked to them. The refugees had high hopes that something would change. But most delegates left the camp quietly through the rear entrance – they probably knew that they would have to face awkward questions at the front.
After the show was over, two refugees pressed charges against members of the camp management. One complaint was against a medical staff member who had verbally abused the Somali husband of a sick woman for having sought medical help outside the camp after she didn’t receive any treatment inside. The outside doctor had ordered her to be treated in hospital urgently. The second complaint is against a staff member for telling one of the hunger strikers that he might as well stop because he would get deported anyway.
The refugees told us that yesterday had been a wonderful day with good food and plenty of joy. A day with people who are on their side and who listen and sometimes even have answers to their questions. A day where they could forget their worries for a few hours and be happy together. They asked us if we would continue to come and support them once they stopped their hunger strike. We assured them that of course we would continue to come and fight with them to break their isolation until the camp has sunk into the ground. Not just here in Horst but everywhere.
Hunger strike in Horst (Germany) I
Day 10 | 17th September 2010
Ten days after the start of the hunger strike in the refugee camp in Horst (a small town approximately 100 km east of Hamburg), the refugees gathered again in the canteen to emphasize their demands.
Although the hunger strike has left its mark on the refugees, they are still determined. The camp management is trying to break their resolve with repression, threats and isolation. While at the beginning of the hunger strike, the management started to cancel the work opportunities for the refugees and closed the common rooms, they now resort to taking down the details of those who speak to the press. They also openly threaten with deportation. Despite all this, a lot of people have been showing solidarity with their struggeling neighbors. Also ctivists from various cities are among the supporters.
During the past year, the refugees have managed to draw attention to their disastrous situation. More and more media are arriving at the camp to get a picture of the situation. On Saturday, Mehmed Yildis, a member of the Hamburg Parliament from the party “Die Linke”, visited the refugee camp together with journalists. However, they we were denied access, and so far no journalists or anyone else have been allowed in.
So the supporters had to gather in the parking lot next to the camp. In the many conversations that were held through the fence, the seriousness of the situation for the refugees became clear. The biggest concern is the medical situation. Many refugees report that the only remedy for any medical condition has been Paracetamol (a plain painkiller).
A young man told the story of his visit to the doctor in a nearby town, after he had collapsed in the camp. After a long examination, the doctor told him to exercise more, and maybe cycle. When he replied that he couldn’t afford a bike, the young man was told: “You’re out of luck”.
We met a family with two children, one of whom is disabled, already has had 5 operations and is likely to require more. Still, the family is held in the camp, where there is no adequate medical care available.
We agree with the refugees that Horst, as well as all other camps, has to be closed down. We will continue to stand alongside the people in the camp and support them in their struggle – before, during and after the hunger strike. We learned today, how important support is for the people and we are hoping for many more people to join.
Tomorrow there will be a visit by officials from the state government. We saw many deliveries being made to the camp today – apparently to create the image of a “humane accommodation for asylum seekes” (according to the camp manager).
Freedom of Movement and the right to stay for all!
More school-age children have been sent from Hamburg to Horst, despite an agreement to the contrary. A fascist attack occurred on a refugee who is forced to live in Horst. It is the second week of protests in Horst, where the refugees are still waiting for an opportunity to finally talk about their demands with the camp management.
On Wednesday, the camp management and the interior ministry invited politicians and selected journalists to visit the facilities in a desperate attempt to silence the 300 people who live there. No attempt has been made to talk to the refugees about their demands.
On Saturday, 25th September several people and solidarity groups from various cities visited the refugees to reassure them of their support. The attempt to visit them was stopped at the gate, due to a general ban on visits. Whenever we asked in the past why the IDs of everyone wanting to visit were checked, we were given the excuse that told that the camp was open, the people were free and the checkpoints were only for the protection of the refugees.
So we were back in the friendly car park, which the children immediately started decorating. A portable photo studio soon revealed how many children are living here and are being condemned not to go to school, because they are forced to stay in the camp. At least two Afghani families with school-age children have been brought here from Hamburg. This is against a coalition agreement between the government of Hamburg and the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern which states that no child, and especially no school-age child is to be sent to Horst.
We also talked to a 19 year old Afghani woman who has been in the camp for nine months. Her family, including smaller siblings, is living in Cologne, but she was denied permission to visit them. Another young man from Afghanistan, who is now staying there for a year, has been denied permission to go to school and learn German. He should be happy with the one hour per week lessons he is getting at the camp and wait for another 10 months when he would be allowed to go to Hamburg, he was told. Condemned to 22 months of doing nothing.
The people in Horst and other camps are being robbed of their lives by bureaucrats who keep them locked up and control them. They do this thinking that these people won’t have a chance to resist, get help or even find out about their rights.
But people do fight back, like they do in Horst. And we will continue to publish the stories they tell us until they are all free and all the camps are demolished.
As if all this wasn’t enough, when we left we were told about this incident: in the evening of the 18th September, an African refugee was attacked 2 km away from the camp on the road leading to Boizenburg. Two Nazis hit him with a beer bottle over the head and continued to kick him when he was already lying on the ground. When a car drove past, the Nazis left. The refugee dragged himself to the camp bleeding and informed the security, who called the police and paramedics. He laid a complaint with the police and was interviewed by them in Boizenburg but wasn’t taken to hospital until the next morning. He stayed in hospital for four days. The police told us that they were investigating the complaint.
Hunger strike in Horst (Germany) II
Rally outside the camp in Horst | 23rd September 2010
11 days ago, a young refugee decided to go on a hunger strike to protest against the inhumane conditions in the camp in Horst. Other refugees joined him, and together with supporters from the outside, the pressure on the camp management has been increased. So yesterday, the camp management invited government officials, political parties, the refugee council and selected journalists to visit the camp in order to counter the images the public have seen in recent days with their propaganda.
It soon became obvious that the journalists who were invited were those who had written negatively about the camp. A photographer and a reporter from the magazine “Spiegel”, as well as other major news agencies had to obey the ban on visits that had been in force since the hunger strike began and had to wait outside.
Solidarity groups had organized a rally outside the camp to make sure that the journalists would see and hear the messages of the refugees. Immediately the refugees joined them, children drew pictures on the ground and others put up banners. Their demands were read out in Farsi, Serbo-Croatian, English, French and Arabic. Hearing their demands through the PA system gave people strength and as soon as the music played, the children started to dance. It didn’t take long for the rest to join and all the people who had told us their stories in the last few days were able to dance away their worries for a moment. People were singing, the fence was covered with banners and all that was missing was the delegation.
The delegation came precisely at 2 pm in expensive suits and equally expensive cars. They were ushered inside to avoid any contact with the refugees. But the refugees followed them with their banners and told them about their demands. Soon, the delegation disappeared behind a building. We found them squashed together in a corner where they were told that they were not to leave the prepared route. We had the impression that they were being ‘protected’ from the refugees to make sure they didn’t talk to them.
The first stop was the sick bay, which was squeaky-clean and tidy. What the delegation didn’t get to see was this: This is the place where for years the doctor has neglected her duty and maltreated her patients. Where the only ‘treatment’ consisted of painkillers.
The second stop was the canteen. None of the refugees were allowed in and of course again, everything was squeaky-clean. Everything looked nice and there was a bottle with water on every table. The highlight was the specially prepared meal plan for the week. What the delegation didn’t get to see: The meal plans had absolutely nothing to do with the food that was being served. They weren’t posted anywhere in the camp either. The delegation also couldn’t see the queue of 400 people outside the kitchen that was designed for 150. They didn’t see the shop – the only opportunity for the refugees to buy their supplies without having to walk all the way to the next town. And how little the 40 Euro the refugees receive per moth buy them at the shop. No receipts either, so someone is making a healthy profit here. A young man from Afghanistan said that he wished the delegation would come more often because at least on that day they were given good food.
By this time, some members of the delegation were getting tired of the lie the management were telling and started leaving the tour to talk to the refugees.
Next stop was the clothes supply, which miraculously had filled up with all sorts of clothes. What the delegation didn’t get to see: refugees wearing t-shirts because they weren’t given a sweater. And the book that records every item that was handed out.
The guided tour went on to a ‘showroom’. What the delegation didn’t get to see: the fact that the doors have no locks so that the staff can enter at any time without warning. The fact that mothers can’t cook meals for their babies, because there are no facilities for such things. The fact that many women are afraid to sleep in a room that can’t be locked.
The next stop was the kindergarten. What the delegation didn’t see: a 9 year old child had to leave the kindergarten because it was too old. However, the child isn’t allowed to go to school, so the kindergarten is the only place it can go to. There is nothing to do for children in Horst. An ex-inmate told us: “If we are supposed to learn the language and integrate ourselves, we need to be able to live with you. As long as we are locked up here we will never learn the language.”
What the delegation didn’t get to see in the living area: the day before, a young man from Afghanistan who had just received notice that he would have to stay in Horst for several more months, had thrown himself against a glass door. He was badly injured and bleeding and was taken to hospital. Many others saw him being taken away but didn’t know what had happened, so they were scared. Last night the police came in the middle of the night to arrest and deport two men from Algeria.
During the tour of lies, the people outside demanded that the delegation speaks to the refugees instead of listening to the fabricated stories from the management. Finally some delegates talked to them. The refugees had high hopes that something would change. But most delegates left the camp quietly through the rear entrance – they probably knew that they would have to face awkward questions at the front.
After the show was over, two refugees pressed charges against members of the camp management. One complaint was against a medical staff member who had verbally abused the Somali husband of a sick woman for having sought medical help outside the camp after she didn’t receive any treatment inside. The outside doctor had ordered her to be treated in hospital urgently. The second complaint is against a staff member for telling one of the hunger strikers that he might as well stop because he would get deported anyway.
The refugees told us that yesterday had been a wonderful day with good food and plenty of joy. A day with people who are on their side and who listen and sometimes even have answers to their questions. A day where they could forget their worries for a few hours and be happy together. They asked us if we would continue to come and support them once they stopped their hunger strike. We assured them that of course we would continue to come and fight with them to break their isolation until the camp has sunk into the ground. Not just here in Horst but everywhere.
Hunger strike in Horst (Germany) I
Day 10 | 17th September 2010
Ten days after the start of the hunger strike in the refugee camp in Horst (a small town approximately 100 km east of Hamburg), the refugees gathered again in the canteen to emphasize their demands.
Although the hunger strike has left its mark on the refugees, they are still determined. The camp management is trying to break their resolve with repression, threats and isolation. While at the beginning of the hunger strike, the management started to cancel the work opportunities for the refugees and closed the common rooms, they now resort to taking down the details of those who speak to the press. They also openly threaten with deportation. Despite all this, a lot of people have been showing solidarity with their struggeling neighbors. Also ctivists from various cities are among the supporters.
During the past year, the refugees have managed to draw attention to their disastrous situation. More and more media are arriving at the camp to get a picture of the situation. On Saturday, Mehmed Yildis, a member of the Hamburg Parliament from the party “Die Linke”, visited the refugee camp together with journalists. However, they we were denied access, and so far no journalists or anyone else have been allowed in.
So the supporters had to gather in the parking lot next to the camp. In the many conversations that were held through the fence, the seriousness of the situation for the refugees became clear. The biggest concern is the medical situation. Many refugees report that the only remedy for any medical condition has been Paracetamol (a plain painkiller).
A young man told the story of his visit to the doctor in a nearby town, after he had collapsed in the camp. After a long examination, the doctor told him to exercise more, and maybe cycle. When he replied that he couldn’t afford a bike, the young man was told: “You’re out of luck”.
We met a family with two children, one of whom is disabled, already has had 5 operations and is likely to require more. Still, the family is held in the camp, where there is no adequate medical care available.
We agree with the refugees that Horst, as well as all other camps, has to be closed down. We will continue to stand alongside the people in the camp and support them in their struggle – before, during and after the hunger strike. We learned today, how important support is for the people and we are hoping for many more people to join.
Tomorrow there will be a visit by officials from the state government. We saw many deliveries being made to the camp today – apparently to create the image of a “humane accommodation for asylum seekes” (according to the camp manager).
Freedom of Movement and the right to stay for all!
Friday, 1 October 2010
یونان : پناهندگی تاخیر اصلاحات غیرقابل قبول
کمیساریای عالی پناهندگان باید بیش از پردازش پناهندگان از دولت یونانی
2010 سپتامبر 20بروکسل) -- شکست دولت یونانی به دنبال از طریق در وعده خود را به اصلاحات کشور سیستم پناهندگی شکسته ایجاد نیاز فوری به کمیساریای عالی سازمان ملل برای پناهندگان و کمیسیون اروپا را به مداخله ، دیده بان حقوق بشر امروز اعلام کرد.حکم ریاست جمهوری که اصلاحات اضطراری معرفی ، که تا به حال شده در حال حاضر تا 2010 سپتامبر 1 به تعویق افتاد ، عقب رانده شده است دوباره برای چند ماه پس از تجدید سازمان دولت های اخیر. اصلاحات تمام عیار از سیستم در حال حاضر بعید است پیش از پایان سال 2011 ، در اولین."با وجود تعهدات رسمی خود ، دولت یونانی است کاملا موفق به ملاقات یکی از اساسی ترین مسئولیت های خود را برای حفاظت از پناهندگان ، گفت :" بیل Frelick ، پناهندگان مدیر برنامه در دیده بان حقوق بشر. "آژانس پناهندگان سازمان ملل متحد است دستور برای محافظت از پناهندگان که دولت قادر و یا مایل. لازم به گام در حال حاضر سر می برد و تقاضای پناهندگی پردازش."فرمان ریاست جمهوری می توانست با تاخیر خطاب به جمع شدن بیش از 45،000 نفر و ابقاء ناقص روش تجدید نظر برای پناهجویان را رد کرد ، اما نمی توانست خطاب اصلاحات اساسی تر است. فرمان نیز بررسی توسط وزیر جدید حفاظت از شهروندان ، وزارت دارایی ، شورای امور خارجه ، رئيس جمهور و قبل از نیاز به آن را به زور وارد.اصلاحات اساسی برای ایجاد یک عملکرد سیستم پناهندگی ، از جمله یک نهاد مستقل برای بررسی ادعاها و بیشتر مراحل تجدید نظر موثر ، در سال 2011 معرفی شوند انتظار می رود اواخر شدند. اما آنها در حال حاضر نیز به احتمال زیاد به تعویق افتاد ، دیده بان حقوق بشر گفت."به تعویق افتادن مدتها در انتظار ، رفع موقت بدان معنی است که یونان است حتی پشت به یک مربع در روند ترمیم سیستم پناهندگی در نیاز به تعمیرات اساسی کامل ،" Frelick گفت.کمیسیون اروپا نیز باید حفظ فشار بر یونان و مداخله پشتیبانی توسط کمیساریای عالی پناهندگان ، دیده بان حقوق بشر گفت. کمیسیون گرفته است اولین گام برای برگزاری یونان پاسخگو به خاطر نقض آن قانون اتحادیه اروپا ، صدور دو نامه رسمی به یونان در فرایندی به نام "ادامه نقض قوانین حق" ، که در نهایت می تواند به اقدام در دادگاه عدالت اروپا منجر شود. نامه در تاریخ 3 نوامبر 2009 ، و 2010 ژوئن 24 ارسال شد.یونان به تازگی ارائه شده اقدام به طرح کمیسیون اروپا که میسازد از برنامه اصلاحات دولت است. طرح اقدام خواهد شد شرایط برای پناهجویان رو به بهبود نگذارند ، با این حال ، تا زمانی که تغییرات واقعی هستند متوقف شده ، دیده بان حقوق بشر گفت. در نور از تاخیر های جدید ، کمیسیون باید عقیده استدلال برای ارسال یونان شناسایی مناطق بتن برای بهبود می باشد. نظر استدلال می گام بعدی در روش تخلف را نمایندگی کند."برنامه عمل است شعارهای خالی تا زمانی که پناهجویان ندارند فرصت واقعی برای حفاظت ،" Frelick گفت."کمیسیون باید یونان توسط اعمال خود قضاوت خواهند کرد."دولت یونانی بارها وعده داده شده به تعمیرات اساسی سیستم پناهندگی و برای حمایت از کسانی که نیاز دارند حمایت می کند. قصد بیان آن را به اصلاحات ، با این حال ، همزمان با بحران شدید مالی ، که محدود به توانایی آن به دنبال در از طریق این وعده.دیده بان حقوق بشر برجسته مقیاس از بحران در شماره نوامبر گزارش سال 2008 "می چسبوندم به درب اتوماتیک گردان ،" در دسامبر گزارش سال 2008 "از چپ به زنده ماندن" و اکتبر گزارش سال 2009 "غیربهداشتی و Unwelcoming سواحل".این کشور یکی از پایین ترین نرخ از اعطای پناهندگی برای پناهجویان در اروپا است. در سال 2009 ، آن را اعطا پناهندگی به یک صرفا 0.04 درصد از متقاضیان در وهله اول -- 11 نفر را از تقریبا 30،000 متقاضیان. همچنین مکانیسم تجدید نظر در ژوئیه 2009 را لغو کرد ، ترک پناهندگی پناهجویان را رد کرد با هیچ راهی برای به چالش کشیدن تصمیم منفی ، کمیساریای عالی پناهندگان و رهبری را به حالت تعلیق نقش رسمی خود را در روند پناهندگی.پر کردن تقاضای پناهندگی بسیار دشوار است ، و مصاحبه به طور معمول در شیوه ای گذرا ، اغلب بدون انجام مترجم واجد شرایط و از سوی مقامات پلیس آموزش ندیده. علاوه بر این ، این کشور فراهم می کند تقریبا هیچ تسهیلات و یا کمک های دیگر برای پناهجویان ، با بیشتر در فقر و در خیابان زندگی.گروه های آسیب پذیر هستند ضربه سخت ترین. کودکان بدون همراه ، به عنوان مثال ، به دستگاه های خود و در معرض خطر استثمار را ترک کردند. برخی از پناهجویان در یونان گامهای چشمگیر برای حل گرفتاری آنها.گروهی از پناهجویان ایران رفت و در اعتصاب غذا به تقاضای پناهندگی. دولت یونانی آنها را به عنوان پناهندگان تنها پس از سلامت آنها به طور جدی بدتر شده به حال شناخته شده است.یونان چهره دو بار به علت محل آن و اتحادیه اروپا در دوبلین مقررات جهانی دوم ، که تحت آن کشور اتحادیه اروپا برای اولین بار یک پناهجو وارد است به طور کلی مسئول بررسی تقاضای پناهندگی آن شخص است. اثر انگشت مهاجران هستند را به یک پایگاه داده گسترده ای اتحادیه اروپا وارد شده به طوری که این کشور از ورود برای اولین بار می تواند قابل شناسایی باشد.این مقررات قرار می دهد بار افزایش در کشورهای در مرزهای خارجی اروپا ، به ویژه یونان. یونان در حال حاضر چهره بیش از 10،000 بار مشاهده شده توسط دیگر کشورهای عضو اتحادیه اروپا که می خواهند برای بازگشت مهاجران و پناهجویان وجود دارد. علاوه بر این ، آن را همچنان به دریافت هجوم بسیار بالایی از مهاجران و پناهندگان. حدود 75 درصد از 106،200 مهاجر نامنظم ورود به اتحادیه اروپا در سال 2009 برای اولین بار در یونان رسیدند ؛ درصد است که در ماه های اول سال 2010 تا 80 درصد افزایش یافته است ، اکونومیست منتشر شده است.ریاست بلژیک اتحادیه اروپا در حال حاضر به دنبال توافق بر سر اصلاحات نسبتا کم اما قابل توجه به مقررات دوبلین پیشنهاد شده توسط کمیسیون که تعلیق موقت بازده دوبلین در شرایط بحرانی اجازه می دهد ، اما تغییرات صورت مخالفت قابل توجه از بعضی از کشورهای عضو.در حال حاضر ، بیش از 750 درخواست برای بازگشت مردم را به یونان از طریق مداخله از دادگاه حقوق بشر اروپا مسدود شده است ، و به مراتب بیشتر در انتظار هستند قبل از دادگاه های ملی در سراسر اروپا است. دادگاه ها به طور فزاینده ای از شواهد یادکرد سیستم پناهندگی یونان ناسالم و عدم کمک به کسانی که به دنبال حفاظت در تصمیم گیری برای جلوگیری از بازگشت آنها به یونان. باید سیستم پناهندگی یونان تعمیرات اساسی آن و ارائه کمک به متقاضیان ، با این حال ، دادگاه خواهد بود به احتمال زیاد به تصویب می گرداند تحت دوبلین ، و اضافه کردن به بار کشور دوباره."یونان است به طور جدی و ناعادلانه overburdened ،" Frelick گفت. "کشورهای عضو اتحادیه اروپا باید به رسمیت شناختن آن ، توقف ارسال مهاجران به یونان ، و اصلاح مقررات دوبلین. بدون آن ، مزایای از اصلاحات در یونان خواهد شد تعداد بیشتری از بازگشت از کشورهای دیگر اتحادیه اروپا را تضعیف".
2010 سپتامبر 20بروکسل) -- شکست دولت یونانی به دنبال از طریق در وعده خود را به اصلاحات کشور سیستم پناهندگی شکسته ایجاد نیاز فوری به کمیساریای عالی سازمان ملل برای پناهندگان و کمیسیون اروپا را به مداخله ، دیده بان حقوق بشر امروز اعلام کرد.حکم ریاست جمهوری که اصلاحات اضطراری معرفی ، که تا به حال شده در حال حاضر تا 2010 سپتامبر 1 به تعویق افتاد ، عقب رانده شده است دوباره برای چند ماه پس از تجدید سازمان دولت های اخیر. اصلاحات تمام عیار از سیستم در حال حاضر بعید است پیش از پایان سال 2011 ، در اولین."با وجود تعهدات رسمی خود ، دولت یونانی است کاملا موفق به ملاقات یکی از اساسی ترین مسئولیت های خود را برای حفاظت از پناهندگان ، گفت :" بیل Frelick ، پناهندگان مدیر برنامه در دیده بان حقوق بشر. "آژانس پناهندگان سازمان ملل متحد است دستور برای محافظت از پناهندگان که دولت قادر و یا مایل. لازم به گام در حال حاضر سر می برد و تقاضای پناهندگی پردازش."فرمان ریاست جمهوری می توانست با تاخیر خطاب به جمع شدن بیش از 45،000 نفر و ابقاء ناقص روش تجدید نظر برای پناهجویان را رد کرد ، اما نمی توانست خطاب اصلاحات اساسی تر است. فرمان نیز بررسی توسط وزیر جدید حفاظت از شهروندان ، وزارت دارایی ، شورای امور خارجه ، رئيس جمهور و قبل از نیاز به آن را به زور وارد.اصلاحات اساسی برای ایجاد یک عملکرد سیستم پناهندگی ، از جمله یک نهاد مستقل برای بررسی ادعاها و بیشتر مراحل تجدید نظر موثر ، در سال 2011 معرفی شوند انتظار می رود اواخر شدند. اما آنها در حال حاضر نیز به احتمال زیاد به تعویق افتاد ، دیده بان حقوق بشر گفت."به تعویق افتادن مدتها در انتظار ، رفع موقت بدان معنی است که یونان است حتی پشت به یک مربع در روند ترمیم سیستم پناهندگی در نیاز به تعمیرات اساسی کامل ،" Frelick گفت.کمیسیون اروپا نیز باید حفظ فشار بر یونان و مداخله پشتیبانی توسط کمیساریای عالی پناهندگان ، دیده بان حقوق بشر گفت. کمیسیون گرفته است اولین گام برای برگزاری یونان پاسخگو به خاطر نقض آن قانون اتحادیه اروپا ، صدور دو نامه رسمی به یونان در فرایندی به نام "ادامه نقض قوانین حق" ، که در نهایت می تواند به اقدام در دادگاه عدالت اروپا منجر شود. نامه در تاریخ 3 نوامبر 2009 ، و 2010 ژوئن 24 ارسال شد.یونان به تازگی ارائه شده اقدام به طرح کمیسیون اروپا که میسازد از برنامه اصلاحات دولت است. طرح اقدام خواهد شد شرایط برای پناهجویان رو به بهبود نگذارند ، با این حال ، تا زمانی که تغییرات واقعی هستند متوقف شده ، دیده بان حقوق بشر گفت. در نور از تاخیر های جدید ، کمیسیون باید عقیده استدلال برای ارسال یونان شناسایی مناطق بتن برای بهبود می باشد. نظر استدلال می گام بعدی در روش تخلف را نمایندگی کند."برنامه عمل است شعارهای خالی تا زمانی که پناهجویان ندارند فرصت واقعی برای حفاظت ،" Frelick گفت."کمیسیون باید یونان توسط اعمال خود قضاوت خواهند کرد."دولت یونانی بارها وعده داده شده به تعمیرات اساسی سیستم پناهندگی و برای حمایت از کسانی که نیاز دارند حمایت می کند. قصد بیان آن را به اصلاحات ، با این حال ، همزمان با بحران شدید مالی ، که محدود به توانایی آن به دنبال در از طریق این وعده.دیده بان حقوق بشر برجسته مقیاس از بحران در شماره نوامبر گزارش سال 2008 "می چسبوندم به درب اتوماتیک گردان ،" در دسامبر گزارش سال 2008 "از چپ به زنده ماندن" و اکتبر گزارش سال 2009 "غیربهداشتی و Unwelcoming سواحل".این کشور یکی از پایین ترین نرخ از اعطای پناهندگی برای پناهجویان در اروپا است. در سال 2009 ، آن را اعطا پناهندگی به یک صرفا 0.04 درصد از متقاضیان در وهله اول -- 11 نفر را از تقریبا 30،000 متقاضیان. همچنین مکانیسم تجدید نظر در ژوئیه 2009 را لغو کرد ، ترک پناهندگی پناهجویان را رد کرد با هیچ راهی برای به چالش کشیدن تصمیم منفی ، کمیساریای عالی پناهندگان و رهبری را به حالت تعلیق نقش رسمی خود را در روند پناهندگی.پر کردن تقاضای پناهندگی بسیار دشوار است ، و مصاحبه به طور معمول در شیوه ای گذرا ، اغلب بدون انجام مترجم واجد شرایط و از سوی مقامات پلیس آموزش ندیده. علاوه بر این ، این کشور فراهم می کند تقریبا هیچ تسهیلات و یا کمک های دیگر برای پناهجویان ، با بیشتر در فقر و در خیابان زندگی.گروه های آسیب پذیر هستند ضربه سخت ترین. کودکان بدون همراه ، به عنوان مثال ، به دستگاه های خود و در معرض خطر استثمار را ترک کردند. برخی از پناهجویان در یونان گامهای چشمگیر برای حل گرفتاری آنها.گروهی از پناهجویان ایران رفت و در اعتصاب غذا به تقاضای پناهندگی. دولت یونانی آنها را به عنوان پناهندگان تنها پس از سلامت آنها به طور جدی بدتر شده به حال شناخته شده است.یونان چهره دو بار به علت محل آن و اتحادیه اروپا در دوبلین مقررات جهانی دوم ، که تحت آن کشور اتحادیه اروپا برای اولین بار یک پناهجو وارد است به طور کلی مسئول بررسی تقاضای پناهندگی آن شخص است. اثر انگشت مهاجران هستند را به یک پایگاه داده گسترده ای اتحادیه اروپا وارد شده به طوری که این کشور از ورود برای اولین بار می تواند قابل شناسایی باشد.این مقررات قرار می دهد بار افزایش در کشورهای در مرزهای خارجی اروپا ، به ویژه یونان. یونان در حال حاضر چهره بیش از 10،000 بار مشاهده شده توسط دیگر کشورهای عضو اتحادیه اروپا که می خواهند برای بازگشت مهاجران و پناهجویان وجود دارد. علاوه بر این ، آن را همچنان به دریافت هجوم بسیار بالایی از مهاجران و پناهندگان. حدود 75 درصد از 106،200 مهاجر نامنظم ورود به اتحادیه اروپا در سال 2009 برای اولین بار در یونان رسیدند ؛ درصد است که در ماه های اول سال 2010 تا 80 درصد افزایش یافته است ، اکونومیست منتشر شده است.ریاست بلژیک اتحادیه اروپا در حال حاضر به دنبال توافق بر سر اصلاحات نسبتا کم اما قابل توجه به مقررات دوبلین پیشنهاد شده توسط کمیسیون که تعلیق موقت بازده دوبلین در شرایط بحرانی اجازه می دهد ، اما تغییرات صورت مخالفت قابل توجه از بعضی از کشورهای عضو.در حال حاضر ، بیش از 750 درخواست برای بازگشت مردم را به یونان از طریق مداخله از دادگاه حقوق بشر اروپا مسدود شده است ، و به مراتب بیشتر در انتظار هستند قبل از دادگاه های ملی در سراسر اروپا است. دادگاه ها به طور فزاینده ای از شواهد یادکرد سیستم پناهندگی یونان ناسالم و عدم کمک به کسانی که به دنبال حفاظت در تصمیم گیری برای جلوگیری از بازگشت آنها به یونان. باید سیستم پناهندگی یونان تعمیرات اساسی آن و ارائه کمک به متقاضیان ، با این حال ، دادگاه خواهد بود به احتمال زیاد به تصویب می گرداند تحت دوبلین ، و اضافه کردن به بار کشور دوباره."یونان است به طور جدی و ناعادلانه overburdened ،" Frelick گفت. "کشورهای عضو اتحادیه اروپا باید به رسمیت شناختن آن ، توقف ارسال مهاجران به یونان ، و اصلاح مقررات دوبلین. بدون آن ، مزایای از اصلاحات در یونان خواهد شد تعداد بیشتری از بازگشت از کشورهای دیگر اتحادیه اروپا را تضعیف".
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