Published : 29-05-2020
Migrants gathering outside of the European Union office in Greece handed over a memorandum to the EU representative to protest the oppressive measures recently taken by the Greek Migration authorities.
The protesters called for either extending or invalidating a decision to cancel shelter allowances and cash aid for asylum seekers.
The refugees further called for making a distinction between those who are not affected by the war and those coming from war-stricken destinations.
They also appealed for transferring refugees fleeing war-ravaged countries to the mainland and to stop the transfer of migrants coming from safer destinations.
The refugees called on the European Union to pressurize the Greek migration authorities in order to facilitate asylum procedures and hand over passports and visas to the migrants no later than six months after the asylum application is approved.
They further called for amending the Dublin III Regulation, which has been ratified in all the EU countries, as well as Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Switzerland. According to the regulation, the state responsible for asylum application is the European country the asylum seeker first entered when he/she arrived in the EU or the one which has issued the entry visa.
As part of Dublin procedures, the asylum seeker’s initial fingerprint is entered into a database that is searchable by police throughout the EU. If they apply for asylum in another country, their fingerprint will come up; Their claim does not have to be considered and they can face deportation back to the country where they were first registered. Those who are sent back are referred to as having been “Dublined”.
Hundreds of Palestinian refugees fleeing war-torn Syria have been subjected to refoulement by European countries, where they had landed after being rescued from over-packed vessels off the Mediterranean coast.
As political attitudes in Europe have shifted against asylum seekers and refugees, the number of deportation requests under Dublin has skyrocketed. Palestinian refugees are separated from friends and sometimes family in communities where they have started to build new lives.
Migrants gathering outside of the European Union office in Greece handed over a memorandum to the EU representative to protest the oppressive measures recently taken by the Greek Migration authorities.
The protesters called for either extending or invalidating a decision to cancel shelter allowances and cash aid for asylum seekers.
The refugees further called for making a distinction between those who are not affected by the war and those coming from war-stricken destinations.
They also appealed for transferring refugees fleeing war-ravaged countries to the mainland and to stop the transfer of migrants coming from safer destinations.
The refugees called on the European Union to pressurize the Greek migration authorities in order to facilitate asylum procedures and hand over passports and visas to the migrants no later than six months after the asylum application is approved.
They further called for amending the Dublin III Regulation, which has been ratified in all the EU countries, as well as Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Switzerland. According to the regulation, the state responsible for asylum application is the European country the asylum seeker first entered when he/she arrived in the EU or the one which has issued the entry visa.
As part of Dublin procedures, the asylum seeker’s initial fingerprint is entered into a database that is searchable by police throughout the EU. If they apply for asylum in another country, their fingerprint will come up; Their claim does not have to be considered and they can face deportation back to the country where they were first registered. Those who are sent back are referred to as having been “Dublined”.
Hundreds of Palestinian refugees fleeing war-torn Syria have been subjected to refoulement by European countries, where they had landed after being rescued from over-packed vessels off the Mediterranean coast.
As political attitudes in Europe have shifted against asylum seekers and refugees, the number of deportation requests under Dublin has skyrocketed. Palestinian refugees are separated from friends and sometimes family in communities where they have started to build new lives.
