MIGRASYL

News on migration and asylum from around the region - Nouvelles de la région sur les questions de migration et d'asile

Friday, July 17, 2009

[Greece] UNHCR: Does not agree to participate in the new asylum procedure

UNHCR will not participate in the new asylum procedure in Greece unless structural changes are made. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees notes with great concern that the structural changes introduced by the new Presidential Decree 81/2009 do not sufficiently guarantee efficiency and fairness of the refugee status determination procedure in, Greece as required by International and European legislation.

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