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A top Greek court ruled on Wednesday that migrants landing on Greek islands should no longer be held there while asylum claims are assessed, a decision raising alarm among EU officials in Brussels.
The Ministry of Migration and Asylum is the official government body that oversees migration and asylum policy issues in Greece. [1] It also contributes and implements European policies on Migration. [2] It collaborates with the European Union Agency for Asylum, [3] the International Organization for Migration and the United Nations.
The camp has provided temporary housing for asylum seekers. [3] Kara Tepe was the overflow site for Moria refugee camp, the main registration center in Greece, [4] through which new arrivals would be processed. [5] Asylum seekers living in Kara Tepe are able to leave and reenter the site daily. Child drawing from Kara Tepe
Entrance to Kara Tepe Camp, Lesvos, Greece. Perimeter Wall to Kara Tepe Camp, Lesvos, Greece. The temporary Kara Tepe camp is a refugee camp located in the area of Mavrovouni, north of Mytilene on the island of Lesvos , Greece, which was constructed following fires which destroyed Moria refugee camp on and after 8 September 2020. [ 1 ]
Violence hit a Greek facility hosting thousands of the more than one million asylum seekers to arrive in Europe since 2015.
"I know in Syria we have war and bombs every day," says Amir. But there, "every Syrian dies once. Here we die every day. Every day is bad."
Greek authorities believe that 90% of illegal immigrants in the EU enter through Greece, many fleeing because of unrest and poverty in the Middle East and Africa. [21] [22] Several European Courts have decreed that Greece is not obeying the minimum standards of treatment for asylum seekers.
A July 2023 BBC article about the deadly Pylos shipwreck said that there was an increase in international attention to pushbacks in Greek following the New York Times 19 May release of video footage taken on Lesbos, Greece, where 12 asylum seekers, including an infant, were forced into a van, taken by speedboat to a HCG vessel, transferred to ...