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  1. Parties take another look at granting vote to Greek expats
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    Commission on Human Rights, an independent body which advises the Greek state in accordance with UN human.... The National Commission on Human Rights adopts a higher estimate of 699,118 emigrants between 2008 and 2015... struck. Interior Minister Pavlos Skourletis, who had initially sought to defer the prospect

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  2. Approach to protests, policing poses a new quandary for government

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    that has led to controversy and even criticism from human rights groups in the past but at the same... portfolio from the Interior Ministry to the Justice Ministry amid concerns that Panousis and Interior Minister Nikos Voutsis did not see eye to eye. It was notable that Justice Minister Nikos

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  3. Could Greece's immigration reforms have an impact on upcoming elections?
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    of the UN Convention on Human Rights. These include designating paths to citizenship for older... granted “skyrocketed” from 14,178 to 33,487. Interior Minister Alexis Haritsis responded by describing... inhabitants in 2017. The Interior Ministry publishes more detailed statistics on citizenship

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  4. Newsletter 60 - 29/01/2016

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    which European decision makers gather. This is the least that human decency demands of an enlightened... that take the risk anyway. So far, the EU’s efforts to get Turkey to tackle human traffickers has... islands to prevent them simply moving on en masse to other parts of Europe. On this subject, a lot

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  5. Search for solutions, not scapegoats in EU's refugee crisis
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    that human decency demands of an enlightened Europe. The other point concerns what more Greece can do once refugees and migrants arrive on its islands to prevent them simply moving on en masse to other... that take the risk anyway. So far, the EU’s efforts to get Turkey to tackle human traffickers has

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  6. Refugee crisis charade adds insult to EU's injuries
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    facilities for refugees in Greece continue to be unacceptable. Human Rights Watch highlighted recently... pressing of crises, where the human cost is so clear, is an embarrassment for the EU and its members... to pin the blame on. When German Interior Minister Thomas de Maizière suggested in an interview earlier

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  7. Wildfires provide familiar test for government
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    will be whether human lives are lost. Despite the massive devastation inflicted by the Evia fire two years... to the fact that it had prevented a Mati-style human disaster. Greeks abroad While all the attention... elections. Interior Minister Niki Kerameus said that removing the barriers was “a matter of respect.” Many

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  8. Newsletter 242 -06/03/2020

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    PM’s border decision supported Broad support for border closures but fears emerge about vigilante activity Faced with a rush of refugees and migrants to Greece’s border with Turkey, starting last Friday, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis decided to clo...

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  9. Newsletter 310 - 01/10/2021

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    PoliticsFull speed ahead for warship, defence deal with FranceGreece believes that it took a significant step this week to upgrading its defence capabilities but also bolstering the country’s geopolitical standing after agreeing to purchase at least thr...

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  10. New Greek cabinet a mixed bag, prompting hope and concern
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    president at the Therapy Center for Dependent Individuals (KETHEA) and the Hellenic League of Human... government, to fill this position. His portfolio falls under an expanded Interior Ministry

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