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EU-Greece island containment policy slammed as refugees endure squalid winter camps
Societyin. In a joint statement, 20 human rights and aid groups called on the government to end its..., spearheaded by Human Rights Watch (HRW), revealed that several of the NGOs had requested a meeting with Prime... in these terrible conditions on the islands for another winter,” Eva Cosse, Greece researcher at Human
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Eight years later: Is Croatia finally truly ready for Europe?
Agorathe European Union is founded, namely "human dignity, freedom, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights, including the rights of minorities". The bright spot of the Croatian presidency... solidarity when it comes to distributing money. Human rights and the radicalization of society
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Greek, Turkish FMs keep ties on even keel as OSCE cooperation pays off
PoliticsForeign Policyand Human Rights (ODIHR). “The distinguished jurist Maria Telalian, who has served for many years... of Director of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR),” the Greek Foreign... Turkey submitted at the international organisation the so-called Turkey-Libya Memorandum (2019
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Athens takes plunge on gas exploration, sees hope in Israel-Lebanon deal
PoliticsForeign Policyand the island of Crete. "We want to make an opening with Libya as a whole, so that we can finally... located in the area between Greece and Libya," Mitsotakis said in an interview with ANT-1 TV, last Monday. It appears that Athens has decided to begin surveys in response to the recent Turkish-Libya
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Approach to protests, policing poses a new quandary for government
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat 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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Could Greece's immigration reforms have an impact on upcoming elections?
Societyof 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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Newsletter 60 - 29/01/2016
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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Search for solutions, not scapegoats in EU's refugee crisis
Agorathat 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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Refugee crisis charade adds insult to EU's injuries
Agorafacilities 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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Wildfires provide familiar test for government
PoliticsGreek Politicswill 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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