Greek Asylum Case Law Report Issue 2/2023 Released

ATHENS — The new issue of the Greek Asylum Case Law Report released today provides excerpts from 70 decisions by administrative and civil courts, the Independent Appeals Committees and the Asylum Service and Reception and Identification Service, mainly issued in the second half of 2023.

This issue covers topics such as the interpretation of the “safe third country” concept, evidence assessment and refugee status determination, procedural safeguards in the asylum procedure, the workings of administrative appeals and of judicial protection of asylum seekers, the rights of recognised refugees and immigration detention.

In addition to the Greek Council for Refugees (GCR), HIAS Greece and Refugee Support Aegean (RSA), Issue 1/2023 of Greek Asylum Case Law Report received contributions from civil society organisations METAdrasi, Fenix Humanitarian Legal Aid, Equal Rights Beyond Borders, European Lawyers in Lesvos (ELIL), ARSIS, Mobile Info Team, Refugee Legal Support (RLS) and Human Rights Legal Project, as well as lawyers of the Legal Aid Registry of the Asylum Service, selected from their respective casework.

You can access Issue 2/2023 of the Greek Asylum Case Law Report here.

Greek Council for Refugees (GCR)

HIAS Greece

Refugee Support Aegean (RSA)

Read the press release in Greek here.