Greek Asylum Case Law Report Issue 1/2023 Released

The new issue of the Greek Asylum Case Law Report released today provides excerpts from 99 decisions by administrative, civil and criminal courts, the Independent Appeals Committees and the Asylum Service, exclusively issued in the first 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 right to family reunification, immigration detention, as well as the treatment of refugees in criminal law.

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, I Have Rights and European Lawyers in Lesvos (ELIL), as well as an increasing number of lawyers of the Legal Aid Registry of the Asylum Service, selected from their respective casework.

You can access Issue 1/2023 of the Greek Asylum Case Law Report here.

Greek Council for Refugees (GCR)

HIAS Greece

Refugee Support Aegean (RSA)