Greece
Europe
Advocacy for Greece
What’s Happening?
Greece is a primary destination for people seeking refuge in the European Union and has received billions of Euros in funding to handle people seeking asylum. But it has drawn widespread criticism over inhumane conditions in refugee camps, stringent laws and regulations that hinder efforts to provide protection and services to those who need it, and push backs and forcible expulsions of people seeking refuge.
What Must Be Done?
Refugees International is calling on policymakers to ensure access to asylum for people seeking refuge in Greece, humane reception conditions, early and comprehensive integration efforts, and access for groups contributing to the response.
Latest Reports and Briefs
Humanitarian Pathways and Ezidi Family Unification in Europe Ten Years After Genocide
May 31, 2024
The Fallacy of Control: Tightened Asylum and Reception Policies Undermine Protection in Greece
February 24, 2022
Blocked at Every Pass: How Greece’s Policy of Exclusion Harms Asylum Seekers and Refugees
November 24, 2020
Latest Statements and News
Refugees International Calls for Safe Pathways to Europe in Response to Recent Loss of Lives in the Mediterranean
June 16, 2023
One Year Since Greece Opened New “Prison-Like” Refugee Camps, NGOs Call for a More Humane Approach
September 20, 2022
28 Groups Echo EU Commissioner’s Call for Greece to Ensure Food and Rights for Refugees and Asylum Seekers
December 15, 2021
Latest Opinions, Q&As, and Explainers
Joint Letter on Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs (SFOPs) Appropriations Bill
July 22, 2024
Biden Administration’s ‘Securing the Border’ Regulation Should Be Rescinded
July 10, 2024
USA Today: ‘I Have Been Raped Twice in Just the Last Year’: Pay Attention to the Fighting in Congo
May 2, 2024
Latest Advocacy Letters
Implementation of the Safe Third Country Concept in Greece
March 8, 2022
NGOs Welcome the Resumption of Cash Assistance for Asylum Seekers in Greece, Call for Gaps to be Urgently Filled
March 8, 2022
28 Groups Echo EU Commissioner’s Call for Greece to Ensure Food and Rights for Refugees and Asylum Seekers
December 15, 2021
Latest Testimonies
Latest Perspectives
Featured Image: Portrait of a man in the Closed Controlled Access Center in Zervou, on the island of Samos. © Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images
Take Action
Let Asylum Seekers Work
When asylum seekers work, our communities don’t just grow—they flourish. Tell your member of Congress to support the bi-partisan House Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act (H.R. 1325) today.
