Theyâre trapped, their lives are in great danger, they need to be able to flee into Turkey. The campaign to #FreeTheKids, which starts on April 14, 2020, urges people to press Prime Minister Mitsotakis to immediately release unaccompanied migrant children who are in detention, and to transfer them to safe, child-friendly facilities. But the plan does not end the “protective custody” regime and would still leave children at risk of harmful detention. An emergency refugee camp erected on the Aegean island of Lesbos is a potential health hazard for thousands of asylum seekers and aid workers … Refugee and Migrant Rights Program Director Bill Frelick, on mission in Lesbos, tells Amy Braunschweiger about the situation on the ground. Human Rights Watch Annual Report Bleak for Refugee Treatment in Greece Theo Ioannou - January 19, 2018 Throughout 2017, NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW) has been very critical of the Greek government's treatment of refugees and asylum seekers on the island hotspots. But police arenât always so friendly, right? “Keeping children locked up in filthy police cells was always wrong, but now it also exposes them to the risk of COVID-19 infection,” said Eva Cossé, Greece researcher at Human Rights Watch. Please give now to support our work, Migrants who arrived yesterday to Greece from Turkey eat bread as they try to warm themselves at the village of Skala Sikaminias, on the Greek island of Lesbos on Friday, March 6, 2020. A child places his hands on a fence as Greek police officers stand guard at a makeshift camp for migrants and refugees in Greece. He kept the border to Syria closed. A Syrian refugee has been sentenced to 52 years in prison for crossing into Greece from Turkey last year, the Independent reported on Wednesday.. A Mytiline court on the Greek island of Lesbos announced the decision last Friday on KS, the refugee identified only by his initials, ruling that his crossing was “illegal.” While this was happening, he saw police passing by and doing nothing. He tried to board a boat for mainland Greece but wasnât able to. Tensions are running high on the Greek island of Lesbos, as migrants and asylum seekers arrive on its shores only to be greeted by thugs with wooden bats and police with batons. A new report from Human Rights Watch (HRW) described “appalling”, detention-like conditions for refugees being held in Greek reception centers. Human Rights Watch (HRW) is demanding the removal of several articles of Greece's new draft law on asylum. These institutions have often been found to provide inadequate health care even under normal circumstances. Human Rights Watch is initiating this campaign after years of research and advocacy on Greece’s practice of locking up children who are in Greece without a parent or relative in police cells and detention centers, urging successive governments to end these serious rights abuses. Now in its annual report about the conditions of refugees in the EU, the group lists all the shortcomings of the Greek authorities in their handling of the conditions of refugees across Greek islands. Those who do choose to stay in Greece, often suffer low wages and poor working conditions, in addition to being treated as second-class citizens where rights … Refugees with disabilities overlooked, underserved in Greece News and Press Release from Human Rights Watch, published 18 Jan 2017 There are many unnecessary delays and arbitrary barriers which keep older refugees and asylum seekers stranded in Greece, unable to reunite with family members who have legal status in the European Union, Human Rights Watch said on Monday. We saw a lawless situation in Moria refugee camp. Say Israel is Committing Apartheid? Greek soldiers guard the Kastanies border gate at the Greek-Turkish border, February 29, 2020. The Human Rights Watch report documents nearly 17,700 asylum seekers, at least 5,300 of whom are children under 18, who are still stuck on Greek islands as of last week, while 14, 500 asylum seekers are living in overcrowded government-run camps with a maximum capacity of just over 6,300. Greece's controversial new draft law on asylum, which is to stem the growing refugee influx and concentration on the Greek islands, has been met with widespread outrage from human rights groups. Donate Now Get updates on human rights issues from around the globe. Go back.â The police started pushing them. The EU member state continues to struggle with the ongoing migrant influx from Turkey. In practice, it is anything but protective. A few minutes later, I saw a policewoman push the children down the street and out of sight, and the parents werenât with them. They […] In many detention centers, overcrowding, shared bathrooms, and poor hygiene make it virtually impossible to put in place basic measures to prevent a COVID-19 outbreak. Human Rights Watch is a 501(C)(3) nonprofit registered in the US under EIN: 13-2875808, Director, Refugee and Migrant Rights Division. What kind of stories were you hearing from migrants and refugees? After being treated, he couldnât get back to the camp because the road was blocked by thugs. Greek authorities describe the detention of unaccompanied children as a “protective custody regime” and claim it is a temporary protection measure in the child’s best interest. Refugee … Greece: Nearly 2,000 New Arrivals Detained in Overcrowded, Mainland Camps, Abusive Israeli Policies Constitute Crimes of Apartheid, Persecution. Infectious diseases like COVID-19 pose a serious risk to populations in closed institutions such as jails and immigration detention centers. https://www.hrw.org/.../03/06/interview-whats-happening-refugees-greece According to their publication on Monday, EU: Older Refugees Stranded in Greece, one of the main issues that […] Human Rights Watch indicates that migrants consistently find Greece hostile, xenophobic and dangerous to refugees. Human Rights Watch sounds alarm for refugees in Greek centres Officials say they have received no harassment complaints in centres, while refugees … Join our movement today. This week the NPO Human Rights Watch (HRW) made statements criticizing the Greek authorities and bureaucracy in place that is responsible for detaining refugee children with mental and physical illnesses in the Aegean islands’ camps, with no access to proper medical care. On November 24, 2019, Greece’s prime minister announced a plan, No Child Alone, to protect unaccompanied children, including by creating more shelters. He said the only thing that saved him was that the mob saw another refugee and decided to chase him instead. As he walked back to the camp, he encountered vigilante mobs. Help us continue to fight human rights abuses. He said, âI donât care. It’s Not a Decision We Reached Lightly. They are often unable to get medical treatment, psychological counselling, or legal aid, and few even know the reasons for their detention or how long they will be behind bars. Human Rights Watch’s Refugee and Migrant Rights Division defends the rights of refugees, asylum seekers, displaced people, and migrants worldwide. Human Rights Watch is initiating this campaign after years of research and advocacy on Greece’s practice of locking up children who are in Greece … “No child’s health should be left to deteriorate because of deliberate obstruction of access […] Any moral high ground that Erdogan could take by pointing a finger at Greece for pushing back refugees is lost because Turkey is pushing Syrians back into Syria where their lives are threatened. In response to Turkeyâs government recently opening its western border with the European Union, Greece has slammed its border shut. Then the police took him back to the camp, uncuffed him, and let him go. At the year’s end over 60,000 of those asylum seekers and migrants were still stranded in Greece in deplorable conditions. Greece has denied more than 600 asylum seekers entry to the island of Lesbos and detained a similar number since the beginning of March, Human Rights Watch said on Friday. Help us continue to fight human rights abuses. © 2020 Associated Press. "If we have one positive case of coronavirus here in the camp, it will lead to a big human disaster." The police at the hospital took him back to the Moria camp by, of all things, putting him in handcuffs and in their squad car. It appeared as if they were separating a family. Greek authorities are failing to provide adequate protection for women and girls living in government-run, European Union-sponsored facilities for asylum seekers, on the island of Lesvos, NGO Human Rights Watch said today. Part of the cynicism of what [President] Erdogan of Turkey did was that he only opened Turkeyâs border in the west and north to Greece and Bulgaria. Human Rights Watch: Greece’s Asylum overhaul threatens refugees’ rights October 29, 2019 Greece, Politics Comments Off Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged Greece to remove specific articles on its new Asylum draft Law as they threaten to restrict access to protection for asylum seekers from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan. It was the only way the police could get through the mob. “The Greek government has a duty to end this abusive practice and make sure these vulnerable kids get the care and protection they need.”. Whatâs shocking is that this is part of the European Union. There were around 6,000 people in the camp, which has capacity for 3,000. The police told the mob barricading the road they were going to deport him. The immediate thing is to protect refugees and migrants and the NGO workers who provide services to them, to allow new arrivals to seek asylum, and to provide decent reception conditions. I witnessed a mother and father with five children heading toward the port. Itâs suspending its asylum system, pushing asylum seekers back at the border, and threatening to deport all newcomers. Disheartened and Oppressed: Refugee Human Rights in Greece on August 6, 2017 World News ATHENS — In 2016 alone, Greece received 173,450 refugee arrivals by sea. You have desperate people in Idlib. Human Rights Watch research has documented that as a result, children face arbitrary and prolonged detention and abusive treatment in unsanitary and degrading conditions, including detention with adults and ill-treatment by police. The leaders of the EU came to Greece a few days ago and they praised the country, calling it âEuropeâs shieldâ for what itâs doing. Enclosed with barbed wire and a chain-link fence, the military camp served as a European Union “hotspot”. Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on Greece to reverse its “draconian policy” towards more than 450 refugees and migrants detained on a navy ship docked in … How has the situation on Lesbos changed since your last visit? Human Rights Watch has documented that children detained in Greece are forced to live in unsanitary conditions, often alongside adults they do not know, and … Get updates on human rights issues from around the globe. In November, 2017, Human Rights Watch interviewed 25 asylum-seeking women and girls as young as 13, living in the Moria “hotspot” on Lesvos. Bill Frelick the Refugee Rights Director at Human Rights Watch condemned the Greek authorities for trampling on the human rights of refugees, particularly minors travelling alone. Greek law and practice should be adapted to align with the international norms and standards, establishing that detention of children for reasons relating to their immigration status is a violation of their rights and is never in the child’s best interests, including unaccompanied children. Throughout 2017, NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW) has been very critical of the Greek government’s treatment of refugees and asylum seekers on the island hotspots. Stop the containment of refugees on the islands To fulfill its obligations to these children during the COVID-19 pandemic, Greece should create more space in open, child-friendly facilities for children who are currently in custody, such as hotels, foster care, and apartments under a Supported Independent Living program for unaccompanied children aged 16 to 18. This is an island where Europeans vacation, and a short distance away on this same beautiful island is what is called a âhot spot,â a horrible hellhole, the Moria camp, where refugees are being penned in. About 60,000 refugees and migrants live in formal and makeshift camps in Greece and Human Rights Watch said conditions there were … The mob let them through. At the harbor area, police are showing up in force with riot gear and batons. Please give now to support our work, New Campaign to Shelter Children, End Detention Amid COVID-19. He found a friend who took him to the hospital. (Athens) – Police are failing to protect people during frequent incidents of violence in closed centers on the Greek islands known as “hotspots,” Human Rights Watch said today. Eight charities and NGOs, including Oxfam, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the International Rescue Committee and the Greek Council for … It is a spectacular failure to uphold EU values and human values. Some NGOs suspended operations and even evacuated volunteers back to Athens, but after a day or two a number of the NGOs have returned and are doing their best to provide services, often with reduced staffs. Now itâs more than 20,000 people. “It is a disaster for human rights.” Pushbacks often involve teams of unidentified men in black uniforms intercepting refugee boats that have arrived in Greek waters and forcibly returning them to Turkish waters, leaving them to drift after the engines are destroyed or in separate life rafts . Mobs have attacked NGO facilities and attacked their vehicles with bats. Join our movement today. It was described by Human Rights Watch as an open air prison. There are some Syrians here, but many of the refugees and migrants at Moria appear to be from Afghanistan, but with asylum seekers from Iraq, Iran, Somalia, and other places as well. Detention has serious long-term impact on children’s development and mental health, including higher levels of anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress. This is appalling. Under Greek law, unaccompanied children should be transferred to safe accommodation, but Greece has a chronic shortage of space in suitable facilities such as shelters for unaccompanied children. This needs to be addressed not just by Greece, but by the EU and wider international community as well. According to the National Center for Social Solidarity, a government body, as of March 31, 331 children were in police custody awaiting transfer to a shelter, a sharp increase from January, when 180 unaccompanied children were behind bars. He sought shelter in a café, but the café owner started hitting him with a chair, so he went outside, and there the mob beat him with sticks and metal bars. Greek authorities register unaccompanied refugee children as adults and leave them vulnerable, says Human Rights Watch. In 2019, the European Court of Human Rights ruled twice against Greece’s abusive practice of detaining unaccompanied children, finding that their detention violated their right to liberty, and that conditions exposed them to degrading treatment. Covid-19 Fueling Anti-Asian Racism and Xenophobia Worldwide, face arbitrary and prolonged detention and abusive treatment in unsanitary and degrading conditions, serious long-term impact on children’s development and mental health. By Karolina Tagaris ATHENS (Reuters) - Disabled refugees and migrants are not properly identified in Greece and have poor access to basic services such as toilets, showers, food and medical care, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report on Wednesday. Disabled refugees and migrants are not properly identified in Greece and have poor access to basic s Greece is accused of pushing back ... Any such action is a breach of the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and the European Convention on Human Rights, ... Sea-Watch … In August 2018, it was dubbed by the field coordinator of Doctors Without Borders as … Police Abuses Against Child and Adult Migrants in Calais, Human Rights Watch defends the rights of people in 90 countries worldwide, spotlighting abuses and bringing perpetrators to justice. But when thugs set up roadblocks and threaten or assault refugees and humanitarian workers, they turn timid. Greece should also be working to increase its long-term shelter capacity, and establish a functional and comprehensive foster family system, which would benefit Greek children as well. Human Right Watch defends the rights of people in 90 countries worldwide, spotlighting abuses and bringing perpetrators to justice. A policeman stopped them, shouting, âGo back to Moria.â The mother, holding a childâs hand in one hand, used her other hand to point to her knee, telling the policeman she couldnât walk back. Human Rights Watch | 350 Fifth Avenue, 34th Floor | New York, NY 10118-3299 USA | t 1.212.290.4700 Human Rights Watch is a 501(C)(3) nonprofit registered in the US under EIN: 13-2875808 When I was here in 2016, I couldnât imagine things being worse. With Greece: Recommendations for refugee protection 6 German Bar Association (DAV),11 while the Bar Association of Athens has also conducted monitoring missions in the camps in Attica, the region surrounding Athens.12 The situation on the islands is also studied by the Greek Council for Refugees in collaboration with other organisations, as part of Get updates on human rights issues from around the globe. I interviewed a young man today. Human Rights Watch is a 501(C)(3) nonprofit registered in the US under EIN: 13-2875808. The report alleges that pregnant women, new mothers, and survivors of sexual assault, among estimated thousands of others, have been subjected to “living conditions [that] do not meet international standards.” Next week a coalition of charities including Human Rights Watch and the Border Violence Monitoring Network will publish an open letter condemning the practice of … The Treatment of Unaccompanied Migrant Children in the French Hautes-Alpes, EU Policies Contribute to Abuse of Migrants in Libya, Human Rights Watch defends the rights of people in 90 countries worldwide, spotlighting abuses and bringing perpetrators to justice.
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