Copin ng with a fundam mental rights emeergency – The situ uation of people crossing the Greeek border in an iirregular mannerr The H Hospital in Alexa androupoli with h empty spaces, which could bee temporarily ussed for hosting vulnerable perssons w be resolvved through actions designed, coord dinated Therre is an expeectation thatt problems will and implementeed from Atheens; experien nce, however, shows thaat this is norm mally not thee case. perience hass demonstrated, such ass in the Pressidium project implemen nted in Interrnational exp Lampedusa by th he Italian Inteerior Ministrry with the su upport of thee Internation nal Organizattion for Children (Italy), the Red Cross (Italy) that the establishmen e nt of a Migrration (IOM), Save the C speccialised actorr equipped w with resourcees and the authority to cco‐ordinate aactions at th he local and operational level contrib butes to resolving such isssues quickly aand efficienttly. Acccess to tthe terrritory The principle of non‐refoulem ment22 prohiibits the expulsion, depo ortation or reeturn of perssons to territories wheree they face th hreat of perssecution, a reeal risk of torrture, and arrbitrary deprivation he right to life or irrepaarable harm. This includees the prohibition to retturn a perso on to a of th transsit country where w the peerson is not protected frrom return tto persecutio on or seriouss harm (chain refoulemeent). The prin nciple of non n‐refoulemen nt is also ensh hrined in thee Schengen b borders codee.23 22 Co onvention Relatin ng to the Status of o Refugees, 28 Ju uly 1951, Art. 33 aand Protocol Relating to the Statuss of Refugees, 4 October O 19 967; Convention A Against Torture aand Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degraading Treatment or Punishment, 110 December 1984, Art. 3.; UN Human Rights Committee, A.R.JJ. v. Australia, Com mmunication No. 692/1996, UN do oc. CCPR/C/60/D//692/1996, 11 Au ug. 1997, ment No. 31, ‘Thee Nature of the Geeneral Legal Obliggation paara. 6.8 ‐ 6.9 and UN Human Rightts Committee, CCPR General Comm Im mposed on Statess Parties to the Co ovenant’, UN doc. CCPR/C/21/Rev..1/Add.13, 26 Maay 2004, para. 12.. and CCPR Generral Co omment No. 20, ‘‘Art. 7 (Prohibitio on of Torture, or O Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degradingg Treatment or Punishment)’, 10 M March 19 992, para. 9; Euro opean Convention n of Human Rightts, Art. 3, as interp preted by the Eurropean Court of H Human Rights in, e.g., So oering v. United K Kingdom (1989) 11 1 EHRR 439, Chahal v. UK (1996) 223 EHRR 413, Garrabayev v. Russia (2007) ECHR 384411/02, an nd Soldatenko v. Ukraine (2008) EC CHR 2440/07. 23 Scchengen Borders Code, recital 20 and a Art. 3(b). 19