introducing this term and/ or corresponding derogations in other files proposed under the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum or other legislation.95 We call on the Greek Government and the Greek judicial authorities to: Æ Stop the illegal pushback operations and respect all binding interim measures decisions granted by the European Court of Human Rights on not removing asylum seekers from Greek territory, providing them with food, water, adequate medical care and transferring them immediately to reception centers. Æ Close the Neo Cheimonio Border Guard Station. The Public Prosecutor should initiate a criminal investigation bringing to justice those accountable for the criminal offenses committed against the asylum seekers during the pushback operations. Æ Close the Megala Therma quarantine facility, where the newly arrived asylum seekers remain for at least five days without any official registration, without access to legal or psychosocial assistance, without information on procedures and without the possibility to contact anyone outside the quarantine area, which could lead to arbitrary practices, such as pushback operations. Æ Æ Æ Æ Æ Hold the Ministry of Migration and Asylum, and specifically, the administration responsible for the quarantine facility of Megala Therma accountable for the lack of registering the group of asylum seekers in February 2021 and their informal removal and transfer from the official facility to an informal detention site. Guarantee access to justice for victims of pushbacks, that manage to re-enter Greece, with regard to the violations of their rights during the pushback operations. Ensure that human rights defenders and civil society organizations can operate without undue interference, in accordance with the recommendations of the International Commission of Jurists.96 Specifically, ensure that legal representatives of asylum seekers can provide legal assistance without hindrance and ensure individuals’ access to judicial protection and redress before domestic and international courts. Refrain from criminally prosecuting individuals or organizations for providing legal and other practical assistance and support to asylum seekers. Take measures to publicly promote the work of human rights defenders in Greece, in particular those working with migrants, refugees European Commission, Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL addressing situations of instrumentalisation in the field of migration and asylum, 14 December 2021, available at: https://bit.ly/3DaFdmI. See relatively NGOs call on member states: Agreeing on the instrumentalization Regulation will be the final blow to a Common European Asylum System (CEAS) in Europe, 8 September 2022, available at: https://bit.ly/3iw1sfF 95 International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) Briefing Paper, Criminalization of humanitarian and other support and assistance to migrants and the defence of their human rights in the EU, 22 April 2022. 96 AT EUROPE’S BORDERS: BETWEEN IMPUNITY AND CRIMINALIZATION 49