Copin
ng with a fundam
mental rights emeergency – The situ
uation of people crossing the Greeek border in an iirregular mannerr
4 The mid‐ter
4.
m
rm: puttting the Actio
on Plan into
practtice
The following chapter focusees on selecteed aspects co
overed by thee Greek Actio
on Plan. In th
he FRA
w, the Action
n Plan can raise
r
consideerable practtical challengges during its implemen
ntation
view
phasse. Purpose o
of this chaptter is to illusstrate that itt is not sufficcient to havee a perfect p
plan to
addrress the curreent gaps. On the contraryy, the plan co
onstitutes on
nly a starting point.
The first section provides an
n overview off European ssolidarity meechanisms hiighlighting so
ome of
c
in making efffective use o
of EU fundingg. The secon
nd section wiill discuss thee need
the constraints
for eenhanced reception facilities for asylum seekers,, whereas th
he third section focuses on the
need
d for solutions for non‐rrefugees. Thiis report doees not coverr the establisshment of faair and
efficient asylum procedures, as considerable work haas been don
ne on this isssue by UNHC
CR who
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documented
d existing chaallenges.
has d
Homeeless irregular migrants
m
and assylum seekers slleep on pavemeents in Athens ccity centre
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ons on Greece as a country of asyllum, December 20009, available
UNHCR, Reception
n – Recognition – Integration: Prop
posals from the UN
NHCR
att:www.unhcr.org//refworld/pdfid/44b4b3fc82.pdf; U
Of
Office in Greece, Ju
une 2010, availab
ble at: www.unhcrr.gr/Press_Rel/20010/RRIproposalss.htm; UNHCR, Su
ubmission by the United
U
Nations High Comm
missioner for Refu
ugees for the Office of the High Co
ommissioner for Human
H
Rights’ Co
ompilation Reportt ‐
U
Universal Periodic Review: GREECE, November 2010,, available at: ww
ww.unhcr.org/refw
world/pdfid/4cd88f2ec2.pdf; UNHC
CR,
U
UNHCR Informatio
on Note on Nation
nal Practice in thee Application of Arrt. 3 (2) of the Du
ublin II Regulation
n in particular in th
he
co
ontext of intended
d transfers to Greeece, June 2010, aavailable at: www
w.unhcr.gr/dt/dub
blinIIreg.pdf, updaated version forth
hcoming;
UNHCR, Asylum Sittuation in Greecee including for Dub
blin II transferees (forthcoming).
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