Sincere thanks to all of the organisations and individuals who contributed to this report and in particular the co-organisers of the event, i-RED Institute for Rights, Equality and Diversity, Greek Council for Refugees, Doctors of the World Greece, and Amnesty International Greece Section. Thanks to the PICUM team and volunteers for their assistance with the finalisation of this report, including Alexandrine Pirlot de Corbion for the coordination, as well as Sangeetha Iengar, Veronica Pavlou, Olga Tsatsani, Petro Kremonas, Kyriaki Papadopoulou, Vasiliki Frentzou and Paris Tzoumas, and special thanks to Marina Rota for her support with the Greek translation of parts of this report. Contents Report produced by Alexandrine Pirlot de Corbion, Kadri Soova and Michele LeVoy. This report was made possible with the generous support of: This project has received funding from the European Community under the PROGRESS FUND. The information is the sole responsibility of the author, and the Commission is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information contained therein. Introduction 4 Welcome address: The Situation of Migrants in Greece 5 Access to Basic Human Rights for All Migrants 6 The Humanitarian Crisis in Context Nikitas Kanakis, Doctors of the World Greece 7 Barriers to Upholding Migrants’ Human Rights Ioannis Mouzalas, Doctors of the World Greece and Lazaros Petromelidis, I-Red Institute for Rights, Equality and Diversity 8 Recommendations Asylum, Detention and Borders PICUM Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants Rue du Congrès / Congresstraat 37-41, post box 5 1000 Brussels Belgium Tel: +32/2/210 17 80 Fax: +32/2/210 17 89 info@picum.org www.picum.org 9 10 Asylum, Detention and Borders: The Failures of the Existing Legal Framework, Maria Papamina, Greek Council for Refugees 11 The Asylum System in Greece: Limited or Simply Inaccessible Vasilis Kerasiotis and Vasiliki Tsipoura, Greek Council for Refugees 13 Recommendations Racist Violence and Accountability of the Police Force Racist Violence and Accountability of the Police Force Dora Oikonomou, Amnesty International – Greek Section 15 16 17 March 2013 Design: www.beelzepub.com 1