It is by reference to this incident, reminiscent of Europe’s darker, yet creepingly reemerging, times that this reports concludes, in hopes that yet another warning call may at long last be heard and acted upon. To this end, what follows is a list of non-exhaustive, core recommendations aimed at facilitating the transition from a deficient system of reception, to one that will ensure the respect of newcomers’ rights. As a preliminary comment, however, it needs to be stressed that in order for any effective “reformation” of the current reception system to take place, the a priori condition is to recognize the matter in its proper context. This means not only reverting the current paradigm from that of politics and deterrence (or the politics of deterrence) to that of legal rights and (state) obligations, but also recognizing the instrumental role played jointly by Greece, the EU and EU member states in assisting in its consolidation, by near exclusively focusing on diminishing arrivals at the expense of human rights and values. Besides, as aptly recognized by the Council of Europe in Resolution 2118 (2016),199 “Much of the responsibility for the current situation falls to the European Union, which has tacitly supported the closure of borders along the western Balkans route and concluded the agreement of 18 March 2016 with Turkey”. The solution, therefore, needs similarly be a collective one, encompassing the actual sharing of responsibility and the effective display of solidarity towards both forcefully displaced populations, and amongst EU member states themselves. It is in this spirit that the following recommendations have been drafted, and in this context that they should be read. 179 Or “a temporary and extraordinary measure which is necessary to end the human suffering and restore public order”, as the Statement’s wording would have it. See European Council, op.cit. 180 Representative of Praksis. Interview conducted on 30 November 2017. To be noted, the quote is taken slightly out of context, though it applies in this one as well. 181 European Council, op.cit. 182 There is no shortage of reports on the matter. Indicatively: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Turkey: UN report details extensive human rights violations during protracted state of emergency [media release], 20 March 2018, <http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=22853>, last accessed 20 May 2018; Muižnieks, N., ‘Human rights in Turkey – the urgent need for a new beginning’, euronews, 10 March 2017, <https://www.coe.int/en/web/commissioner/-/human-rights-in-turkey-the-urgentneed-for-a-new-beginning?desktop=false>, last accessed 20 May 2018, and Erkoyun, E., ‘As Turkey's emergency rule continues, so will rights abuses, Amnesty says’, Reuters, 22 February 2018, <https://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-security-rights/as-turkeys-emergency-rule-continues-sowill-rights-abuses-amnesty-says-idUSKCN1G61VU>, last accessed 20 May 2018. 183 Female Syrian-Palestinian refugee on conditions at the Moria RIC, in Lesvos. Y., B., Tonella, ‘"Αν θέλετε να μάθετε τι εστί φόβος, πεινά και κρύο, ελάτε εδώ"’ [If you want to know what cold, hunger and cold is, come here], Amnesty International, 19 March 2018, <https://www.amnesty.gr/blog/21328/thelete-na-mathete-ti-esti-fovos-peina-kai-kryo-elate-edo>, last accessed 21 May 2018. 184 UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Situation on Greek islands still grim despite speeded transfers [briefing note], 22 December 2017, <http://www.unhcr.org/news/briefing/2017/12/5a3ccd394/situation-greek-islands-still-grim-despite-speeded-transfers.html>, last accessed 30 March 2018. 185 Hellenic Republic, Ministry of Digital Policy, Telecommunications and Information, National Situational Picture regarding the Islands at Eastern Aegean Sea (22/12/2017), 23 December 2017, <https://bit.ly/2Lm66rA>, last accessed 21 May 2018. 186 This, to be noted, was despite joint UNHCR and IOM efforts to assist through the creation of temporary accommodation spaces in hotels, which in itself being an exceptional measure that cannot 56