be counted perpetually upon, in the context of a state-centric management of Migration, further serves
to highlight the policy’s long-term non-sustainability.
187
Hellenic Republic, Ministry of Digital Policy, Telecommunications and Information, National Situational Picture regarding the Islands at Eastern Aegean Sea (21/05/2018), 7 May 2018,
<https://bit.ly/2IFOvc5>, last accessed 23 May 2018.
188
A series of articles have been claiming nearly 4,000 new arrivals via Evros during April. Albeit the
information seem to be based on relevant data on illegal entry provided by the police for the totality of
the Eastern Macedonia and Thrace region (of which Evros is a part), and therefore it cannot be safely
concluded that they pertain solely to Evros-based arrivals from Turkey. Indicatively, T. Georgiopoulou,
‘4.000 πρόσφυγες πέρασαν τον Απρίλιο από τον Εβρο’ [4,000 refugees crossed Evros in April], I Kathimerini, 9 May 2018, <http://www.kathimerini.gr/963220/article/epikairothta/ellada/4000-prosfygesperasan-ton-aprilio-apo-ton-evro>, last accessed 21 May 2018 and Proto Thema, ‘Αύξηση σοκ στον
Έβρο: 4.000 μετανάστες διέσχισαν τα σύνορα σ' ένα μήνα’ [Shocking increase at Evros: 4,000 migrants
crossed the borders in a month], Proto Thema, 8 May 2018, <https://www.protothema.gr/greece/article/785594/auxisi-sok-ston-evro-4000-metanastes-dieshisan-ta-sunora-s-ena-mina>, last accessed 21
May 2018.
189
See UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), UNHCR appeals to Greece over situation at
Evros [briefing note], 27 April 2018, <http://www.unhcr.org/news/briefing/2018/4/5ae2dd764/unhcrappeals-greece-situation-evros.html>, last accessed 21 May 2018 and UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Greece Sea Arrivals Dashboard (April 2018), 5 May 2018, <https://data2.unhcr.org/es/documents/download/63494>, last accessed 21 May 2018.
190
Information acquired during the Protection Working Group (PWG) of 22 April 2018. The PWG is a
nation-wide, information-focused, meeting held and hosted by UNHCR on a monthly basis in Athens.
191
As per data acquired through UNHCR’s operation portal for Greece, on 11 May 2018. The data are
updated regularly and can be found at <https://data2.unhcr.org/en/situations/mediterranean/location/5179>.
192
As inter alia stated in the new Asylum Service’s Director decision (8269/2018) re-imposing the
geographical restriction of asylum seekers on the islands, as well as in the CoS decision (805/2018) that
had previously annulled said restriction. The first, and parts of the latter can be found, in Greek, at
https://www.e-nomothesia.gr/kat-allodapoi/prosphuges-politiko-asulo/apophase-oik-8269-2018phek-1366b-20-4-2018.html and http://www.immigration.gr/2018/04/8052018.html, respectively.
193
Previously, the restriction was enforced de jure, via a police circular and on the basis of the EUTurkey Statement, without, however, any publicly available administrative decision on the matter.
194
The
Decision
can
be
found
in
Greek,
at
<https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7hvGv7tFH2QaC1STlR4dE05S2c/view>.
195
Council of State decision 805/2018, para. 15, p.20.
196
Indicatively, Greek Council for Refugees, GCR Press Release on the reinstatement of CoS's annulled decision [media release], 23 April 2018, < https://www.gcr.gr/index.php/en/news/press-releases-announcements/item/872-pligma-sto-kratos-dikaou>, last accessed 23 May 2018; Greek Council for Refugees, 21 rights organizations condemn the government's attempt to overturn the court de-
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