8 ENTER AT YOUR PERIL Lives put at risk at the gate of europe © Amnesty International CONCLUsION Greece, at the external frontier of the EU, has had to manage the large flow of migrants and refugees, most of whom wish to go further west to other EU countries rather than stay in Greece. This responsibility is particularly difficult for Greece as the EU member state most affected by the economic crisis. TAkE ACTION These are difficult times in Greece, and for n millions across Europe. But there can be Aegean or apprehended at the land border Ensure that all those intercepted in the no excuse for what is happening on the with Turkey have access to individualized EU’s south-eastern borders. Add your voice procedures to seek international protection to those calling for migration and asylum and to effective means of challenging any policies that respect human rights and deportation decision. human dignity. The EU and its Member States should support the Greek government in ensuring the rights of all migrants and refugees regardless of their legal status and find new ways to share responsibility with Greece for managing migration flows. EU policy should shift its emphasis from sealing off the EU’s external borders to enhancing reception capacity and reception conditions for asylumseekers, refugees and other vulnerable migrants. It should also enhance capacity for the identification of those in need of international protection at Greece’s borders. n End the indiscriminate and prolonged Call on the Greek minister of Public Order and detention of irregular migrants and asylum- Citizen Protection to: seekers; and use alternatives to detention. n Immediately halt the unlawful push- back of migrants and refugees on Greece’s Join our campaign. Visit our website (www.whenyoudontexist.eu) to take action. borders with Turkey, investigate allegations of indiscriminate expulsions and illtreatment, and prosecute those involved. above: A boat arrives at the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium, April 2013. Activists delivered over 70,000 signatures to ask the Parliament to protect the rights of migrants, asylumseekers and refugees at Europe's borders. Amnesty International is a global movement of more than 3 million supporters, members and activists in more than 150 countries and territories who campaign to end grave abuses of human rights. index: eur 25/007/2013 english our vision is for every person to enjoy all the rights enshrined in the universal declaration of human rights and other international human rights standards. amnesty international international secretariat peter benenson house 1 easton street London wc1X 0dw united kingdom we are independent of any government, political ideology, economic interest or religion and are funded mainly by our membership and public donations. July 2013 amnesty.org