Introduction nor human rights may be adequately protected. Both Greece, in particular, and Europe, in general, set the benchmarks on the standards for managing thirdcountry population flows. The politics and practices adopted and implemented may form and influence, to a significant degree, the measure and degree of legal protection and humanitarian response and treatment of the populations fleeing from areas of natural disasters, humanitarian risks and war across the world. The challenge for Greece, as well as the other EU Member States and EU institutions is still that these policies and practices are planned and implemented without any compromise to the respect for human dignity, the rule of law and the mandates of international, EU and national legal culture. Andreas I. Pottakis The Greek Ombudsman April 2017 12