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NEWS: Greece Border Controls Toughened Over Potential Influx Of Syrian Refugees

Published on August 1, 2012 in Uncategorized. Closed Tags: , , , , .

The Huffington Post, 31 march 2012

ATHENS, Greece
Greece is quadrupling the number of guards at its border with Turkey and boosting other defenses in part because of a potential
influx of Syrian refugees, a government minister said Monday.
Greece is the busiest entry point for illegal immigrants trying to reach the European Union. Turkey, meanwhile, is hosting thousands of Syrians who have been fleeing their country’s civil war. Continue reading ‘NEWS: Greece Border Controls Toughened Over Potential Influx Of Syrian Refugees’

Hunger strike of Syrian sans papiers in the prison of Iraklio, Crete since 3rd of December!

Published on December 8, 2011 in Uncategorized. Closed Tags: , , , , , , , .

50 Syrian sans-papiers who had been arrested in Crete and are currently detained in the police station of the islands city Iraklio started a hungerstrike on the 3rd of December protesting against the inhuman and degrading detention conditions. Three of them had to be transferred already to hospital. According to the detainees they suffer from hunger, lacking medication, they have no right to go outside even for using the toilette. Reportedly, they have become victims of police violence.

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