{"id":47616,"date":"2018-04-30T19:22:47","date_gmt":"2018-04-30T17:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asile.ch\/?p=47616"},"modified":"2021-08-26T13:47:54","modified_gmt":"2021-08-26T11:47:54","slug":"gisti-hotspots-le-gouvernement-grec-maintient-sa-politique-de-confinement-des-migrants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asile.ch\/de\/2018\/04\/30\/gisti-hotspots-le-gouvernement-grec-maintient-sa-politique-de-confinement-des-migrants\/","title":{"rendered":"Gisti |\u00a0\u00abHotspots\u00bb: le gouvernement grec maintient sa politique de confinement des migrants"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nouvelle publi\u00e9e sur le site du Gisti, le 25 avril 2018. Cliquez hier<\/a> pour lire la nouvelle sur le site du Gisti.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Statuant sur un recours du Conseil grec pour les r\u00e9fugi\u00e9s, le Conseil d\u2019Etat grec a consid\u00e9r\u00e9 le 17\u00a0avril 2018 comme ill\u00e9gale et discriminatoire la pratique des autorit\u00e9s grecques de bloquer les migrants arrivant par la mer depuis la Turquie dans les cinq \u00eeles o\u00f9, depuis le d\u00e9but de l\u2019ann\u00e9e 2016, l\u2019Union europ\u00e9enne a install\u00e9 des \u00abhotspots\u00bb pour filtrer et trier ces personnes.<\/p>\n

Au m\u00e9pris de cet arr\u00eat du Conseil d\u2019Etat, le gouvernement grec a d\u00e9cid\u00e9 de le contourner, de deux fa\u00e7ons: d\u2019une part en pr\u00e9sentant le 19\u00a0avril un projet de loi visant \u00e0 l\u00e9galiser la politique \u00abd\u2019endiguement\u00bb des migrants dans les \u00eeles, d\u2019autre part en prenant le 20\u00a0avril (avant m\u00eame le d\u00e9but de l\u2019examen de ce projet par le parlement) un d\u00e9cret qui remplace la d\u00e9cision administrative annul\u00e9e par le Conseil d\u2019Etat et r\u00e9instaure cette pratique. Parmi les motifs invoqu\u00e9s pour justifier les restrictions \u00e0 la libert\u00e9 d\u2019aller et venir impos\u00e9es par cette politique, le gouvernement invoque la n\u00e9cessit\u00e9 de mettre en \u0153uvre l\u2019accord UE-Turquie de mars 2016 et les risques \u00abd\u2019appel d\u2019air\u00bb.<\/p>\n

Dans le communiqu\u00e9 ci-dessous, 21\u00a0organisations condamnent la politique d\u2019endiguement pratiqu\u00e9e par la Gr\u00e8ce, et enjoignent aux autorit\u00e9s d\u2019autoriser les migrants \u00e0 se d\u00e9placer vers le continent. Les associations consid\u00e8rent que maintenir des demandeurs d\u2019asile dans les hotspots des \u00eeles grecques dans des conditions insalubres qui violent leurs droits et les obligations internationales de la Gr\u00e8ce ne peut \u00eatre justifi\u00e9 aux fins de contr\u00f4le des migrations.<\/p>\n

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Greece: Government Defies Court on Asylum Seekers<\/span><\/p>\n

Reinstates Containment Policy That Keeps People Trapped on Islands<\/small><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The Greek government\u2019s move on April 20, 2018, overturning a binding court ruling ordering it to end its abusive policy of trapping asylum seekers on Greece\u2019s islands raises rule of law concerns, 21 human rights and humanitarian organizations said today.<\/p>\n

Rather than carrying out the April 17 ruling by the Council of State, the country\u2019s highest administrative court, the government issued an administrative decision reinstating the policy, known as the \u201ccontainment policy.\u201d It also introduced a bill on April 19 to clear the way to restore the policy in Greek law. Parliament members should oppose such changes and press the government to respect the ruling.<\/p>\n

Parliament began discussing the draft law on April 24. But the government has preempted the debate on the bill, including the issue of the containment policy by reinstating it. On April 20, the new director of the asylum service reissued an administrative order setting down the reasons for the containment policy. Among grounds given to justify the restrictions imposed by the policy are the need to implement an EU-Turkey deal on migration and a broader public interest claim. But the decision goes against the Council of State ruling and Greece\u2019s responsibilities under international, EU and Greek law, as it offers insufficient justification for the restrictions, the groups said.<\/p>\n

The Council of State\u2019s April 17 ruling said that Greece\u2019s containment policy had no legal basis and that there were no imperative reasons under EU and Greek law justifying the restrictions to the freedom of movement of asylum seekers. It ordered the annulment of the administrative decision imposing the restrictions and permitted the free movement of asylum seekers arriving on the islands following the ruling\u2019s publication. The ruling also highlighted that the disproportionate distribution of asylum seekers has overburdened the islands. The ruling is limited, however, applying only to new arrivals.<\/p>\n

The draft law is currently being discussed before the parliament\u2019s Standing Committee for Public Administration, Public Order and Justice and will be debated by the full parliament in the coming weeks. The bill seeks to provide a legal basis for the containment policy. It would incorporate into domestic law EU Directive 2013\/33, which sets standards for the reception of asylum seekers. While the draft bill would possibly bring some improvements to the Greek reception system, the directive allows restricting the movement of asylum seekers when the government considers it necessary for rapid processing and effective monitoring of claims. The Greek government presumably believes that the legislation would provide a stronger legal basis for maintaining the containment policy.<\/p>\n

Greece\u2019s abusive containment policy was put in place in March 2016, with the support of the European Union and its member states. By the latest government count, more than 15,400 asylum seekers are on the Greek islands. Many are living in crowded and filthy processing centers, and many spent the winter in lightweight tents or even sleeping outside on the ground. The Greek government contends that the containment policy is necessary to carry out its commitment under the March 2016 EU-Turkey migration deal, under which asylum seekers must be returned to Turkey to have their asylum claims processed there, although the text makes no reference to such a policy.<\/p>\n

The case was brought before the Council of State by the Greek Council for Refugees, a non- governmental organization providing legal support to asylum seekers. Nongovernmental groups began a campaign to #OpenTheIslands in December 2017, calling on Greece and its EU partners to transfer asylum seekers to the mainland before winter and end the containment policy.<\/p>\n

In seeking to justify the containment policy, the Greek government, EU institutions, and governments point to increasing numbers of migrants and asylum seekers crossing the Aegean Sea, some fleeing intensified conflict in Syria. Yet there is no evidence that lifting the containment policy would be a pull factor, as Greece and others claim, especially given the largely closed borders along the Western Balkan migration route into Western Europe. It is evident that the Greek authorities cannot meet the basic needs and protect the rights of asylum seekers while they remain on the islands, the groups said. The containment policy traps people in conditions below EU minimum standards, impedes their access to necessary services, and denies them access to fair and efficient asylum procedures because of the overcrowding on the islands and the lack of basic services.<\/p>\n

Rather than restoring its abusive containment policy, the Greek Government should respect the rule of law, immediately carry out the Council of State ruling by allowing asylum seekers to move to the mainland, and along with its EU partners ensure protection for all asylum seekers in Greece, the groups said.<\/p>\n

The government should rapidly expand safe accommodation and access to services on the mainland and create a system to move people quickly to mainland accommodation that provides for their medical and mental health needs while their asylum application is processed. The EU should look at sharing responsibility across member states and increasing availability of more safe and legal channels into the EU.<\/p>\n

Containing asylum seekers on the Greek islands in substandard and appalling conditions that violate their rights and Greece\u2019s international obligations cannot be justified for migration control purposes, the groups said.<\/p>\n

Athens, April 25, 2018<\/p>\n

Organizations Signing the Statement:<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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  • Advocates Abroad<\/li>\n
  • Amnesty International<\/li>\n
  • AEDH (Association Europ\u00e9enne pour la D\u00e9fense des Droits de l\u2019Homme)<\/li>\n
  • Caritas Hellas<\/li>\n
  • European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE)<\/li>\n
  • EuroMed Rights<\/li>\n
  • FIDH (International Federation for Human Rights)<\/li>\n
  • Gisti (Groupe d\u2019information et de soutien des immigr\u00e9s)<\/li>\n
  • Greek Council for Refugees<\/li>\n
  • Greek Forum of Refugees<\/li>\n
  • Greek Helsinki Monitor<\/li>\n
  • Human Rights Watch<\/li>\n
  • HumanRights360<\/li>\n
  • Jesuit Refugee Service<\/li>\n
  • Lesbos Legal Center<\/li>\n
  • Oxfam<\/li>\n
  • PRAKSIS<\/li>\n
  • Refugees International<\/li>\n
  • Refugee Rights Europe<\/li>\n
  • Solidarity No<\/li>\n
  • Terre des Hommes<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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