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Pro Asyl Report: Greece – Vulnerable lives on Hold

Report of the PRO ASYL project “Refugee Support Program in the Aegean” (RSPA):

https://www.proasyl.de/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/2016-05-24-Vulnerable-lives-on-Hold-final.pdf

On March 8, 2016, following a gradual restriction since February 2016 of
access to the Balkan route based on ethnic origin criteria, the  border
between  Greece  and FYROM  (Macedonia)  was  closed  for  all
third-country  nationals.  In  the  aftermath of this closure, over
54,000 refugees – about 60% of who are women and children – have
suddenly become trapped in Greece. There are  hundreds  of  disabled and
elderly people, cancer patients and persons suffering from other severe
chronic or incurable  diseases, as well as psychologically traumatized
persons, pregnant women, families with new-borns and unaccompanied
minors. A very high percentage of them is estimated to be admissible for
family reunification or relocation. All these people are barely
surviving the inhumane and devastating conditions in the reception
centres, while at the same time the dirty deal agreed by Turkey and
Europe turned the hot spots on the islands  of the Aegean into
detention- and deportation centres, keeping out those who were planning
to follow.

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