Greece: 'New Bill restricts asylum seekers' rights', says HRW

Human Rights Watch said on October 29, that Greece's parliament will have to remove provisions in new Bill which threaten to limit access to protection by asylum seekers. Furrmore, this draft law will be debated in parliament later this week which would decrease safeguards for people who seek asylum after fleeing from countries like Afghanistan, Syria, and Iraq in order to block arrival of migrants and refugees in Greek nation according to a 2016 European Union migration deal with Turkey. 

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biggest resurgence in refugee arrivals

Reportedly, Ans is currently struggling with greatest resurgence in refugee arrivals since 2015 when nearly a million people crossed into Europe from Turkey through Greece. According to Eva Cosse, Greece researcher at Human Rights Watch, bill is a 'naked attempt' to block access to protection and increase deportations in response to recent increase in arrivals of asylum seekers. Cosse furr thinks that Greek government should rar work on humanitarian crisis that has been a result of 'deeply flawed' deal with Turkey and should ensure a fair and efficient asylum procedure. 

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complicated bill 

complicated 237-page bill on “international protection and or provisions” was introduced on October 21, 2019, after a relatively fastened six-day public consultation period. This new bill introduced by government in Greece will also allow officials to detain asylum seekers for a longer period of time scrap away essential protections for vulnerable people. Furrmore, bill would introduce several; procedural changes that hinder access to a fair asylum process and compromise right to appeal for people who want asylum. This bill also comes in with stern rules which would delay process and also reportedly narrows down definitions of family, while imposing ditional burdens. 

Soon after bill was introduced in Greece, United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR, said draft law “will endanger people who need international protection,” acknowledging risk that people could be sent back to a country where ir freedom would be threatened. Greek National Commission for Human Rights along with numerous nongovernmental organizations have raised concerns about proposals and rushed way y were submitted.

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(With input from agencies)