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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10208
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/council of europe

Hammarberg wants stop to transfers of asylum seekers to Greece

Brussels, 06/09/2010 (Agence Europe) - The commissioner for human rights of the Council of Europe, Thomas Hammarberg, called on 1 September for an end to transfers of asylum seekers to Greece. “Asylum seekers, including persons transferred under the 'Dublin Regulation', face extremely harsh conditions in Greece”, he said at a hearing before the Court in Strasbourg. In this context, the commissioner said that he was “in favour” of the European Commission's proposal to bring in a...

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