The Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament reiterated its view on Wednesday 6 June that the EU-Turkey statement of March 2016 does not respect the rights of asylum seekers who have arrived in Greece. Backing up the group’s position is a fresh study that it commissioned and that was carried out by lawyers Yiota Masouridou and Evi Kyprioti.
The study analyses the case files of 40 asylum seekers. It shows that the procedure for dealing with asylum requests in the Greek islands violates...