On Monday 18 March, several NGOs denounced the living conditions of refugees sheltered on the Greek islands on the occasion of the three-year EU-Turkey Declaration (see EUROPE B11515A1), under which Ankara agreed - in exchange for European funds for refugees cared for on Turkish soil - to prevent passages to the EU and to take back on its territory any person who arrived illegally on the Greek coast, including Syrians.
However, with regard to asylum seekers, the Greek authorities were...