{"id":3134,"date":"2021-12-21T12:10:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-21T11:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erik-marquardt.eu\/?p=3134"},"modified":"2022-01-21T17:02:32","modified_gmt":"2022-01-21T16:02:32","slug":"anfrage-ablehnung-von-asylantraegen-syrischer-staatsangehoeriger-in-griechenland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erik-marquardt.eu\/en\/request-rejection-of-asylum-seekers-syrian-citizens-in-greece\/","title":{"rendered":"Question: Rejection of asylum applications of Syrian nationals in Greece"},"content":{"rendered":"

Greece rejects asylum applications from Syrian refugees on the grounds that they can go back to Turkey because Turkey is a safe third country. In reality, however, Turkey has not accepted any repatriations for some time now, so the people concerned are stuck and can neither go back nor forward. Notwithstanding this, Greece now wants to extend this practice to other countries of origin. Together with MEPs from several political groups, we have asked the EU Commission how it intends to ensure that those affected can once again submit an application that takes the real situation into account in the assessment. In its response, the Commission now refuses to take concrete steps to do so. In fact, it does not even know whether and how many rejected applicant:s will be able to reapply. The Commission responds that it believes that Syrian applicants whose applications have been declared inadmissible and not deported to Turkey should be able to reapply. However, the Commission also does not seem to want to draw any consequences if Greece does not do so. Moreover, the Commission emphasizes that it would like to see a resumption of returns to Turkey.

The whole question with answers in several languages can also be found at here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our request<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Subject:<\/strong> Inadmissibility of asylum applications of Syrian nationals in Greece<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In its letter of July 26, 2021, the Commission stated that Syrian nationals whose asylum claims had been declared inadmissible on the grounds that Turkey was considered a safe third country, but who were not allowed to re-enter Turkey, should be able to reapply for asylum in Greece.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In March 2020, Turkey suspended all readmissions from Greece. Notwithstanding this, since then asylum applications from Syrian nationals continue to be definitively rejected on the grounds that Turkey is considered a safe third country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n