November 27, 2010

Conference "The situation at the Greek-Turkish border: access to the asylum procedure and procedural safeguards"

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The Group of Lawyers for the Rights of Migrants and Refugees and the group "Kayiki"
are pleased to invite you to the conference

"The situation at the Greek-Turkish border: access to the asylum procedure and procedural safeguards"

which will take place on Friday 03 December 2010, 17:00 - 20.00,
in the conference room of the Greek Ombudsman Building
(Hatzigianni Mexi str 5, Athens)

Programme and Speakers

Ι. The situation of the rights of asylum seekers and migrants in detention in Turkey: legislative developments
Speaker: Οrcun Οlusoy, Solidarity Committee for Refugees- Multeci Der (Smyrne), member of Kayiki

ΙΙ. Readmission Agreements between Turkey, Greece the EU and other countries- legislative developments
Speaker: Clemence Durand, Helsinki Citizens Assembly (Istanbul), member of "Kayiki"

ΙΙΙ. Procedural safeguards and the rights of migrants at the borders. Readmission agreements and the new border control measures
Speaker: Ioanna Sioupoli, Group of Lawyers for the Rights of Migrants and Refugees (Athens)

IV. The situation of asylum seekers in the Evros border region
Speaker: Natasa Strachini, Solidarity Committee for Refugees (Chios), member of "Kaiki"



Conference materials
- Read here the presentation of Clemence Durand
- Read here about the detention of refugees in Turkey's "guesthouses"

Regarding the Readmission Protocol between Greece and Turkey
- Read here the text of the Readmission Protocol
- Read here the report "Readmission agreements: a mechanism for returning irregular migrants", Council of Europe, Parliamentary Assembly, Committee on Migration, Refugees and Population
- Read here the Study of the European Parliament titled "Readmission Policy in the European Union", 2010

Find more information for the participant groups here
- Organization Multeci Der (Smyrne)
- Organization Helsinki Citizens Assembly (Istanbul)
- Solidarity Committee for Refugees "Lathra?"(Chios)
- Network for Migrants Solidarity (Istanbul)