Migrants’ human rights ‘violated’ at reception centers

Posted by clandestinenglish on 7 April 2011

Ombudsman says that authorities have not made use of EU funds
The Ombudsman has asked to meet with government and police officials to discuss the conditions that undocumented migrants are being kept in northeastern Greece after describing their plight as a “humanitarian crisis”.
Representatives from the citizens’ watchdog and Greece’s National Committee for Human Rights recently conducted visits to the reception centers in Evros and Rodopi and has demanded that authorities take immediate action to improve conditions.
“The seriousness of the situation requires an equivalent response,” the Ombudsman said in its report. “There is an issue of fundamental human rights being violated and this is mainly down to the abhorrent detention conditions, the lack of police personnel and the failure to promptly take measures that have been approved and funded by the European Union.”
The Ombudsman and the human rights committee said they would be sending their proposals to the government.
http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_wsite1_1_05/04/2011_386470

http://clandestinenglish.wordpress.com/2011/04/07/migrants-human-rights-violated-at-reception-centers/

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Undocumented migrants have also certain rights as far as the conditions that they are being kept are concerned in order their applications for asylum to be examined. The violation of these rights in Greece has been an important issue lately, as these migrants are being kept in conditions that not only the international recognized rights of migrants, but also the fundamental human rights are violated. It is important to point out that undocumented migrants are not criminals, but people that their cases and rights are recognized by the international law and that they should be treated so.