CoE-CommDH – Council of Europe - Commissioner for Human Rights (Author)
Report by Thomas Hammarberg, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, following his visit to Greece, 8-10 December 2008; Issue reviewed: Human rights of asylum seekers [CommDH(2009)6]
Report on human rights situation of asylum seekers: "grave, systemic deficiencies in the Greek asylum practice"; insufficient reception capacities; centralisation of asylum procedures in Athens; lack of sufficient interpretation; concerns as to the independence of second instance; lack of proper reasoning in asylum decisions; continuing existence of mined areas in Evros department