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Rights Groups Lambaste Greece for Migrant Travel Ban
2018-04-26
[AAWSAT] Human rights groups raised the alarm Wednesday the "abusive" policy adopted by Greece to continue containing asylum-seekers on its islands.

Greek authorities are trying to legislate curbs on migrants colonists’ movements to try to cancel out a court ruling on April 18 that individuals landing on Greek islands should no longer be held there.

Lawmakers started discussing the legalization on April 24.

"Containing asylum seekers on the Greek islands in substandard and appalling conditions that violate their rights and Greece’s international obligations cannot be justified for migration control purposes," 21 human rights
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groups, including Human Rights Watch and Amnesia Amnesty International, said.

"Greece’s abusive containment policy was put in place in March 2016, with the support of the European Union
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and its member states."
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