04 October 2019
"The case concerned the conditions of detention of Syrian, Afghan and Palestinian nationals in the “hotspots” of Vial and Souda (Greece), and the lawfulness of their detention in those camps."
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GREECE-ECHR: The remedies proposed to detained migrants in emergency reception centres in Greece were neither accessible nor sufficient (pdf):
"...the applicants, who did not have legal assistance, had not been able to understand the content of the information brochure; in particular, they were unable to understand the material relating to the various appeal possibilities available under domestic law.
(...)
Even assuming that the remedies were effective, the Court did not see how the applicants could have exercised them. Having regard also to the findings of other international bodies, the Court considered that, in the circumstances of the case, the remedies in question had not been accessible to the applicants.
There had therefore been a violation of Article 5 § 4."
Judgment: Kaak et autres v Grèce (French only, application no. 34215/16, pdf)
GREECE: Aegean Boat Report (2.10.19)
Interpol requests from Turkey: Sloppiness of German police puts own citizens into prison
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