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To the European Commission

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You are the guardian of EU law, and as such should uphold and protect the fundamental rights of anybody across Europe. Assess our complaint filed on September 22, 2020 and trigger an infringement procedure against Greece for its systematic breach of EU law in its treatment of people seeking asylum in Europe.

Why is this important?

A week after Europe’s largest refugee camp in Moria went ablaze, fire has left a pile of charred tents, around 4,000 homeless children and 8,000 adults [1].

The situation in Moria is a symbol of the EU's migration failure: for years now the EU is locking people up in camps in Greece without toilets, medical care or even food.

Yet Commission President Von der Leyen has said “The images of the Moria camp are a painful reminder of the need for Europe to come together.” [2] On September 23, the Commission even published their plans for a new migration policy. [3] But until we see real action, these are all just words.

So we’ve filed an official complaint, funded by thousands of WeMove members, asking the Commission to end the abuse against refugees and migrants, and change any policy enabling it. [4]

The Commission often tries to kick the can down the road with these kinds of legal complaints because citizens are not normally involved and they don’t feel the pressure to act. This is why your voice will make all the difference and force the Commission to take it seriously.

The complaint shows how Greece has reduced safeguards for asylum seekers against deportation and offers little chance of a fair asylum procedure, rather than offering people in search of safety the protection they are entitled to.

But this is more than just the story of Greece. These are Europe’s refugee camps. We know the Commission is aware of what is happening and we want them to intervene. In March, EU leaders visited the Greece-Turkey border and backed Greece in their response. So, this is about how Europe manages migration. And right now that is by backing policies that have only led to incredible suffering.

Europe’s asylum system must respect basic rights, and offer a fair opportunity to seek asylum, to those who are fleeing conflict and persecution, while making sure every person is safe from harm.

As a community, let’s make enough noise to get EU leaders to take legal action to stop the mistreatment of refugees and migrants. Sign now!

References:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/13/world/europe/camp-fire-greece-migrants.html
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/speech_20_1655
https://ec.europa.eu/info/strategy/priorities-2019-2024/promoting-our-european-way-life/new-pact-migration-and-asylum_en
https://oi-files-d8-prod.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/2020-09/wemove-oxfam-complaint-to-ec-asylum-greece-eu.pdf;
https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/law-making-process/applying-eu-law/infringement-procedure_en;
https://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/fluechtlinge-hilfsorganisationen-fordern-strafverfahren-gegen-griechenland-a-e817b050-8b2e-4425-8f18-3560acde835a;
https://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/traitement-des-migrants-par-la-grece-plainte-aupres-de-la-commission-oxfam-20200922;
https://euobserver.com/migration/149509

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Recent comments

Samar

It's called empathy for another human being. Why should another human suffer just because they're seeking a better life?

Christiane

arrêtons nos démesures ordinaires... Cette production industrielle est mortifère pour l'humanité et pour la Nature.

Markus

All humans must be treated with respect. Always.

Renée

Ce sont des gens qui partent pour reconstruire. leur vie parmi 'nos ancêtres beau coup ont connu la même chose il leur a fallu beaucoup de courage et le pays en a bien profité.

nick

omdat dit de zwaarste vorm van misbruik van mensen in europa is. gelijkwaardigheid voor een ieder als ingezetene van een land van belangrijk.

Guy

great idea, efficient, no disincentives to work, humane let's have a wealth tax too and taxes on inequality within companies, i.e. on their (pay+perks+share options) ratios top/bottom earners

Herman

Europe should protect these people at all costs.

Gisela

Wie kann ich meine Verzweiflung bezüglich FRONTEX beruhigen ??? Ich möchte massiv protestieren, aber W I E ??? Erbitte Antwort, Gisa Richter

Wilma

... because I teach migrants in German language since 2015; migrants who had to leave their countries because of war, terrorism, and other horrifying things ...

Blasi

Están abusando y muchísimo de los autóctonos, sobre todo de los blancos y españoles. Nos dejan morir, din ayudas. Mientras promueven la invasión islámica en burnos hoteles, pagados con lo que esquilman lis psicópatas de los políticos. ¿Qué hoteles tienen nuestros hijos disponibles en Marruecos? Basta ya de invasión en España.

Valentina

Gli immigrati meritano un sostegno molto più forte da parte di coloro che hanno il potere di rendere la loro vita migliore

Jesse

Nobody leaves their home for fun. We have the capability and the responsibility to take in all migrants, and give them a chance at a normal life, as quickly as possible.

Miguel

All beings deserve to be treated with respect. At the moment people are migrating to Europe to a welcoming land and of hope, most to begin from 0, others so they gather what they can to help their country in the future, all of which deserve our help. Although I did not live through it, I remind everyone that, once, it was us Europeans migrating to other countries because of war/lack of security in our continent.

Matilde

Por pura y simple humanidad. El ser, no ya sólo humano, sino cualquier ser vivo, es migrante por naturaleza y más, si es por supervivencia.

JUAN

AGUAS DE LAMUERTE: INMIGRANTES (fragmento) Esta otra invasión esdiferente Vienendesarmados, Vienendesconsolados Ydesamparados Vienen enterrados en miedos,arriesgando sus vidas, abandonando sus hogares en míseros botes o elementosflotantes o camuflados en cualquier rincón o de cualquier manera; … ¿quién puede poner Cadenas al aire?, ¿Quién a la Luzsometer?; ¡Dejad libres los cielos! Que se llenen deaves, ¡Dejad correr elagua! Que nos permitabeber. Caminar en paz porla Tierra Que nos hade mantener Y sembremos deesperanzas Nuevas Nuestras maneras dever. (Fragmento del poema AMIGO del mismoautor) ¿Qué derecho?, ¿qué ley? O ¿sobrequé fundamentos basamos los europeospara pretender que nuestros pasos estén protegidos o apoyados por el menorresquicio de Justicia?, ¿Cuál es la Ley que nos ampara, para que en Justicia,nos sintamos libres y con las manos limpias?, ¿no es el conjunto de fechoríasrealizadas en el pasado lo que nos tiene como una sociedad desarrollada en elpresente? Por ello mantengo de cómo son truncadas todas las esperanzas en cadapersona que es devuelta. ---Ruego divulgue, gracias---https://www.ivoox.com/aguas-de-la-muerte-inmigrantes-j-hiades-audios-mp3_rf_8744100_1.html y en --------------------https://www.ivoox.com/import-amp-export-producto-genero-humano-audios-mp3_rf_8706169_1.html - desde Universal Global de Ediciones de acceso gratuito -obras para pensar y abrir conciencia- en www.escuelaabierta.eu y www.universalproyecto.org-Obras en formato escrito. Gracias por divulgar---http://escuelaabierta.eu/.../universal-global-de-ediciones/-Obras en formato de audio. Gracias por divulgar---https://www.ivoox.com/escuchar-juan-galan_nq_190805_1.html-24 h. -Escúchanos........... http://streaming2.elitecomunicacion.es:8042/stream

fernando

NO PUEDE SER QUE EN EL SIGLO XXI SE HAGAN ESTAS BARBARIDADES CON SERES HUMANOS.

Lydia

Nobody should have to live like this! Certainly not people that have had so many traumatic experiences already. We should be a caring society. Lydia

Eefje

All lives matter

Tjeerd

everybody needs help

marta

we are talking about human beings who, as us, only have ONE life.

Nina

It shouldn't be a problem to host this people in European countries. For me they are welcome, friendly greeting, Nina

Anne

Let us be human !

Saarni

The member states of the EU must find long-term solutions for migration, see every human being as worthy and protect their fundamental human rights.

Tomas

Europe’s asylum system must respect basic rights of every human being, especially the weakest ones!

PC

I urge the member states of the EU to find long-term solutions for migration but also to see every human being as worthy and protect their fundamental human rights.

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