Greece

Country Report

Country Report: Greece Last updated: 15/09/25

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The present updated report (2024 Update) was written by Alkistis Agrafioti Chatzigianni, Agapi Chouzouraki, Aikaterini Drakopoulou, Κyriaki Fileri, Eleni Kagiou, Chara Kallinteri, Chara Katsigianni, Zikos Koletsis, Alexandros Konstantinou, Spyros-Vlad Oikonomou, Maria Papadopoulou, Olga Papadopoulou, Maria Papamina, Eleni Pasia, Klotildi Prountzou, Aggeliki Theodoropoulou, Maria Tsiota, Anastasia Vrychea and Eleni Vryoni, members of the Greek Council for Refugees (GCR) Legal Unit. The report was edited by ECRE.

This report draws on information inter alia provided by the Directorate of the Hellenic Police and the General Secretariat for Vulnerable Persons and Institutional Protection (GSVPIP) of the Ministry on Migration and Asylum, national and international jurisprudence, reports by international, European and national human rights bodies and institutions, international and non-governmental organisations, publicly available data, media information as well as GCR’s observations from practice and information provided by the GCR Legal and Social Unit.

GCR would like to particularly thank the abovementioned authorities for the data and clarifications provided on selected issues addressed to them by GCR Legal Unit, for the purposes of the present report. GCR would also like to thank our volunteer, Konstantina Christou, for her contribution.

The 2024 update to the AIDA country report on Greece was sent to the Ministry of Migration and Asylum to grant the Ministry the opportunity to provide comments on the draft country report. Any feedback received was reviewed by the authors and, where appropriate, incorporated into the final version of this report. A copy of the comments received through the right of reply is published in a separate annex on the AIDA website.

The information in this report is up-to-date as of 31 December 2024, unless otherwise stated.

Table of contents

  • Statistics
  • Overview of the legal framework
  • Overview of the main changes since the previous report update
  • Asylum Procedure
  • Reception Conditions
  • Detention of Asylum Seekers
  • Content of International Protection
  • ANNEX I – Transposition of the CEAS in national legislation