❗️The Asylum office was closed for 2 months on #Lesvos — with its first day on 18th May it issued 1,4000 rejection decisions to applicants of international protection. #refugeesgr have now 10 days to appeal, but no legal aid for drafting relevant case file. /1
This means an asylum seeker gets a rejection on his/her request. He/she is not allowed to leave the camp because of #Covid_19 movement restrictions for #refugeesgr in camps. He/she has only 10 days to appeal, wants to seek help from a lawyer, but all she gets is a 150€ fine. /3
This comes at a time when the Greek Ministry of Immigration and Asylum has announced to return 11,000 asylum seekers to #Turkey immediately. ➡️ These practices impose a major EU and international law breach. /4
