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Ensure that the necessary legal framework governing NGOs operating in Greece does not inhibit their capacity to contribute to the protection of refugees and migrants

Implement immediate measures for asylum seekers, especially in the face of a probable increase in the flow of migrants and asylum seekers from Afghanistan

Protect persons entering Greece across land and sea borders, including by ensuring that border control operations both on land and at sea are conducted in accordance with international human rights law, including the principle of non-refoulement

Improve the conditions of those unaccompanied minors who are still living in insecure circumstances

Ensure adequate living conditions and access to services for refugees, asylum seekers and irregular migrants in reception facilities, with particular attention to those in vulnerable situations

Continue to comply with its obligations under international law in relation to the rights of migrants and refugees

Continue with the implementation of the voluntary relocation plan for accompanied or unaccompanied migrant children suffering from serious illnesses or other vulnerabilities

Take additional measures to improve sanitation within refugee camps

Ensure that the legislative and policy responses as well as operational practices responding to migration are consistent with international human rights and refugee law, in particular the principles of non-refoulement and non- penalization of irregular entries

Ensure that children are not detained solely because of their status under immigration law

Continue the efforts of the Ministry of Migration and Asylum to promote the social integration of unaccompanied minors residing in Greece

Redouble efforts to address the challenges of securing humanitarian assistance for migrants and asylum seekers, especially women and children

Conduct a public enquiry regarding the cases concerning refugees and migrants, and ensure that those responsible are prosecuted

Ensure the protection of refugees and migrants in accordance with international standards, including ending the illegal practice of summary forced returns or collective expulsions (so-called pushbacks)

Strengthen legislative and policy response towards the full realization of the principle of non-refoulement and guarantee the rights of all migrants and asylum seekers

Ensure that all migrants are included in the national recovery and resilience plan

Ensure adequate reception and living conditions for asylum seekers, in line with the requirements of the European Convention on Human Rights and of European Union law, and continue to conduct investigations into allegations of illegal pushbacks of refugees

Intensify efforts to assess asylum claims and stop collective deportations and returns of migrants

Ensure the meaningful participation of refugee and asylum-seeking women in decision-making on matters affecting their lives in the camps, and monitor and review the health, safety and living conditions of refugees

Adopt measures to ensure that an individual assessment is carried out for each case of asylum, deportation or expulsion, with full respect for the principle of non-refoulement

Continue its efforts to effectively manage the mixed migration flows with full respect for rights of migrants

Provide support for the inclusion of recent migrants in society and continue to cooperate with African and other nations to implement policies that ensure safe and orderly migration and protect the human rights of all people

Ensure that migrant and asylum-seeking populations detained in pre- removal facilities or residing at the country’s six reception and identification centres have healthy living conditions and access to education for children and are screened for trafficking indicators

Conduct thorough, transparent and credible investigations into reports of abuses against asylum seekers and migrants, including pushbacks at sea that endanger the lives of migrants, destruction of identity documents and the forcible deportation of asylum seekers holding valid residency credentials

Ensure that allegations of forcible eviction of irregular migrants from its territory without due process are credibly investigated

Take the necessary steps to protect the human rights and dignity of refugees and put an end to systematic illegal pushbacks, in compliance with the relevant conventions

Strengthen the registration system for asylum seekers, as well as referral mechanisms, and ensure that the merits of applications and admissibility procedures are assessed on a case-by-case basis

Ensure that all asylum seekers have the opportunity to obtain an individual review of expulsion decisions, with automatic suspensive effect, and are protected against refoulement and collective referrals, given information regarding the violation of the principle of non-refoulement

Redouble efforts to ensure the meaningful participation of refugee and asylum-seeking women in decision-making on matters affecting their lives in the camps

Fully and swiftly implement the integration policy for refugees and asylum seekers