28/01/2024 – 20/02/2024
- On January 30 2024, 16 members of the NGO Erci (Emergency response center international) have been acquitted by a Greek court. In 2018, they had been charged with “espionage” and “complicity with a criminal organization” while assisting endangered migrants near the island of Lesbos.
- On January 16 2024, the UN has hailed the ECHR ruling condemning the Greek authorities for killing a Syrian refugee in 2014. The coast guard had fired on a boat full of migrants and asylum seekers. This decision reinforces the jurisprudence protecting the rights of displaced people.