Ursula von der Leyen in Greece in early 2020 when she declared the country as a 'shield' for the rest of Europe after a large number of people attempted to enter from Turkey (Photo: European Union)

Outrage as EU gives nod to Greece to halt maritime asylum claims from Libya

Migration

by Nikolaj Nielsen, Brussels,

The European Commission appears to have endorsed Greek government plans to suspend some applications for asylum, in what civil society organisations describe as a clear violation of both EU and international law.

Pressed on the legality of an Athens' draft law to stop processing asylum applications for three months for people arriving by sea from Libya, a spok...

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Author Bio

Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

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Ursula von der Leyen in Greece in early 2020 when she declared the country as a 'shield' for the rest of Europe after a large number of people attempted to enter from Turkey (Photo: European Union)