Ombudsman's remarks on the draft law on the reception of applicants for international protection
Ombudsman's remarks on the draft law on the reception of applicants for international protection
The Greek Ombudsman submitted detailed comments/remarks on the draft law of the Ministry of Migration Policy entitled "Adaptation of Greek Legislation to the provisions of Directive 2013/33 / EU (recast 29.6.13) on the requirements for the reception of applicants for international protection, and other provisions". Based on his many years of working on asylum procedures, reception of asylum seekers and aliens and on his special mandates, the Ombudsman submitted his remarks to the Minister and the competent committee of the Hellenic Parliament on the draft law, aiming to contribute to the legislative initiative for proper transposition of the relevant European Directive and the guarantees of the fundamental rights of asylum seekers (on Part A and Part C of the draft law), while making concise comments on the proposal for amendment of the Immigration Code (Part D of the draft law).
