Across Greece, refugees and asylum seekers are facing forced evictions from accommodation camps without access to safe housing alternatives or sufficient notice. These actions, implemented amidst serious gaps in the state’s integration and housing support systems, expose thousands of people—many of them families, children, and individuals with specific vulnerabilities—to homelessness, insecurity, and the erosion of their fundamental rights. The absence of transitional support, limited access to public services, and the increasing strain on civil society actors further aggravate the situation. Through the joint statement below, the undersigned organisations call on the Ministry of Migration and Asylum to:
- To rescind the eviction order of people on the move from camps;
- To ensure that if people are removed, this happens only where they have secured a safe and appropriate housing alternative that guarantees they will not end up destitute and homeless and enables them to access their rights in a manner that respects their human dignity;
- To implement a sustainable and dignified framework of support and integration that ensures appropriate accommodation for people on the move, whatever their legal status, during, and after their stay in temporary reception facilities.
