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Joint Civil Society Statement on the Migration Ministry bill
['Cpt Aegean Migrant Solidarity', 'Ameera Al-Rajabi', 'Cpt Palestine']
Community Peacemaker Teams
Working for an organisation registered in the “NGO Registry” of the Greek Ministry of Migration and Asylum becomes a punishable offence with the proposed changes to Articles 24 and 25 of the Migration Code.
After five years of constant recommendations from the European Commission, the Council of Europe and the UN to put an end to arbitrary restrictions on the work of civil society organisations supporting refugees and migrants, the Ministry continues to target the organisations deemed inconvenient solely for carrying out their work.
Mere criminal prosecution suffices for removal of the organisation from the Registry.
These provisions are intended to intimidate civil society.
These attacks were immediately condemned by international and national institutions, yet the competent Minister refuses to retract them.