
Hotel Hara, refugee camp - photo by Frantisek Trampota
The EU urgently needs to step up and provide assistance to protect the health and safety of people trapped in camps on the Greek islands: our briefing to the European Parliament.
The EU urgently needs to step up and provide assistance to protect the health and safety of people trapped in camps on the Greek islands - not just to protect their welfare, but to contain the virus itself as a matter of global public health.
The current European Commission proposal for funds allocation is insufficient to ensure the safety of refugees, asylum seekers and people on the move. We detail our requests in this briefing to the European Parliament.
Hotel Hara, refugee camp - photo by Frantisek Trampota
To the Members of the European Parliament and to the Committee on Budgets of the European Parliament
The EU urgently needs to step up and provide assistance to protect the health and safety of people trapped in camps on the Greek islands - not just to protect their welfare, but to contain the virus itself as a matter of global public health.
However, as we detail in the briefing below, the current European Commission proposal for funds allocation is insufficient to ensure the safety of refugees, asylum seekers and people on the move. Urgent funds are required to respond to the crisis in an adequate way which upholds fundamental rights and addresses the threat posed by Covid-19 in Europe and beyond.
Therefore, we call on the EU to:
These briefing and requests are endorsed by:
Petra Molnar, Director, International Human Rights Program, University of Toronto Faculty of Law
Refugee Rights Europe
Homo Digitalis
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