There were no transfers of people, who signed the “voluntary” return.
Category: “voluntary return”
The number of people who agree to “voluntary” return from Greece to their country of origin with the programme of “Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration” (AVRR) of the IOM is significantly higher than the number of deportations to Turkey since the EU-Turkey statement. Between June 2016, when the Greek the AVRR program came into force, and May 2018, over 10.000 people have been returned according to the programme. In this section, information about the AVRR programme is provided through weekly and monthly updates on returns.
For further background on AVRR see the post “The Myths of Voluntary Returns” in the section EU-Turkey Deportation Regime.
“Voluntary Returns” overview: August 2019
Month August Number of People 13 Islands 9 from Samos, 2 from Kos, 2 from Chios (source: different tables from … More
“Voluntary Returns”: 26 August – 1 September 2019, 1 person
Date 30th of August Number of People 1 Islands 1 from Chios source These people agreed to “voluntary” return from … More
“Voluntary Returns”: 19 – 25 August 2019
There were no transfers of people, who signed the “voluntary” return.
“Voluntary Returns”: 12 – 18 August 2019, 1 person
Date 14th of August Number of People 1 Islands 1 from Chios source These people agreed to “voluntary” return from … More
“Voluntary Returns”: 5 – 11 August 2019
There were no transfers of people, who signed the “voluntary” return.
“Voluntary Returns” overview: July 2019
Month July Number of People 15 Islands 3 from Lesvos, 4 from Chios, 6 from Kos, 2 from Leros (source: … More
“Voluntary Returns”: 29 July – 4 August 2019, 11 people
Date 2nd of August 4th of August Number of People 9 2 Islands 9 from Samos source 2 from Kos … More
“Voluntary Returns”: 22 – 28 July 2019, 4 people
Date 24th of July 25th of July Number of People 1 3 Islands 1 from Chios source 2 from Leros, … More
“Voluntary Returns”: 15 – 21 July 2019, 2 people
Date 19th of July Number of People 2 Islands 2 from Lesvos source These people agreed to “voluntary” return from … More