Dates 03.12., 04.12., 08.12., 12.12., 13.12., 15.12., 17.12., 18.12., Number of people 34 Islands 11 from Lesvos, 4 from Chios, … More
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”: November 2019, 103 people
Dates 03.11., 12.11., 17.11., 19.11., 22.11., 24.11. Number of People 103 Islands 49 from Lesvos, 5 from Chios, 17 from … More
“Voluntary Returns”: October 2019, 59 people
Dates 06.10., 11.10., 13.10., 18.10., 20.10., 22.10. Number of People 59 Islands 19 from Lesvos, 15 from Samos, 20 from … More
“Voluntary Returns” overview: September 2019
Month September Number of People 2 Islands 2 from Chios (source: different tables form here) These people agreed to “voluntary” … More
“Voluntary Returns”: 9 – 15 September 2019, 1 person
Date 9th of September Number of People 1 Islands 1 from Chios source These people agreed to “voluntary” return from … More
“Voluntary Returns”: 2 – 8 September 2019
There were no transfers of people, who signed the “voluntary” return.
“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