Date 14th of April Number of People 1 Islands 1 from Leros source These people agreed to “voluntary” return from … 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”: 1 – 7 April 2019, 22 people
Date 2nd of April 7th of April Number of People 2 20 Islands 2 from Chios source 11 from Lesvos, … More
“Voluntary Returns” overview: March 2019
Month March Number of People 45 Islands 12 from Lesvos, 12 from Chios, 5 from Samos, 16 from Kos These … More
“Voluntary Returns”: 25 – 31 March 2019, 6 people
Date 25th of March 31st of March Number of People 5 1 Islands 5 from Samos source 1 from Kos … More
“Voluntary Returns”: 18 – 24 March 2019, 11 people
Date 22nd of March 23rd of March Number of people 10 1 Islands 10 from Lesvos source 1 from Chios … More
“Voluntary Returns”: 11 – 17 March 2019, 7 people
Date 15th of March 17th of March Number of people 1 6 Islands 1 from Chios source 6 from Kos … More
“Voluntary Returns”: 4 – 10 March 2019, 16 people
Date 8th of March 9th of March Number of people 10 6 Islands 10 from Chios source 6 from Kos … More
“Voluntary Returns”: 25 February – 3 March 2019, 5 people
Date 1st of March 3rd of March Number of people 2 3 Islands 2 from Lesvos source 3 from Kos … More
“Voluntary Returns” overview: February 2019
Month February Number of People 31 Islands 8 from Samos, 20 from Kos, 3 from Chios These people agreed to … More
“Voluntary Returns”: 18 – 24 February 2019, 11 people
Date 18th of February 20th of February Number of people 8 3 Islands 8 from Kos source 3 from Chios … More