Date 17th of February Number of people 8 Islands 8 from Kos 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”: 04 – 10 February 2019, 7 people
Date 7th of February 10th of February Number of people 4 3 Islands 4 from Kos source 3 from Samos … More
“Voluntary Returns”: 28 January – 03 February 2019, 5 people
Date 3rd of February Number of people 5 Islands 5 from Samos source These people agreed to “voluntary” return from … More
“Voluntary Returns” overview: January 2019
Month January Number of people 48 Islands 7 from Lesvos, 9 from Chios, 18 from Samos, 13 from Kos, 1 … More
“Voluntary Returns”: 21 – 27 January 2019, 31 people
Date 21.01.2019 24.01.2019 25.01.2019 27.01.2019 Number of people 7 6 6 12 Islands 7 from Lesvos source 6 from Kos … More
“Voluntary Returns”: 14 – 20 January 2019, 1 person
Date 14th of January Number of people 1 Islands 1 from Kos source These people agreed to “voluntary” return from … More
“Voluntary Returns”: 7 – 13 January 2019, 3 people
Date 13th of January Number of people 3 Islands 3 from Samos source These people agreed to “voluntary” return from … More
“Voluntary Returns”: 31 December 2018 – 6 January 2019, 13 people
Date 6th of January Number of people 13 Islands 3 from Chios, 3 from Samos, 1 from Leros, 6 from … More
“Voluntary Returns” overview: December 2018
Month December Number of people 24 Island 4 from Lesvos, 1 from Chios, 6 from Samos, 11 from Kos, 2 … More
“Voluntary Returns”: 24 – 30 December 2018
There were no transfers of people, who signed the “voluntary” return. These people agreed to “voluntary” return from Greece to … More