Greece: Asylum seekers, migrants denied right to asylum

ATHENS

Greek authorities are denying migrants and refugees the right to seek asylum, Human rights Watch said in a report Friday.

A total of 625 asylum seekers who arrived on the island of Lesvos between March 1 and 18 are being denied fundamental rights of asylum, according to the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights.

Nearly 200 are being detained on the island in unacceptable conditions, the report said. While 436 have been transported to the Malakassa center in Athens, where conditions are unknown, senior crisis and conflict researcher at Human Rights Watch, Belkis Wille, told Anadolu Agency. “We don’t know