Legal and Policy Infrastructures of Returns in Greece - Country Dossier (WP2)

Authors:

Panos Hatziprokopiou, George Kandylis, Katerina Komita, Penny Koutrolikou, Eva Papatzani, Angelo Tramountanis | The National Center of Social Research (ΕΚΚΕ) Athens, Greece

Executive Summary:

The present Country Dossier discusses the legal and institutional framework governing returns in Greece and highlights a number of gaps in terms of legal certainty, consistency and guaranties. The legal framework is characterised by ambiguity, mainly due to preceding legal arrangements on ‘administrative expulsion’ that remain in force. Particularly, Law 3907/2011 which transposed the Return Directive 2008/115/EC into the Greek legislation and determines the operation of returns, coexists with Law 3386/2005 concerning the administrative expulsions of Third Country Nationals. An additional complexity also arises as regards the multiple national, supranational and international actors involved in returns.

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