Greece suspends scrutiny of Syrian asylum requests
The director of the Greek Council for Refugees, Lefteris Papagiannakis, said the situation at the reception camps was long-standing.
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People shop on a market street in Qamishli in mainly-Kurdish northeastern Syria on December 11, 2024. Islamist-led rebels took Damascus in a lightning offensive on December 8, ousting president Bashar al-Assad and ending five decades of Baath rule in Syria (Credit: AFP)
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ATHENS - Greece on Wednesday suspended all decisions on asylum applications by Syrians after the fall of Bashar al-Assad, the government announced, as NGOs criticised conditions in reception