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150. Create a clear, independent and permanent mechanism for a thorough ex post
human rights impact assessment of the European Union-Turkey statement, which
would cover all of its aspects. Such mechanism should capture the changing features
of its implementation over time, especially considering the lengthy period that it takes
for claims of constitutional or European Union human rights law violations to go to
courts and tribunals.
151. Ensure an independent and thorough human rights impact assessment to
overview how the European Union migration agenda, the European Union-Turkey
statement and all future agreements on mobility and migration are carried out.
152. Establish and implement a European Union human rights accountability
mechanism under all agreements such as the European Union-Turkey statement.
153. Enhance the role of the Fundamental Rights Agency by incorporating it in the
European Union Regional Task Force, thereby ensuring that human rights are
mainstreamed in all processes in the hotspots.
154. Encourage more sharing of solidarity and responsibility among European
Union Member States in relation to borders, asylum and migration, and ensure quick
implementation of the decisions on the relocation of asylum seekers from Greece,
based on needs assessments rather than nationality. Ensure a quick response to
requests for family reunification and provide assistance in facilitating it. Continue to
invest in dignified reception conditions, especially for the most vulnerable.
155. Significantly increase the support provided to Greece for initiatives that
improve the condition of migrants in the hotspots and in open reception facilities.
Significantly increase the support to Greek departments and institutions working
directly with migrants.
156. Support Greek authorities in providing alternatives to detention, especially in
managing the hotspots that have turned into closed detention facilities.
157. Provide the Greek authorities with the necessary resources to support the
efforts by Greece to put an end to the detention of unaccompanied migrant children
and to ensure that there are sufficient and suitable alternatives to detention. Greece
and European Union Member States should intensify efforts to relocate
unaccompanied asylum-seeking children out of Greece, including through family
reunification with family members living in other European Union countries through
the Dublin III Regulation mechanisms, without delay and without consideration of
status.
158. Support the Greek Asylum Service, the Reception and Identification Service
and the Dublin Unit by allocating the necessary funds to increase their staff. Increase
the support by other Member States for qualified human resources.
159. Continue the support, both technical and financial, for civil society
organizations offering services and support to migrants, regardless of their
administrative status.
160. Refrain from returning migrants to Greece under the Dublin mechanism, but
allow asylum seekers to register their asylum claims in the country of their choice
within the European Union, while supporting the countries receiving asylum claims
with proportionate and adequate financial and technical support.
161. Support the European Network of National Human Rights Institutions, the
European Network of Ombudsmen and the European Network of Ombudspersons for
Children, in order to allow them to support their member institutions in providing full
oversight of migration detention and service provision mechanisms.
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