Αsylum service staff 'objectively unable' to meet demands
- Written by E.Tsiliopoulos
In an announcement issued on Thursday, Greece's asylum service said that present staffing levels made it "obectively difficult to serve all applicants," in spite making every possible effort to reduce waiting times.
The announcement was issued in response to a protest rally by asylum seekers, mostly Syrian nationals, outside the asylum service against the delays in the processing of asylum applications.
The service underlined that every effort was being made to assist applicants by strict order of priority that could not be circumvented and warned that the escalating protests posed a significant threat to people's safety and further increased the long delays.
It noted that Greece had asked for emergency assistance and funding from the European Commission in order to upgrade its asylum service.
According to volunteers, the service was currently able to serve just a handful of people each day and simply submitting an application for asylum could take as long as two months.
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