Greece: Information for stateless people and those at risk of statelessness fleeing Ukraine 3. STATELESSNESS DETERMINATION AND PROTECTION STATUS For stateless people, it is important to determine both a claim for international protection and their statelessness. Each application should be assessed and both types of status should be explicitly recognised so that even if international protection ceases, the person remains entitled to protection as a stateless person. Statelessness determination should be conducted either in parallel with or following the refugee status determination, with due regard to the primacy of the asylum claim and the principle of confidentiality for refugees in statelessness determination procedures. For more information, see: ENS briefing on statelessness determination & protection in Europe. Greece does not have a dedicated Statelessness Determination Procedure or statelessness protection status. Greek law defines stateless persons in line with the 1954 Convention and provides a facilitated route to naturalisation. Other administrative procedures allow some stateless people in Greece to have their legal stay assured or status determined, for example, if they are refugees or migrants applying for a permit to enter or stay in Greece but cannot meet the requirement to present a travel document. However, these routes are accessible only to specific groups and do not lead to any statelessness status or rights under the 1954 Convention. For more information, see: ENS Statelessness Index (Greece). 4. REQUIREMENTS FOR ONWARD TRAVEL TO THIRD COUNTRIES Asylum seekers may not leave Greece during the application. Beneficiaries of temporary protection may travel to EU countries for 90 days and return to Greece. Refugees and beneficiaries of subsidiary protection may travel to third countries (except the country of persecution) depending on the requirements of the destination country. 5. OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION UNHCR Greece warns of fake Skype accounts that are being used to mislead asylum seekers into thinking they are contacting the Greek Asylum Office. Access to all asylum services, including Skype, are completely free and official staff of the Asylum Office do not request money or other services in exchange for appointments or any other steps of the procedure. 6. ORGANISATIONS ASSISTING STATELESS PEOPLE Greek Council for Refugees https://www.gcr.gr/en/ +20 210 3800 990-1 (Athens); +30 231 02 500 45, +30 2311 821 677 (Thessaloniki) gcr1@gcr.gr Hellenic Red Cross https://migration.gov.gr/redcross-ukraiine/ +30 210 51 26 300, +30 210 51 40 440 (Athens) +30 2130 270 914, +30 2130 270 496 (Thessaloniki) +30 6934 724 893 (WhatsApp/Viber) mf@redcross.gr mfc@redcross.gr UNHCR https://www.unhcr.org/gr/ +20 216 200 7800 / great@unhr.org METAdrasi https://metadrasi.org/en/support-ukrainians-ingreece/ / +30 690 809 1400 (also WhatsApp/Viber) Greek Forum of Refugees https://refugees.gr/ +30 213 028 2976 / info@refugees.gr Fenix Humanitarian Legal Aid https://www.fenixaid.org/ info@fenixaid.org Government help page for Ukrainians https://migration.gov.gr/en/ukraine/ +30 213 162 9600 (weekdays: 08.00-21.00), weekends & holidays: 10.00-17.00 / ukraine@migration.gov.gr London, United Kingdom Media: +44 7522 525673 info@statelessness.eu www.statelessness.eu The European Network on Statelessness is a registered Charitable Incorporated Organisation in England. Charity Number 1158414.