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During 2022, there was obvious differential treatment by the State towards Ukrainian refugees and asylum seekers and refugees from all other countries; a welcoming policy that created a two-tiered reception system. Immediate access to the labour market and medical care, accommodation and food support; launch of an online pre-registration platform were all completed by the end of March 2022. For all other refugees and asylum seekers and also for Ukrainians who were in Greece before 26 November 2022 the situation has not ameliorated: difficulties in accessing the asylum procedure, problematic reception procedure and provisions of material conditions, and pushback practices remain.[1] This distinction continued to apply in 2023.
[1] For the two-tier refugee response, see among others: GCR / OXFAM / Save the Children International, Greece: A two-tier refugee system, Bi-monthly bulletin, May 2022, available at: https://bit.ly/3OJOetv. GCR/ OXFAM / Save the Children International, Greece: Bimonthly bulletin on Refugees and Migrants, July 2022, available at: https://bit.ly/3qhFfWx, pp. 12-14.