"Greece has drawn criticism and concern from rights groups and a United Nations office after passing what it considers to be the European Union's strictest refugee deportation policy earlier this month. The law was put to use on September 12, when three Turkish citizens were convicted of illegal residence and handed stiff jail sentences. Two men were given two years of imprisonment and fines of 5,000 euros ($5,870), while the third, aged 19, the youngest of the group, was handed a 10-month prison sentence."
"The new law has shortened deadlines and raised penalties for unauthorised residence. For example, rejected asylum applicants will be fitted with ankle monitors and given just two weeks to remove themselves voluntarily. If they do not, they face, like the two Turkish nationals, a 5,000-euro ($5,870) fine and between two and five years of confinement in closed camps. Children, more than a fifth of arrivals this year, are not exempt."
Greece passed a refugee deportation law characterized as the European Union's strictest, and used it on September 12 to jail three Turkish nationals convicted of illegal residence. The law shortens deadlines and raises penalties for unauthorized residence: rejected asylum seekers may be fitted with ankle monitors and have two weeks to leave voluntarily, or face 5,000-euro fines and two to five years in closed camps. Appeals must be filed within four days. Children, who constitute over a fifth of arrivals, are not exempt from detention. Rights groups and a United Nations office have raised legal and moral concerns and plan challenges.
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