European Court of Human Rigths, MSS V. Greece and Belgium

In the MSS v. Greece case, the European Court of Human Rights replies to the Greeck government and considers that granting in theory and in its domestic law the right to work to asylum seekers, without providing for adequate material reception conditions or support constitutes a breach of human dignity as the European Reception Conditions Directive had to be respected by the Greeck authorities.

Read our summary of the MSS v. Greece case. The parts relating to the right to work of asylum seekers have been highlighted in yellow.