Question for written answerE-001653-17to the CommissionRule 130Sotirios Zarianopoulos(NI)(10 March 2017)Subject: EU funds ravaged by NGOs

With the blessing of the EU and the Greek Government, NGOs preying on EU funds have created a ‘deep state’ in refugee and immigrant accommodation facilities in Greece, and have taken over all tasks from State agencies: rescue, reception, healthcare, food distribution, providing winter clothes and bedclothes collected from hundreds of employees and associations, housing, interpretation, etc.

This unacceptable situation is the result of the financing terms implemented by the EU and Member States, and demonstrates the absolute need to immediately cease all NGO involvement in the refugee/migration issue and establish state agencies and infrastructure fully staffed and equipped to address every need, including rescue, accommodation, healthcare, and the urgent need to transfer refugees/immigrants to their final destination countries.

The Commission is asked:

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Which NGOs have received funds, as part of their involvement in the refugee issue, either from the EU or the Greek Government (names, amounts, actions)?

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What were the criteria for their funding?

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Have any controls been carried out on how NGOs manage these funds, in terms of funding amounts and the implementation of specific actions (outcome — cost)?