{"id":4962,"date":"2021-12-16T14:18:14","date_gmt":"2021-12-16T14:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pavlakis-moschos.gr\/?page_id=4962"},"modified":"2022-03-09T16:57:06","modified_gmt":"2022-03-09T16:57:06","slug":"foreign-citizens-specific-problems-rights","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pavlakis-moschos.gr\/en\/other-areas-of-practice\/foreign-citizens-specific-problems-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"FOREIGN CITIZENS&#8217; SPECIFIC PROBLEMS &#038; RIGHTS"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section alternate_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-full-stretch avia-bg-style-scroll  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_layout_row  avia-builder-el-first   av-minimum-height av-minimum-height-custom  container_wrap fullsize' style='background-repeat: no-repeat; background-image: url(https:\/\/pavlakis-moschos.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/4234234.jpg);background-attachment: scroll; background-position: top center;  '  data-section-bg-repeat='stretch'><div class='container' style='height:390px'><main  class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-4962'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div  style='height:1px; margin-top:-120px'  class='hr hr-invisible   avia-builder-el-1  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \" ><div class='avia_textblock  '  style='font-size:30px; ' ><h1>FOREIGN CITIZENS&#8217; SPECIFIC PROBLEMS &amp; RIGHTS<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/main><!-- close content main element --><\/div><\/div><div id='av-layout-grid-1'  class='av-layout-grid-container entry-content-wrapper main_color av-flex-cells     avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_section  el_before_av_section  submenu-not-first container_wrap fullsize' style=' '  >\n<div class=\"flex_cell no_margin av_two_third  avia-builder-el-4  el_before_av_cell_one_third  avia-builder-el-first   \"  style='vertical-align:top; padding:30px 30px 30px 90px ; ' ><div class='flex_cell_inner' ><p><section class=\"av_textblock_section \" ><div class='avia_textblock  '  ><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Foreign non-EU immigrants living and working in Greece, whether legally or even without the necessary entrance and residence documentation, have civil rights, which they often do not know, but also serious and imminent problems and difficulties, the handling of which requires special knowledge and experience.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Being in close contact and collaboration with foreign countries\u2019 Embassies in Greece, the nationals of which represent the majority of the labor immigrants in our country (Philippines, Egypt, Ukraine, Romania, Bulgaria, Georgia, Poland, Pakistan, Afghanistan, African states and others), our firm is particularly sensitive towards the problems of these persons and to the hardships they have to go through and we have thus dedicated a great part of our practice to the protection and defense of their rights.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is essential for third-country citizens living and working in Greece to realize that, according to our Constitution and Laws, they have the same rights to compensation in almost any case of personal injury as Greek citizens. In cases of work-related accidents, road traffic accidents, injuries suffered as a result of medical malpractice or by way of consuming a defective product or otherwise, the law does not examine whether the third-country citizen possesses a valid work and\/or residence permit. 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He was offered a lift to the next town by a private car which he hitch-hiked after he had entered the Greek territory, but a few minutes later the car crashed into another vehicle and the foreign immigrant was killed. An action for compensation of the family of the victim was filed in Greek Courts against both cars\u2019 insurance companies, based on the fault\/negligence of both drivers and the illegal immigrant\u2019s family, consisting of parents and a number of brothers and sisters, living in a village of a foreign country. All the aforementioned relatives of the deceased illegal immigrant were awarded substantial amounts as recovery for their mental pain and sorrow for the loss of their beloved relative. The Court never examined whether the victim was legally staying in Greece.<\/span><\/p>\n            <\/div>        <\/div>    <\/div><\/section>\n<section class=\"av_toggle_section\"  >    <div role=\"tablist\" class=\"single_toggle\" data-tags=\"{All} \"  >        <p data-fake-id=\"#toggle-id-2\" class=\"toggler \"  style='background-color: rgba(227,228,232,0.27); ' data-hoverstyle='background-color: #e8e8e8; color: #969696; ' role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"toggle-id-2\">Work-Related Accident Suffered by a Thord-Country Construction Worker Lacking Legal Entrance and Residence Documents<span class=\"toggle_icon\" >        <span class=\"vert_icon\"><\/span><span class=\"hor_icon\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>        <div id=\"toggle-id-2\" class=\"toggle_wrap \"   >            <div class=\"toggle_content invers-color \"  style='background-color: rgba(227,228,232,0.27); ' ><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A third-country citizen was working in the construction of a building, without possessing a residence\/work permit and as a result not enjoying social security that would provide him with pension in case of disability resulting from an accident. 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