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Athens, 21 January 2020 Dear Minister, With this letter, the below signatory humanitarian, human rights and protection organizations would like…
Legal aid organizations express concerns regarding the unprecedented administrative practice of the Regional Asylum Office of Lesvos, which goes against…
We, the undersigned organizations working in the area of human rights, express our gravest concerns regarding the recent arrests in…
Athens, May 2, 2019 The borders of Greece at Evros tend to become an area outside the law, a place…
Manifesto for the 2019 European elections by 5 organisations from France, Germany, Greece, Italy and Spain
(Athens, December 6, 2018) – The Greek government and its European Union partners should urgently ensure that all asylum seekers…
The situation in the Aegean hotspots remains very critical despite persistent calls from NGOs and international organizations to end the…
Athens 24 October 2018 With regard to the intensification of the problems in the islands of Eastern Aegean, both concerning…
The Administrative Arrangement between Ministry of migration Policy of the Hellenic Republic and the Federal Ministry of Interior of the…
On 9 August, the Aegean became once more a graveyard for seven refugee children after a boat carrying around 13…
On 29 June, the Regional Governor of North Aegean announced a decision ordering the closure of PIKPA camp – a…
PRO-ASYL and Refugee Support Aegean wish to express once more their profound concerns over the loss of sixteen lives following the capsizing of…
In the absence of a real refugee and migration crisis on the external borders of Europe this year, arrivals down…
In Decision No. 912/2018, Greece’s Supreme Court 6th Section ruled in favour of the extradition of Turgut Kaya, a political…
Violence in Patras Port: Ill-treatment of refugees as deterrent to migration Refugee Support Aegean (RSA) fact-finding mission (27 to 28…
A Lesbos court yesterday acquitted three volunteer lifeguards of Spanish NGO PROEM-AID and two volunteer lifeguards from the NGO Team…
Despite the large number of civilian casualties in conflict ravaged Afghanistan, Germany and other European countries continue forcibly returning Afghan…
Afghan refugees deported from Germany are forced to flee again. Refugee Support Aegean (RSA) researchers met with four of the…
Despite the Government announcements that it will ensure access to education for all refugee children living in Greece, the majority…
By the Legal Aid Actors Task Force, January 2018 The following observations are drawn from the experience of 14 organisations assisting…
At the end of October the Ministry of Migration Policy has decided to decongest 2000 people from overcrowded hot-spots in…
Photo copyright: Salinia Stroux Dramatic shortages in both mainland and Greek islands force organizations and solidarity groups to search for…
“We want to put our heads on our pillows at night and sleep in peace all together.” Foaz M, 40…
The highest administrate Greek court, the Council of State confirmed in a judgment published on 22 September, the decisions of…
Despite facilities in Kos have already reached maximum capacity due to increased arrivals from Turkey, the few last weeks authorities…
Despite repeated promises by the Migration Policy Minister, Giannis Mouzalas, Derveni (Alexil) camp has not been closed in spring 2017[i]….
The Council of State, the Supreme Administrative Court of Greece, has on Friday decided against the appeals of two Syrians…
Day by day the situation regarding serious human rights violations in Turkey is deteriorating, while the crisis in the relations…
On August 23rd the Northern Aegean Appeal Council examined and rejected Turkey’s extradition request against A.M Turkish/British citizen. RSA lawyers…
Hundreds of refugees that entered EU through Greece and reached other EU countries after 15th of March are in danger…
Violence and tensions currently tend to become routine at the Reception and Identification Center (RIC) – the so-called hotspot in…
The issue of the identification, protection and support of unaccompanied minors in Greece remains of major importance, following the recent…
Following the departure of Non-governmental organisations (NGOs), medical and social services have seriously been minimised in the Registration and Identification…
Statewatch has leaked a version of the code of contact the European Commission has demanded that INGOs involved in SAR…
The Felony Appeal Court of Dodecanese in Rhodes decided yesterday that the young Syrian – sentenced initially to 25 years…
It has been 10 days since Turkish lawyer Taner Kiliç, President of Amnesty International Turkey, and well-known human rights defender,…
A Syrian refugee, a Christian of Armenian origin, who lived for about a year in Turkey under the precarious ‘temporary…
PRO ASYL has been co-operating with human rights lawyers and researchers in Greece since 2007 for strategic litigations and the documentation…
Gabriele Del Grande in 2010, when he received the Human Rights Price of Stiftung PRO ASYL. Photo: Gustavo Alabiso Del…
On March 30th a new pre-removal detention center was opened on Kos Island. Similar detention centers are planned on other…
“A crucial day for refugee protection in Europe” Athens/Chios/Frankfurt: Today the highest Greek Court will hold a hearing to examine whether…
