3 March 2026 – Asylum seekers in Greece have not received regular cash assistance payments since April 2024. The cash cards are used for the payment of the monthly allowances, to which asylum seekers are legally entitled. These continued delays have left people without a consistent income for almost 21 months, effectively denying asylum seekers their legal right to dignified living conditions.
05.08.2025 -Joint Statement on the new Greek draft law on returns. As public consultation ended yesterday, July 31, the domestic draft law will be voted on in the Greek Parliament this August. We urge Greek MEPs to pressure the Greek Government to withdraw the proposed draft law.
Joint Statement: Urging the Greek Government to withdraw the new draft law on returns. Read More »
17.07.2025 – ELA contributed 11 decisions to the newly released Greek Asylum Case Law Report, covering the first half of 2025.
17.07.2025 – ELA contributed 11 decisions to the newly released Greek Asylum Case Law Report, covering the first half of 2025.
Contribution to Greek Asylum Case Law Report (Issue 1/2025) Read More »
16.07.2025 – ELA joins 108 organisations in condemning the legislative provision to suspebd access to asylum to people arriving from North Africa.
10.07.2025 – ELA joins 19 organisations and call on the Greek government to uphold the right to family reunification for refugees.
Palestinian families trapped in Gaza face impossible barriers, even after Greece approves reunification requests.
14.03.2025 – Joint statement by Mobile Info Team, I Have Rights, Equal Legal Aid, Refugee Legal Support and Avocats Sans Frontières France
12.03.2025 – 100+ organisations condemns Facilitation Directive’s failure to protect migrants and call for rejection of Europol Regulation.
JOINT LETTER: EU: Stop criminalising migration in the Facilitator’s Package law Read More »
30.01.2024 – I Have Rights, Equal Legal Aid and Mobile Info Team jointly presented evidence to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on the implementation of ECtHR judgements on M.S.S. v. Belgium and Greece and Rahimi v. Greece, highlighting ongoing deficiencies in reception conditions and asylum procedures in Greece.
01.11.2024 -37 organisations are calling on the Greek authorities to urgently restore interpretation services for asylum seekers, whose access to vital services, including healthcare and the asylum procedure itself, is currently being hampered by these disruptions.