07.08.2024 – I Have Rights, Mobile Info Team and ELA presented evidence to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe in their review of the implementation of M.S.S. v. Belgium and Greece & Rahimi v. Greece, denouncing the appalling conditions still faced by asylum-seekers in Greece.
16.07.2024 – The signatories of the letter call on the government to take all the necessary actions so that the beneficiaries of international protection can exercise the social rights to which they are legally entitled under the same conditions as Greek citizens and are not excluded from the right to health and social assistance.
29.05.2024 – The signatories of the statement call on the Ministry to take action to ensure the continuous and unimpeded provision of interpretation services during reception and identification procedures and throughout the whole processing of asylum claims.
30.04.2024 – Through the stories of eleven asylum seekers, our video series “Lost in a legal maze” aims to reveal the difficulties of navigating a legal system designed to fail them.
Lost in a legal maze, a series of 11 stories of asylum seekers in Europe Read More »
21.03.2024 – On the eighth anniversary of the EU-Turkey Statement, ELA signed the letter on the normalisation of containment of migrants on the Greek islands, in hotspot camps, and expanded and erroneous use of safe third country concept.
Eight years of Violence, Discrimination, Segregation, and Exclusion Read More »
15.03.2024 – Despite repeated warnings from Civil Society Organisations, EU lawmakers have reached an agreement on the Schengen Borders Code reform which will be voted on in the LIBE Committee next week. The legislative file that has emerged from negotiations between the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the EU, the European Parliament and Commission will have devastating consequences for people in migration and racialized communities.
13.03.2024 – Joint Statement – The obstacles recognised refugees face in realising their right to family reunification
Greece Must Ensure The Rights Of Refugees To Family Reunification Read More »
13.02.2024 – Amidst warnings from over 50 Civil Society Organisations, EU lawmakers reached a political agreement on the EU’s New Pact on Migration and Asylum in December
161 Civil Society Organisations call on MEPs to vote down harmful EU Migration Pact Read More »
02.02.2024 – ELA, together with 14 organisations, calls on the Greek authorities for urgent action to resolve these issues and adhere to the European standards. Find the full letter addressing these issues, informed directly by the LGBTQ+ community through focus groups and surveys, below.
LGBTQ+ Asylum Seekers in Greece – A Letter To the Greek Authorities Read More »
31.01.2024 – An open letter to call on the Greek authorities and the European Commission to take urgent action and unite our voices to say: human rights guaranteed in 2024.
