Joint Letter: The unlawful suspension of access to asylum in Greece must be immediately withdrawn
16.07.2025 – ELA joins 108 organisations in condemning the legislative provision to suspebd access to asylum to people arriving from North Africa.
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Joint Statement: Make the Right to Family Reunification Effective for Palestinian Refugees in Greece
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.
Joint statement: EU ‘safe country’ and return proposals would seriously undermine protection and human dignity
01.07.2025 – The EU’s recent ‘safe country’ proposals appear to be part of a broader strategy to externalise the EU’s migration management. With 50+ NGOs, ELA is calling on the EU and member states to reject any attempts to weaken protection for asylum seekers.
186 organisations demand EU leaders change course and end your war on migrants
20.06.2025 – In October 2024, 70+ migrant-led organisations and 140 supporters wrote to EU institutions to demand alternatives to the EU’s deadly border regime. Following further announcements of rollbacks on asylum rights and of deportation plans, and in a context of an ever-accelerating global fascist shift, we reiterate our call for EU leaders to change course and end their war on migrants.
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Joint appeal by 118 civil society organisations calling on the Greek government to act decisively and exert the necessary institutional pressure to secure a ceasefire in Palestine.
09.06.2025 – ELA joins the 117 humanitarian, medical, and human rights organisations in urging the Greek government to take immediate action to stop the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza. We condemn the ongoing blockade, the collapse of the health system, and the targeting of civilians and aid workers, and call for a permanent ceasefire and unimpeded access to humanitarian aid.
Joint Statement: The Ministry of Migration and Asylum must rescind the eviction order of people on the move from camps
04.06.2025 – In early May, Greek media reported that the Ministry of Migration and Asylum issued a verbal directive to the authorities of refugee camps across Greece to evict beneficiaries of International Protection as well as rejected asylum seekers from their facilities. No guidance on alternative accommodation solutions was provided.
In refugee camps, notifications must be made in person, Greek court rules
22.05.2025 – A Greek court has ruled that asylum seekers living in reception facilities must be notified of decisions in person. The court rejected the growing practice of email notifications, deeming it unlawful and harmful to the right to appeal, particularly in light of the increasing digitalisation of asylum procedures, which often neglect the specific vulnerabilities of this population.
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Cash assistance must resume immediately: After 9 months without financial support, asylum seekers in Greece are struggling to meet their basic needs
14.03.2025 – Joint statement by Mobile Info Team, I Have Rights, Equal Legal Aid, Refugee Legal Support and Avocats Sans Frontières France
JOINT LETTER: EU: Stop criminalising migration in the Facilitator’s Package law
12.03.2025 – 100+ organisations condemns Facilitation Directive’s failure to protect migrants and call for rejection of Europol Regulation.
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14 years after M.S.S: Report on Human Rights, Access to Asylum and Detention Conditions in Greece
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.