In a critical appeal, a coalition of lawyers, caseworkers, members of the Afghan community and legal organisations led by RLS and ILPA have sent an urgent letter to the new [...]
We’re recruiting for Supervising Lawyer to join our London team. You’ll be working on the Afghan Pro Bono Initiative, where you’ll provide expert casework and legal support to people who [...]
One year ago today, on 14th June 2023, a ship carrying an estimated 750 people capsized off the coast of Pylos. Only 104 people survived. 82 bodies were recovered, but [...]
Athens, 29/05/2024 On 14th May the main provider of interpreters to the Greek asylum service, Metadrasi, announced the suspension of its services in both Reception and Identification Centres (RICs) and [...]
London, 10/05/2024 Fleeing home is a last resort. People are forced to abandon their entire lives to do so. In an unstable world, it could happen to any of us. [...]
London, 23/04/2024 There are reports emerging that “several people” have died this morning while trying to cross the Channel for the UK. This is tragic, awful news. Our thoughts are [...]
Aalem and his family’s story demonstrates one of the least reported issues that have resulted from Brexit – asylum seekers hoping to reunite with their loved ones are facing new, [...]
An important part of our role is using our legal expertise to support others in the sector. In recent weeks, we’ve worked with a number of organisations to provide training [...]
In March 2016, the EU-Turkey Statement was issued. This statement was a landmark that set us on a course for the implementation of violent and draconian border policies throughout Europe. [...]
To the Prime Ministers of Belgium, Alexander De Croo, Greece, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, and Italy, Giorgia Meloni, and the President of the European Commission, Ursula Von Der Leyen, We, undersigned civil society [...]
Joint Statement Recognised refugees in Greece face insurmountable obstacles when trying to exercise their right to family reunification with their close family members. This is despite the fact that family [...]
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. The agreement is a continuation [...]
RLS is one of 20 civil society organisations to have joined together to denounce inhumane and degrading living conditions in the Samos refugee camp – known as the Closed Controlled [...]
RLS’s Athens Legal Coordinator, Lucy Alper, recently delivered training to staff of Meraki community centre in Athens. She covered the asylum procedure and people’s rights as well as history and [...]
When I met Fariba to discuss her story, I promised her that we’d make it clear that she used to have a good life in Iran. “People don’t believe me [...]
My name’s Chris Randall, I’m a former human rights solicitor and the chair of trustees at RLS. On International Migrants Day, I thought it was a good time to reflect [...]
15/12/2023, London “I feel alive every time I see my family back together in front of my eyes and that I am with my daughter after a long time.” Amina* [...]
Europe’s (digital) borders must fall End the expansion of the EU’s EURODAC database Civil society calls for an end to the expansion of EURODAC, the EU database for the registration [...]
27/11/2023, Athens On 19th October, we joined 33 other civil society organisations, led by the Greek Council for Refugees, to send a letter to the Ministry of Migration regarding the [...]
Read the full report here. 16/11/2023, Athens Claiming asylum is a basic right, yet in Greece people have long been subjected to destitution and left undocumented as they struggle to [...]
Ελληνικα παρακάτω / Greek version below Athens, 9th of November 2023: The undersigned organizations are sounding the alarm on the ongoing malfunctioning of the country’s reception system that deprives asylum [...]
Peter’s story’s remarkable. He faced oppression, violence and torture, three continents and near drowning. He was kind enough to share his story with us so that we can tell the [...]
Greece remains the first place in Europe that many people fleeing persecution land. Demand for our support here is huge. However, with so much else happening, Greece has slipped out [...]
My name’s Zofia, I’m an immigration and asylum lawyer in the UK and have worked in the sector for 20 years now. I recently joined the RLS team to supervise [...]
We’re proud to launch our new report “Two years of empty promises: the UK leaves Afghans stranded and at risk”. The report has been developed by the Afghan Pro Bono [...]
Qaed and his family have very kindly agreed that we can share their story here. Their journey demonstrates the enormous strength that’s required through the long journey to find safety [...]
After the fall of Kabul, the UK government set up programmes to resettle people in the UK. However, according to government figures revealed in a new report, the schemes have [...]
Joint statement on unlawful detention and worsening conditions In a deeply concerning development, asylum seekers on the Aegean islands of Samos and Lesvos are being placed en mass into unlawful [...]
THREE YEARS AFTER MORIA BURNED DOWN THE PROMISE “NO MORE MORIAS” REMAINS AN EMPTY ONE After Europe’s biggest and most notorious refugee camp burned down in September 2020, promises were [...]
(Available in Greek below) Intervention of 28 organisations to competent Prosecutors on the pushback incident published by the New York Times Athens, 27 July 2023: In a joint submission to [...]
