As a coalition of 290 organisations representing the human rights, migrants’ rights, refugee and asylum, anti-trafficking, children’s, violence against women and girls, LGBTQI+, disability rights, health, housing, racial justice, criminal [...]
Joint Statement: NGOs call on Member States and European Parliament: Go no Lower: Reject the Use of Legal Loopholes in EU Asylum Law Reforms The Member States and European Parliament, [...]
A joint statement by Mobile Info Team, Equal Legal Aid, Refugee Legal Support, I Have Rights, Avocats Sans Frontières, and Legal Centre Lesvos Between 5th May and 7th June 2023, [...]
English translation below Χωρίς ανεξάρτητους και αποτελεσματικούς μηχανισμούς, δεν διερευνώνται οι παραβιάσεις δικαιωμάτων στην Ελλάδα Αθήνα, 21 Ιουνίου 2023: Επιτακτική για την αποκατάσταση του κράτους δικαίου στην Ελλάδα παραμένει η [...]
English translation below ΝΑΥΑΓΙΟ ΣΤΗΝ ΠΥΛΟ: ΜΙΑ ΑΚΟΜΗ ΤΡΑΓΩΔΙΑ, ΣΥΝΕΠΕΙΑ ΤΩΝ ΠΟΛΙΤΙΚΩΝ ΑΠΟΤΡΟΠΗΣ Αθήνα, 16 Ιουνίου 2023 Εβδομήντα οκτώ (78) άνθρωποι νεκροί και περισσότεροι από 500 αγνοούμενοι, μετά το ναυάγιο [...]
Up to 600 people drown off Pylos, Greece – only days after EU leaders agreed to further erode the right to asylum Open letter signed by over 180 human rights [...]
A new guide produced by the Afghan Pro Bono Initiative provides much-needed step-by-step information on the UK’s Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP). The new guide: به زبان فارسی اینجا [...]
Supporting colleagues and allies in the sector to more effectively support their clients is a key part of our strategic plan. As part of this commitment, Lucy Alper recently delivered [...]
DATE: Thursday, June 15, 2023 TO: Mr Daniel Esdras, Minister of Migration and Asylum; Mr Emmanuel Logothetis, Special Secretary-General for the Reception of Asylum Seekers; Ms Patrina Paparrigopoulou, Minister of [...]
Dear Suella Braverman, We, the undersigned, are writing to express deep concern about the proposal to house asylum-seekers arriving to the UK on the barge ‘Bibby Stockholm’ as of July [...]
Photo credit: ©bookerphotos As a coalition of 176 civil society organisations representing the human rights, migrant, refugee, asylum, anti-slavery and trafficking, children’s, violence against women and girls, LGBTQI+, disability rights, [...]
For the last year, RLS has been running our Calais project. We provide up-to-date, high quality UK legal support and information to people blocked in Northern France and the organisations [...]
On the 21st of March, together with our APBI team and guest speakers, we reflected on the significance of Nawruz in Afghan culture, and heard about how Nawruz promotes the [...]
Photo credit: @bookerphotos Alongside a colleague from Mobile Info Team, RLS’s Elèna Santioli discusses the denial of basic human rights for people seeking asylum in Greece and the EU’s outsourcing [...]
RLS is a co-signatory to the below joint statement, available here in Greek and in Turkish. March 18 2023 marks the 7th anniversary of the 2016 EU-Turkey Statement. In 2016, [...]
RLS’s islands project coordinator, Elèna Santioli, was selected by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) along with 23 other human rights defenders working in the Northern [...]
We’re sure you’ve seen the news from the UK in the last few days. The government is taking another swipe at human rights and the rule of law. The first [...]
RLS’s Elèna Santioli wrote about the trial of the Moria 6 for Italian outlet Melting Pot Europa. The full article can be found here in Italian and a summary is [...]
RLS is a signatory to this open letter, which was published here and is reproduced below. Ελληνικά/Greek PRESS RELEASE WITCH-HUNT AGAINST DEFENDERS OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN COMPLETE REVERSAL OF REALITY [...]
Esther’s* story is one of courage and perseverance. She embodies the determination that’s needed to overcome the challenges that people face as they try to reach safety. Courage not only [...]
Less than a week after a further four deaths in the Channel, we are appalled that the UK Government has been given the green light for its inhumane Rwanda scheme [...]
The morning after Rishi Sunak made his latest speech on migration, tragedy has once again struck in the Channel. This is developing quickly, but as of Wednesday afternoon we know [...]
RLS’s legal coordinator in Athens, Lucy Alper, explains how a positive decision isn’t the end of refugees’ worries in Greece. “It is commonplace that people granted protection status in Greece [...]
Photo credits: @bookerphotos Like so many others, Mohammed* was trying to reunite with family. He wanted to reach his brother. He’s originally from Kuwait. However, as he’s Bidoon, he has [...]
Two members of RLS’s Athens team, Lucy Alper and Tobias Hautekiet, provided an information session to students pursuing an MA in Geography at the University of Edinburgh. They discussed the [...]
RLS is a co-signatory to the below statement, available in English and in Greek/Ελληνικά. IT IS THE GREEK GOVERNMENT’S RESPONSIBILITY TO IMMEDIATELY PUT A STOP TO INFORMAL FORCED RETURNS (PUSHBACKS): [...]
RLS’ legal coordinator and caseworker Lucy Alper gave an open advice session at Forge for Humanity on refugee law and the asylum procedure, along with discussion and time allocated for [...]
Ελληνικά Subject: Upcoming Ministerial Decision Dear Mr Mitarachi, We understand that there is a Ministerial Decision currently being drafted by the Ministry of Migration and Asylum that aims to define [...]
Ελληνικά Exactly one year ago, the first EU-funded Closed Controlled Access Centre (CCAC) for asylum seekers in Greece was inaugurated on the island of Samos. Concerns were from the outset, [...]
Ελληνικά [links to Greek translation below english] When residents of the partially-closed camp (1) of Eleonas are notified of their transfer from Eleonas to another camp hours from the city [...]
