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 [...]
RLS is a co-signatory to the below Joint Statement. 8 September 2022 In December 2021, the European Commission presented a proposal for a Regulation addressing situations of instrumentalisation in the [...]
“People should not forget what is happening in and outside of Afghanistan and the families who have been affected by it.” An interview with Rhona French, Senior Caseworker, on the [...]
RLS is a signatory to the below joint letter, sent 28/08/2022 to the Greek authorities. It it also available in pdf here. Dear Manos Logothetis and Patroklos Georgiadis, In light [...]
August is a month with dark memories for many Afghans. One year ago, in Afghanistan, city after city fell as the Taliban grew closer and closer to the capital. Then, [...]
RLS’ Shamim Sarabi has been talking to other people in the Afghan refugee community to get their reflections on recent anti-refugee laws in the UK. Below is one of many [...]
Our colleague Becky Hart spoke to the i on Friday about how little the UK government has done for Afghans seeking to reunite with their families. Becky highlighted the failure [...]
New research from Refugee Legal Support highlights the barriers that refugees, asylum seekers and people fleeing conflict face to being reunited with loved ones in the UK. The research raises [...]
We joined 100+ orgs to show our solidarity with all people seeking safety and call on UK politicians to change their hateful rhetoric. The Independent article can be found here [...]
RLS’s legal coordinator in Athens, Lucy Alper, visited the Khora Asylum Support Team (KAST) to provide a training session about Dublin Family Reunification. The session also covered historical context and [...]
On the 1st of March 2022, the UK Prime Minister announced a set of concessions allowing British nationals and individuals settled in the UK to bring their parents, grandparents, adult [...]
Photos sent to G by his daughter Before Brexit, people seeking asylum in Europe with family members in the UK had to make sure that their claims for asylum were [...]
