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RLS have joined over 79 migrant-led organisations to call on EU institutions to demand alternatives to the EU’s deadly border regime. Following Ursula von der Leyen’s recent endorsement of offshore [...]

We’re joining 63 other civil society organisations and the ‘It’s Not Over’ campaign to advocate for equal protection for women across the EU. On October 1st 2023, the Istanbul Convention [...]

Climate breakdown and forced migration are closely linked. RLS is at the start of its journey considering what this means for our work. We’ve recently established a Climate Emergency Working [...]

RLS joins 19 other organisations in Greece, issuing a joint statement calling for the immediate resumption of cash assistance payments for asylum seekers. Asylum seekers in Greece have once again [...]

Today, RLS and Mobile Info Team have released a report on the conditions in camps for people seeking asylum in Greece. The report is based on interviews with 30 people [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]