Today, we’ve signed an open letter along with 35 other organisations to the Greek Ministry of Migration and Asylum, highlighting the persistent lack of interpretation services for asylum seekers in [...]
Joint statement by Refugee Legal Support, Mobile Info Team and Equal Rights Beyond Borders. Cover image shows people waiting outdoors to attend doctors appointments in Malakasa RIC. In November 2023, [...]
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 [...]
Lucy Alper, RLS Athens Project Coordinator and Legal Caseworker, recently provided information sessions to volunteers and students from different universities. She spoke with students from the University of Florida and [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
