Greece

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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): [...]

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, [...]