The situation in Moria Camp is escalating. The size of the hotspot has grown drastically so that the barbed wired … More
Category: report
This section shows in-depth reports and cases we follow, highlighting severe rights violations that we observed.
Locked Up Without Rights – Analysis by HIAS on Nationality Based Detention
This report provides an overview of the legal framework regulating the detention of asylum seekers in Greece and an analysis … More
Cruel Detention Policies in Greece on the Rise – Death in Moria Prison shows the Violence of Migrant Incarceration System in the European Hotspots
On 6 January, an asylum seeker was found dead, hung in an isolated cell in the detention centre of Moria … More
Legal Centre Lesvos Press Release: Deportation of Legal Centre Lesvos client halted by intervention of the European Court of Human Rights.
Via Legal Centre Lesvos 25.11.19 [Greek text below] On 21 November 2019, in the case of Z.B. vs. Greece, ECHR֊LE2.2bR, … More
Lawyer’s Joint Press Release: Rejection of 28 asylum seekers from African countries due to a lack of interpreters
Legal aid organizations express concerns regarding the unprecedented administrative practice of the Regional Asylum Office of Lesvos, which goes against … More
Rejected Without Asylum Hearing
Drastic Deterioration of the Asylum Situation on the Greek Islands The Greek asylum system is drastically deteriorating under the rule … More
Not for Sale – new brochure online
This publication is an attempt to challenge the existing mainstream discourses about the ‘border crisis’ on Lesvos. It is a … More
War, Refoulement and Killing – End the EU-Turkey Deal!
Turkey has started a new war, invading North-East Syria, arguing that they want to set up a “safe-zone” and to … More
Majority of Refugees protesting on Sapphous Square declared innocent!
12 of the 13 refugees who were charged in court for protests on Sapphous square in 2017 were declared innocent, … More
Turkey sent sick man back to Greece on 19th of September
Greece attempted to deport two sick Pakistani men from Lesvos to Turkey. Turkey however did not accept them. The deportation … More