The Advocacy Team works to end detention of people on the move, to end pushbacks and to fortify access to asylum through a fair asylum procedure and independent legal support. Through advocacy, I Have Rights aims to raise awareness, pressure political actors, make recommendations for change, as well as give people seeking safety space to share their experiences and amplify their voices.
Press release: Serious maladministration in EU asylum agency’s processes confirmed
Press release: Serious maladministration in EU asylum agency’s processes confirmed On 6 July 2026, the European Ombudsman published its recommendations to the European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA) in our joint complaint of I Have Rights and Avocats Sans Frontières France submitted in January 2024 (Case 229/2024/AML). The complaint [...]
Statement on Greece’s Implementation of the EU Migration Pact: Institutionalising Exception, Detention and Exclusion
Statement on Greece’s Implementation of the EU Migration Pact: Institutionalising Exception, Detention and Exclusion On World Refugee Day, seventy-five years after the adoption of the 1951 Geneva Refugee Convention as a cornerstone of international refugee law, we warn that Greece’s newly adopted law to implement the EU Pact on Migration [...]
Joint Statement: The EU Pact on Migration and Asylum Enters into Force: Institutionalising Border Violence Across Europe
Today, the EU New Pact on Migration and Asylum (the Pact) enters into force, marking a devastating blow to the right to seek asylum and the respect for international law in Europe. While presented by the European Union as a historic agreement to efficiently “manage migration,” the implementation of the [...]
Observations on the Draft Law “Implementation of the Pact on Migration and Asylum” regarding the use of Artificial Intelligence in asylum procedures
(English bellow) Παρατηρήσεις επί του Σχεδίου Νόμου “Εφαρμογή του Συμφώνου για τη Μετανάστευση και το Άσυλο” σχετικά με τη χρήση Τεχνητής Νοημοσύνης στις διαδικασίες ασύλου Στις 11 Μαΐου 2026 τέθηκε σε δημόσια ηλεκτρονική διαβούλευση από το Υπουργείο Μετανάστευσης και Ασύλου το σχέδιο νόμου με τίτλο «Εφαρμογή του Συμφώνου για [...]
Joint statement against the denial of access to asylum for alleged drivers/facilitators
JOINT STATEMENT AGAINST GREEK STATE PRACTICE: DENIAL OF ACCESS TO ASYLUM FOR ALLEGED DRIVERS/FACILITATORS As active members of the civil society we call for unhindered access to the asylum procedure for everyone, without any discrimination based on arbitrary legal grounds. For several months, the Greek state has been systematically [...]
Press Release Joint Letter Cash Assistance to Asylum Seekers in Greece must Resume Immediately
Press Release Joint Letter Cash Assistance 26th February 2026 Cash assistance payment has not been provided consistently to asylum seekers in Greece since April 2024, This prolonged disruption has created a long term crisis for asylum seekers in the country and denies them their legal right to dignified living. In [...]





