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: Submission to the European Commission for the Have Your Say initiative on the Frontex Recast Regulation.
I HAVE RIGHTS’ Advocacy Taskforce submitted feedback to the European Commission regarding the Recast Regulation on the European Border and Coast Guard/Frontex. In our submission, we focus on Article 46 of the Regulation, which obliges Frontex’s executive director to leave an operational area where fundamental rights and international [...]
I Have Rights calls on Greece to reintroduce prima facie decisions for Palestinians and evacuate recognised refugees from Gaza.
While several European countries are actively coordinating the evacuation of Palestinians from Gaza, Greece continues to abstain from any meaningful effort. There is no clear guidance to candidates for evacuation - effectively abandoning those it had previously recognised as refugees. I Have Rights is aware of at least two [...]
Press release: The Greek Ombusdperson finds it imperative that vulnerable persons be transferred to mainland facilities in accordance with Greek law. GalleryPress release: The Greek Ombusdperson finds it imperative that vulnerable persons be transferred to mainland facilities in accordance with Greek law.
Press release: The Greek Ombusdperson finds it imperative that vulnerable persons be transferred to mainland facilities in accordance with Greek law.
Following a joint complaint made earlier by Samos-based organisations, the Greek Ombudsperson, on the 1st of August, found it imperative that persons suffering from serious illnesses or having other vulnerability characteristics be transferred to facilities in the mainland, in accordance with Greek law, so that they can enjoy special [...]
Joint Statement: Urging the Greek Government to withdraw the new draft law on returns.
On the 17th of July, the Greek Ministry of Migration and Asylum announced a draft law on the "Reform of the framework and procedures for the return of third-country nationals – Other provisions of the Ministry of Migration and Asylum". The draft law will be presented in the Hellenic [...]
Joint statement by BVMN, IHR and MIT: On the suspension of asylum applications for people arriving by sea from the North African route.
Joint statement by BVMN, IHR and MIT: We strongly condemn the Greek government’s new legislative amendment to suspend the processing of asylum applications for people arriving by sea from the North African route. On the 9th of July, Greece’s new Minister of Migration and Asylum, Thanos Plevris, announced the [...]
New Report: Greek Ministry of Migration Fails to Comply with Data Protection Order in Samos CCAC
The Hellenic Ministry of Migration (MoMA) continues to violate data protection rights of asylum seekers in the Samos Closed Control Access Centre (CCAC), I Have Rights and Homo Digitalis said in a report released today. The report, titled “They Never Tell Us Anything”: Ongoing Data Rights Violations in [...]