Press release: Serious maladministration in EU asylum agency’s processes confirmed
Candice Schmitz2026-07-10T16:27:41+03:00Press 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 was submitted after we documented [...]
I Have Rights Annual 2025 Report
Candice Schmitz2026-01-27T16:45:13+03:002025 was a year marked by a further drastic degradation of the rights of asylum seekers. As we move into 2026, the EU Migration and Asylum Pact is set to be implemented in Greece and across Europe. Yet even before its formal rollout across Europe, we have already witnessed sweeping changes at the national [...]
Press release: Submission to the European Commission for the Have Your Say initiative on the Frontex Recast Regulation.
Candice Schmitz2025-09-09T12:39:46+03:00I 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 protection obligations are seriously and [...]
I Have Rights calls on Greece to reintroduce prima facie decisions for Palestinians and evacuate recognised refugees from Gaza.
Candice Schmitz2025-08-22T11:56:03+03:00While 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 brothers with Greek refugee status [...]
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.
Candice Schmitz2025-08-19T17:04:47+03:00Following 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 and dignified reception conditions, as [...]
Joint Statement: Urging the Greek Government to withdraw the new draft law on returns.
Candice Schmitz2025-08-19T16:08:59+03:00On 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 Parliament in August, with a [...]
Joint statement by BVMN, IHR and MIT: On the suspension of asylum applications for people arriving by sea from the North African route.
Candice Schmitz2025-07-18T11:29:01+03:00Joint 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 suspension of the submission and [...]
New Report: Greek Ministry of Migration Fails to Comply with Data Protection Order in Samos CCAC
Candice Schmitz2025-06-12T14:18:51+03:00The 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 the Samos CCAC analyses the [...]
Joint Statement: Cash assistance must resume immediately: After 9 months without financial support, asylum seekers in Greece are struggling to meet their basic needs GalleryJoint Statement: Cash assistance must resume immediately: After 9 months without financial support, asylum seekers in Greece are struggling to meet their basic needs
Joint Statement: Cash assistance must resume immediately: After 9 months without financial support, asylum seekers in Greece are struggling to meet their basic needs
Candice Schmitz2025-03-18T12:19:37+03:00The undersigned organisations are in contact with asylum seekers living in refugee camps throughout Greece who report desperation at the ongoing lack of cash assistance payments, which has left people in the asylum procedure without any income since summer 2024. For some who face lengthy delays in the processing of their asylum applications, [...]