Joint Statement: Cash assistance must resume immediately: After 9 months without financial support, asylum seekers in Greece are struggling to meet their basic needs

2025-03-18T12:19:37+03:00

The 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, [...]

Joint Statement: Cash assistance must resume immediately: After 9 months without financial support, asylum seekers in Greece are struggling to meet their basic needs2025-03-18T12:19:37+03:00

Joint Letter: Unlawful Detention and Sub-standard Conditions Must Not Become a Blueprint For The EU Migration Pact

2025-02-25T11:30:51+03:00

Together with four organizations, I Have Rights urges the EU Commissioner for Home Affairs and Migration, Magnus Brunner, to use the EU Commission’s oversight to monitor and improve conditions in the Samos CCAC to address its persistent shortcomings and human rights concerns. Ahead of last year’s adoption of the ‘New Pact on Migration [...]

Joint Letter: Unlawful Detention and Sub-standard Conditions Must Not Become a Blueprint For The EU Migration Pact2025-02-25T11:30:51+03:00

14 years after landmark ruling, Greece still fails to comply with judgement from the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR)

2025-01-30T14:44:32+03:00

Joint submission to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe I Have Rights, Equal Legal Aid and Mobile Info Team jointly presented evidence to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on the implementation of ECtHR judgement on M.S.S. v. Belgium and Greece, highlighting ongoing deficiencies in reception conditions [...]

14 years after landmark ruling, Greece still fails to comply with judgement from the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR)2025-01-30T14:44:32+03:00

Press release: NGOs on Samos uncover a covert operation against asylum seekers and the invasive use of technology in the Samos Closed Controlled Access Centre

2025-01-22T12:05:22+03:00

Hot off the heels of being condemned by the European Court of Human Rights for systemic pushbacks, Greece is also violating the rights of asylum seekers in the digital arena.  [Δείτε παρακάτω για το δελτίο τύπου στα ελληνικά] 21 January 2025, Samos, Greece. Asylum seekers arriving in Samos report their mobile phones are [...]

Press release: NGOs on Samos uncover a covert operation against asylum seekers and the invasive use of technology in the Samos Closed Controlled Access Centre2025-01-22T12:05:22+03:00

I Have Rights’ 2024 Annual Report

2025-01-09T10:26:19+03:00

2024 was a pivotal chapter at I Have Rights. In 2024, people in the Samos Closed Controlled Access Centre (CCAC) continued to face dire conditions and violations of their basic human rights. Against this backdrop, our team worked to provide critical support to those seeking safety. In 2024 our casework team: Supported 297 [...]

I Have Rights’ 2024 Annual Report2025-01-09T10:26:19+03:00

The UN Special Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons highlights serious gaps in the Greek authorities’ treatment of survivors of human trafficking in the Samos CCAC

2024-11-19T12:08:30+03:00

Samos, 15 November 2024 - The UN Special Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons, Siobhán Mullally, has published a letter of allegation against the Greek Government due to its “failure to adequately identify possible victims of trafficking, especially women and children, and failure to protect identified victims of trafficking in persons in the island [...]

The UN Special Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons highlights serious gaps in the Greek authorities’ treatment of survivors of human trafficking in the Samos CCAC2024-11-19T12:08:30+03:00

ECtHR Condemns Greece For Human Rights Violations Against Seven Anaccompanied Children

2024-10-08T12:16:44+03:00

The events date back to 2020 at the Samos hotspot, where the minors — now all adults — were subjected to inhumane and degrading treatment as well as human rights violations. The Greek government will be required to compensate them for a total of 41.500 Euros; For the first time, the ECtHR recognized [...]

ECtHR Condemns Greece For Human Rights Violations Against Seven Anaccompanied Children2024-10-08T12:16:44+03:00

Greek Ombudsman Condemns Samos CCAC’s Unlawful Practice of Requiring Asylum Seekers to Waive Their Right to Reception Conditions

2024-09-24T10:17:23+03:00

Samos 24th September 2024 – The Greek Ombudsman has found that the Reception and Identification Service (RIS) at the Samos Closed Controlled Access Centre (CCAC) acted unlawfully. In 2023, asylum seekers were required by the RIS to waive their rights to reception conditions in order to be transferred to the mainland. The Ombudsman’s [...]

Greek Ombudsman Condemns Samos CCAC’s Unlawful Practice of Requiring Asylum Seekers to Waive Their Right to Reception Conditions2024-09-24T10:17:23+03:00

Joint Submission to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe in the cases of M.S.S. v. Belgium and Greece & Rahimi v. Greece

2024-08-09T17:00:37+03:00

I Have Rights, Equal Legal Aid and Mobile Info Team jointly presented evidence to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on the implementation of the M.S.S. v. Belgium and Greece and Rahimi v. Greece cases.  Both cases highlighted important issues regarding the treatment of asylum seekers in the EU: In [...]

Joint Submission to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe in the cases of M.S.S. v. Belgium and Greece & Rahimi v. Greece2024-08-09T17:00:37+03:00

European Ombudsman opens an inquiry into how the European Union Agency for Asylum addresses allegations of fundamental rights violations in its activities in Greece

2024-07-16T17:18:13+03:00

Press Release, Samos, 17th July  - On 11 July, the European Ombudsman opened an inquiry into how the European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA) addresses allegations of fundamental rights violations in its activities in Greece (case 229/2024/AML).  The inquiry is based on a joint complaint against the EUAA by I Have Rights and [...]

European Ombudsman opens an inquiry into how the European Union Agency for Asylum addresses allegations of fundamental rights violations in its activities in Greece2024-07-16T17:18:13+03:00
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