Press release: Submission to the European Commission for the Have Your Say initiative on the Frontex Recast Regulation.

2025-09-09T12:39:46+03:00

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 protection obligations are seriously and [...]

Press release: Submission to the European Commission for the Have Your Say initiative on the Frontex Recast Regulation.2025-09-09T12:39:46+03:00

I Have Rights calls on Greece to reintroduce prima facie decisions for Palestinians and evacuate recognised refugees from Gaza.

2025-08-22T11:56:03+03:00

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 brothers with Greek refugee status [...]

I Have Rights calls on Greece to reintroduce prima facie decisions for Palestinians and evacuate recognised refugees from Gaza.2025-08-22T11:56:03+03:00

Press release: The Greek Ombusdperson finds it imperative that vulnerable persons be transferred to mainland facilities in accordance with Greek law. 

2025-08-19T17:04:47+03:00

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 and dignified reception conditions, as [...]

Press release: The Greek Ombusdperson finds it imperative that vulnerable persons be transferred to mainland facilities in accordance with Greek law. 2025-08-19T17:04:47+03:00

Joint Statement: Urging the Greek Government to withdraw the new draft law on returns.

2025-08-19T16:08:59+03:00

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 Parliament in August, with a [...]

Joint Statement: Urging the Greek Government to withdraw the new draft law on returns.2025-08-19T16:08:59+03:00

Joint statement by BVMN, IHR and MIT: On the suspension of asylum applications for people arriving by sea from the North African route.

2025-07-18T11:29:01+03:00

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 suspension of the submission and [...]

Joint statement by BVMN, IHR and MIT: On the suspension of asylum applications for people arriving by sea from the North African route.2025-07-18T11:29:01+03:00

New Report: Greek Ministry of Migration Fails to Comply with Data Protection Order in Samos CCAC

2025-06-12T14:18:51+03:00

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 the Samos CCAC analyses the [...]

New Report: Greek Ministry of Migration Fails to Comply with Data Protection Order in Samos CCAC2025-06-12T14:18:51+03:00

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

2025-04-01T11:58:26+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 Centre2025-04-01T11:58:26+03:00
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