Advocacy

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 and Asylum is likely to [...]

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 Pact will further entrench border [...]

(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 τη Μετανάστευση και το Άσυλο [...]

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 and unjustifiably denying access to [...]

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 a joint letter signed by [...]

(English Below) Κοινή Δήλωση: Άμεση αποκατάσταση του προγράμματος καταβολής  οικονομικού βοηθήματος στους αιτούντες άσυλο  Οι αιτούντες άσυλο στην Ελλάδα δεν έχουν λάβει το προβλεπόμενο από την νομοθεσία/ Ευρωπαικη νομοθεσία από τον Απρίλιο του 2024. Οι συνεχείς καθυστερήσεις έχουν αφήσει τους αιτούντες άσυλο χωρίς οικονομικό βοήθημα για σχεδόν 21 μήνες, στερώντας τους ουσιαστικά το  δικαίωμα σε [...]

EU Strategy on Combating Trafficking in Human Beings Feedback from I Have Rights.   I Have Rights (IHR) is a non-profit refugee law clinic operating on the Greek island of Samos. We provide free legal information to asylum seekers to guide them through the asylum process, ensure they understand their rights and support them in [...]

Joint Civil Society Statement on the Migration Ministry bill (Greek Below) Working for an organisation registered in the “NGO Registry” of the Ministry of Migration and Asylum becomes a punishable offence with the proposed changes to Articles 24 and 25 of the Migration Code. After five years of constant recommendations from the European Commission, the [...]

2025 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 [...]