Press Release Joint Letter Cash Assistance to Asylum Seekers in Greece must Resume Immediately
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 [...]
JOINT STATEMENT: Provision of Cash Assistance to Asylum Seekers in Greece must Resume Immediately
(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 [...]
EU Strategy on Combating Trafficking in Human Beings Feedback from I Have Rights
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 [...]
Joint Civil Society Statement on the Migration Ministry bill
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 [...]
I Have Rights Annual 2025 Report
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 [...]
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 [...]
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
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 [...]