Statement on Greece’s Implementation of the EU Migration Pact: Institutionalising Exception, Detention and Exclusion
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 [...]
Joint Statement: The EU Pact on Migration and Asylum Enters into Force: Institutionalising Border Violence Across Europe
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 [...]
Observations on the Draft Law “Implementation of the Pact on Migration and Asylum” regarding the use of Artificial Intelligence in asylum procedures GalleryObservations on the Draft Law “Implementation of the Pact on Migration and Asylum” regarding the use of Artificial Intelligence in asylum procedures
Observations on the Draft Law “Implementation of the Pact on Migration and Asylum” regarding the use of Artificial Intelligence in asylum procedures
(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 [...]
Joint statement against the denial of access to asylum for alleged drivers/facilitators
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 [...]
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 [...]