Report & Newsletter Archive

1. Reports
2. Updates
3. Joint Publications
4. Webinars and Documentaries

Reports

• April 2021: Quarterly Report: January – March 2021
• 1 February 2021, Crimes Against Humanity in the Aegean;
• July 2020, Collective Expulsions in the Aegean Sea;
• January 2020, Rights Violations and Resistance in Lesvos.

Updates

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• 10 May 2021, Justice for K.S./ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΣΥΝΗ ΓΙΑ ΤΟΝ K.S.
  
• 26 April 2021, New case filed against Greece in European Court for massive pushback operation of over 180 migrants caught in storm near Crete / Άλλη μία προσφυγή στο Ευρωπαϊκό Δικαστήριο Ανθρωπίνων Δικαιωμάτων εναντίον του Ελληνικού Κράτους επιδιώκει αποκατάσταση για μαζική επαναπροώθηση από τις Ελληνικές Αρχές στο Αιγαίο.
  
• 30 March 2021, Spring is the best time to tour Europe’s prison islands for migrants in a helicopter.
  
• 17– 20 March 2021, 5 YEARS OF VIOLENCE AND MISERY UNDER THE EU-TURKEY DEAL
  • 1. Turkey is not a ‘Safe Third Country’
  • 2. ‘Admissibility’
  • 3. New ‘controlled’ camp in Lesvos and the ‘new’ EU Migration and Asylum Pact
  • 4. Systematic pushbacks in the Aegean
  • 5. Nowruz reminds us that a different world is possible – (فار, ENG, ΕΛΛ, سۆر, FR, عرب, KUR)

• 17– 20 March 2021, 5 ANS DE VIOLENCE ET DE MISERE OU “L’ACCORD UE-TURQUIE’
  • 1. La Turquie n’est pas un ‘Pays Tiers Sûr’
  • 2. « Admissibilité »
  • 3. Un nouveau camp “contrôlé” à Lesvos et le “nouveau” Pacte européen sur la migration et l’asile
  • 5. Norouz nous rappelle qu’un monde différent est possible. – (فار, ENG, ΕΛΛ, سۆر, FR, عرب, KUR)

• 17-20 March 2021, 5 ΧΡΌΝΙΑ ΒΊΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΔΥΣΤΥΧΊΑΣ ΑΠΌ ΤΗ ΣΥΜΦΩΝΊΑ ΕΕ-ΤΟΥΡΚΊΑΣ
  • 1. Η ΤΟΥΡΚΊΑ ΔΕΝ ΕΊΝΑΙ ΑΣΦΑΛΉΣ ΤΡΊΤΗ ΧΏΡΑ
  • 4. Συστηματικές επαναπροωθήσεις στο Αιγαίο
  • 5. Nowruz μας υπενθυμίζει ότι η ύπαρξη ενός διαφορετικού κόσμου είναι δυνατή – ένα κείμενο που γράφτηκε από τη Φατεμα, μέλος της ομάδας του ΛΣΛ – (فار, ENG, ΕΛΛ, سۆر, FR, عرب, KUR)

• 17 March 2021, GREEK GOVERNMENT INSTRUCTED BY EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS TO GUARANTEE RIGHTS OF 3 LCL CLIENTS: AN INDICTMENT OF RECEPTION CONDITIONS IN LESVOS
  
• 9 March 2021, Justice for the Moria 6 / Δικαιοσύνη στους 6 φυλακισμένους για τη φωτιά στη Μόρια
  
• 4 March 2021, GREEK GOVERNMENT INSTRUCTED BY EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS TO GUARANTEE LIVING CONDITIONS COMPATIBLE WITH ARTICLE 3 ECHR FOR LCL CLIENT A.J.
  
• 17 February 2021, GREEK AUTHORITIES MUST URGENTLY TRANSFER ‘VULNERABLE’ MIGRANTS TO THE MAINLAND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR OWN LAWS: LCL SUBMITS COMPLAINT TO GREEK OMBUDSMAN URGING ACTION ON BEHALF OF 21 INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES.
  
• 15 February 2021, The Legal Centre Lesvos and Front-Lex call upon FRONTEX to immediately suspend or terminate its activities in the Aegean Sea region / Legal Center Lesvos et Front-Lex demandent à FRONTEX de suspendre ou de mettre fin immédiatement à ses activités dans la mer Égée.
  
• 25 November 2020, While Europe struggles with second wave of COVID-19 infections, Greece rushes asylum seekers through procedures in Lesvos;
  
• 27 September 2020, Dire conditions in Lesvos’ new containment camp, while Greek authorities’ assault on those in solidarity with migrants continues;
  
• 23 September 2020, The Migration Pact: a “fresh start”?;
  
• 11 September 2020, No More Moria;
  
• 9 September 2020, Fire Destroys Much of Moria Camp, Following Four Years of European Tolerance of Fatal Risks to Migrants;
  
• 3 September 2020, Confirmation of Covid-19 in Moria Camp Leads to Immediate Transformation to a Closed Centre, Following Five Months of Deliberate Failure of European Member States to Respond to Foreseeable and Preventable Disaster;
  
• 18 August 2020, Despite the discriminatory lockdown on camps and hostility towards migrants and those in solidarity, resistance grows;
  
• 27 May 2020, Hostility towards migrants and those working to support them continues as state policy in Lesvos;
  
• 8 May 2020, Iraqi infant’s death at sea off coast of Lesvos unreported by Greek authorities, exposed by Al Jazeera;
  
• 28 April 2020, Authorities’ tolerance of fascist violence and brutality towards migrants in Lesvos continues, two years after Sapfous Square attack;
  
• 30 March 2020, Discriminatory restrictions on movement further contain migrants in unsanitary conditions – and at risk of COVID-19 outbreak;
  
• 19 March 2020, COVID-19 paves the way for mass detention of migrants;
  
• 13 March 2020, No Man’s Land for Europe’s “Undesirables”;
  
• 5 March 2020, Illegal and Immoral: European border priorities become policy;
  
• 27 February 2020, Riot police recalled from Lesvos and Chios, following demonstrations against new detention sites;
  
• 25 February 2020, Demonstrations against the construction of new detention centres in Lesvos and Chios;
  
• 19 January 2020, Call for accountability: Apparent Suicide in Moria Detention Centre followed failure by Greek State to provide obligated care.

Joint Publications

• 22 April 2021, Νέο Σύμφωνο για τη Μετανάστευση και Άσυλο | Ερμηνεία διατάξεων στη νομολογία / New Pact on Migration and Asylum | Interpretation of provisions in Greek case law
• 30 March 2021, Κοινή δράση για δημιουργία πρωτοβουλίας οργανώσεων σχετικά με τις επαναπροωθήσεις / Joint Action for the creation of an initiative of organisations in relation to push-backs
• 10 March 2021, ΑΝΟΙΧΤΗ ΕΠΙΣΤΟΛΗ: «ΟΛΑ ΤΑ ΠΑΙΔΙΑ ΕΧΟΥΝ ΔΙΚΑΙΩΜΑ ΣΤΟ ΣΧΟΛΕΙΟ, ΜΗΝ ΤΟΥΣ ΤΟ ΣΤΕΡΕΙΤΕ» / OPEN LETTER: “ALL CHILDREN HAVE THE RIGHT TO GO TO SCHOOL. DO NOT TAKE THAT AWAY FROM THEM”
• 9 March 2021, Δελτίο Τύπου σχετικά με την υπόθεση της M.M. – μιας 27χρονης γυναίκας που προσπάθησε να αυτοπυρποληθεί στο ΚΥΤ του Καρά Τεπέ στις 21 Φεβρουαρίου του 2021 / Press Release regarding the case of M.M. – a 27-year-old woman who attempted to self-immolate at the Kara Tepe camp of Lesvos on February 21, 2021
• 26 January 2021, Σταματήστε να παίζετε με τις ζωές ανθρώπων: επείγει η διασφάλιση της υγείας φιλοξενουμένων και εργαζομένων στο ΚΥΤ της Λέσβου
• 26 January 2021, The Workings of the Screening Regulation: Juxtaposing proposed EU rules with the Greek reception and identification procedure;
• 9 November 2020, Stop Israeli Killer Drones: Non-renewal of CEiiA contract;
• 30 October 2020, AN ATTACK ON SOLIDARITY AND SAFE ACCOMMODATION: THE FORCED CLOSURE OF PIKPA CAMP;
• 13 October 2020, PROTECT DIGNITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS: CALL FOR SOLIDARITY GATHERING IN SUPPORT OF PIKPA, 14/10/2020;
• 6 October 2020, HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS DEMAND THAT GREECE INVESTIGATE PUSHBACKS AND VIOLENCE AT ITS BORDERS;
• 17 September 2020, Press Release of Legal Organizations operating in Lesvos regarding the procedures concerning asylum seekers during the state of emergency that has been created;
• September 2020, Fire in Moria Camp: Call for urgent evacuation and radical change;
• 21 July 2020, Organisations in Greece, local and international health bodies warn: “discrimination does not protect against COVID-19”;
• 7 May 2020, 20 Organizations and Lawyers call for voting against provisions that jeopardize fundamental rights of applicants for international protection;
• 22 April 2020, Stop the use of Israeli drones for EU’s Anti-Migrant Policies;
• 30 March 2020, No Israeli drones for EU’s Anti-Migrant Policies;
• 25 March 2020, Protect the most vulnerable to ensure protection for everyone! ‘Restore legality to protect refugees and the society at large amidst the pandemic’;
• 24 March 2020, Greece: Move Asylum Seekers, Migrants to Safety Immediate Hotspot Decongestion Needed to Address COVID-19;
• 18 March 2020, Say No to Dirty Deals! Over 30 groups demand an end to EU-Turkey Deal;
• 10 March 2020, Protect Our Laws and Humanity: Open Letter by 120 organisations;
• 7 February 2020, Criminal complaint filed regarding the death of a 31-year-old Iranian national at the Pre-Removal Detention Centre of Moria.

Webinars and Documentaries

• 23 January 2021, panelist in “Pushbacks on the Greek-Turkish border“, organised by Mediterranea Saving Humans;
• 25 November 2020, panelist in “Dismantling asylum: the EU Migration Pact viewed from Greece and Italy“, organised by Goldsmiths, University of London;
• 10 November 2020, panelist in “The EU-Israel Nexus: Militarization, Migration, Apartheid”, organised by World Without Walls – Europe;
• 24 October 2020, panelist in “Hostile Environments Conference: Unlawful pushbacks in the Mediterannean and the English Channel“, organised by European Lawyers for Democracy and Human Rights and the Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers;
• 24 October 2020: the Legal Centre contributed testimony to the Permanent People’s Tribunal – Berlin, on the necropolitical violence inflicted on migrants throughout the EU. Watch our contribution here;
• 14 October 2020, panelist in “Fires in Moria – law, migratory policies and asylum in Lesvos“, organized by the Centre on Law and Social Transformation;
• 23 September 2020, panelist in webinar, “Hearing zum Migtations- und Asylpakt” organized by Cornelia Ernst of the Left Party, Member of the European Parliament from Germany;
• 22 June 2020, Contribution to webinar, “Routes of Solidarity. The European Border Regime, the Balkans and connecting resistances,” organised by Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung office in Greece and South-east-Europe;
• 27 March 2020, Redfish, “Lesbos Refugee Camp: The Crisis at the EU Border”, featuring Lorraine Leete of the Legal Centre Lesvos.