LCL Newsletter Summer 2023
The Summer of 2023 was marked by particularly deadly events at the EU’s external borders, with the massacre of over 600 people […]
Category: Access To Asylum
New Report: A Pandemic of Abuses
PRESS RELEASE, Mytilene/Athens, Greece [Ελληνικά παρακάτω] New report by the Legal Centre Lesvos and the Feminist Autonomous Centre for research documents how […]
Joint statement against the use of legal loopholes in the EU asylum reform
NGOs call on Member States and European Parliament; Go no lower: reject the use of legal loopholes in EU asylum law reforms […]
Joint Statement: Shutdown of the Greek Asylum Service database leaves hundreds in limbo
JOINT STATEMENT ON THE SHUTDOWN OF THE GREEK ASYLUM SERVICE: Database Leaves People Unable to Claim Asylum and In Limbo By Mobile […]
Legal Centre Lesvos Quarterly Report
The beginning of 2023 saw a continuation of persistent border violence which confirms that the European Union and its Member States are […]
Legal Centre Lesvos Quarterly Report: October – December 2022
The newsletter for the current period of October – December 2022 will focus on Legal Centre Lesvos’ ongoing dedication to challenge daily […]
European Commission dispels Greece’s designation of Türkiye as a “safe third country” for refugees – Repeal the national list of safe third countries
[Greek below] Καταρρίπτεται από την Ευρωπαϊκή Επιτροπή ο χαρακτηρισμός της Τουρκίας ως «ασφαλούς τρίτης χώρας» για τους πρόσφυγες – Να καταργηθεί ο […]
Legal Centre Lesvos Quarterly Report: July – September 2022
As the conditions worsen in Lesvos’ Reception and Identification Center in Lesvos (known as Mavrovouni RIC), the new Closed Controlled Access Center […]
Joint Letter on the Situation for LGBTQI+ Asylum Seekers in Greece/ Κοινή επιστολή για την κατάσταση των ΛΟΑΤΚι+ αιτούντων άσυλο στην Ελλάδα.
Dear Manos Logothetis and Patroklos Georgiadis, In light of information collected through input from numerous organizations and focus groups from the community, […]
April – June 2022 Quarterly Newsletter
Since the spring, Legal Centre Lesvos’ work continued to be instrumental in preventing illegal pushbacks of unregistered asylum seekers newly arrived on […]