Hotspot Camps – Legal Centre Lesvos

13th March 2025Access To Asylum, Hotspot Camps, LCL-All Publications

Trapped in Limbo: The Inhumane Freeze of Syrian Asylum Claims

Meet Emad and Amal: a Syrian couple in limbo, waiting for their nieces’ asylum decisions To illustrate the kafkaesque administrative nightmare faced […]

21st February 202512th March 2025Access To Asylum, Border Violence, Hotspot Camps, LCL-All Publications

Expert Opinion: No Returns to Greece—Dublin Returnees Face Real Risk of Inhuman or Degrading Treatment

This expert opinion assesses the risks and conditions faced by asylum seekers, particularly Dublin returnees, in Greece. Despite legal frameworks intended to […]

19th February 202519th February 2025Access To Asylum, Border Violence, Criminalisation, Hotspot Camps, LCL-All Publications

Lesvos Situation Report October – December 2024

Photo: Vastria CCAC under construction as of February 2025. Photo credit: Anonymous In the last quarter of 2024, Greek islands experienced a […]

12th February 202512th March 2025Hotspot Camps, LCL-All Publications

Unlawful Confiscation and Surveillance of Migrants’ Phones in Lesvos CCAC

Over a two week period in January, as our partners at I Have Rights and the Border Violence Monitoring Network (BVMN) published […]

14th January 202512th March 2025Access To Asylum, Border Violence, Criminalisation, Hotspot Camps, LCL-All Publications

10 New Year’s resolutions for Greek authorities

New Years should start with good resolutions, in particular when the past year was full of nonsense. We hope for an end […]

16th December 202412th March 2025Access To Asylum, Hotspot Camps, LCL-All Publications

When will the detention of migrant children in Greece finally end?

Nonsense Of October 2024 This month, to illustrate parts of the administrative kafkaesque nightmare faced by migrants going through the asylum procedures […]

10th December 202412th March 2025Access To Asylum, Border Violence, Criminalisation, Hotspot Camps, LCL-All Publications

Lesvos Situation Report July-September 2024

Photo: Legal Centre Lesvos at the Info Point of Parea Community Centre for the weekly permanence. Photo credit: Parea

30th October 202412th March 2025Hotspot Camps, LCL-All Publications

Joint Letter: No to Vastria CCAC

Earlier today, Collective Aid and a number of other signatories from humanitarian organisations sent an open letter to Greek and EU authorities, […]

17th September 202412th March 2025Access To Asylum, Hotspot Camps, LCL-All Publications

Joint Statement: Provision of cash assistance to asylum seekers in Greece must resume immediately

17 September 2024 Asylum seekers in Greece have once again been denied their legal right to dignified living conditions after months of […]

8th August 202412th March 2025Access To Asylum, Border Violence, Criminalisation, Hotspot Camps, LCL-All Publications

LCL Quarterly Newsletter April – June 2024

Updates from Lesvos, Key Legal Victories, and Ongoing Advocacy This quarter has been a critical time in the Legal Centre Lesvos’ ongoing […]