Nonsense Of The Month: October 2024
When will the detention of migrant children in Greece finally end? This month, to illustrate parts of the administrative kafkaesque nightmare faced […]
Category: Hotspot Camps
Joint Letter: No to Vastria Closed Controlled Access Centre – An Open Letter to the Greek Government and EU Commissioners
Earlier today, Collective Aid and a number of other signatories from humanitarian organisations sent an open letter to Greek and EU authorities, […]
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 […]
New LCL Quarterly Newsletter: Updates from Lesvos, Key Legal Victories, and Ongoing Advocacy
This quarter has been a critical time in the Legal Centre Lesvos’ ongoing fight for justice, human rights, and dignity for refugees […]
As heat wave hits Greece, Lesvos CCAC residents continue to be denied access to clean water and food
Picture: Outdoor water distribution points in the Lesvos CCAC. Picture taken by a camp resident. In Greece, one month after receiving asylum, […]
Quarterly Newsletter January-March 2024
The year started with yet another damning condemnation of Greece by the European Court of Human Rights, on 16 January 2024, for […]
Eight years of Violence, Discrimination, Segregation, and Exclusion: Anniversary of EU – Turkey Statement
Photo Credit: Sakis Mitrolidis/Agence France-Presse –ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΑ ΠΑΡΑΚΑΤΩ– –TÜRKÇE AŞAĞIDA– When the EU-Turkey Statement was issued in March 2016, it was roundly denounced […]
LCL Quarterly Newsletter: October – December 2023
In the face of a crisis of international humanitarian law and human rights law globally, and the expected implementation of increasingly draconian […]
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 […]
Joint Statement – Unlawful Detention and Worsening Conditions
Over 4000 Asylum Seekers Unlawfully Detained on Samos and Lesvos Photo: Greek Ministry of Migration and Asylum In a deeply concerning development, […]