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19th March 202519th March 2025Border Violence, LCL-All Publications

Just Two Single Men And One Minor Managed Run Away

Testimony of a woman pushed back 54 times before she and her family made it to Greece We left from Canakkale, Turkey […]

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 […]

12th March 202512th March 2025Border Violence, LCL-All Publications

European Ombudsman calls for reforms in EU border funding

Picture: Graffiti near Victoria square, Athens, '4082 people murdered at Greek borders'.

Picture: ‘4082 people murdered at Greek borders’, graffiti near Victoria square, Athens. Press release On 21 February 2025, the European Ombudsman issued […]

11th March 202512th March 2025Criminalisation, LCL-All Publications

After five years of waiting A.B. has been acquitted of all criminal charges

On the 10th of March 2025, LCL’s client A.B. has been acquitted of all charges against him. A.B. was accused of smuggling […]

6th March 202517th July 2025Border Violence, LCL-All Publications

Update On The Case Of Baris Buyuksu’s Death

[Last updated 7 May 2025] GREECE’S DELAYED DISCLOSURE OF AN INADEQUATE AND INEFFECTIVE INVESTIGATION Barış Büyüksu, who was a Turkish citizen, was […]

6th March 202512th March 2025Border Violence, LCL-All Publications

We Were Moving With The Waves

Our journey started in September, around 10pm. We left the smuggler’s place for Izmir. I remember we were exactly thirty two people. […]

21st February 202517th July 2025Access To Asylum, 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 […]

14th February 202512th March 2025Border Violence, LCL-All Publications

Challenging Impunity in Border Violence: Third-Party Intervention in Muhammad v. Greece

On 19 November 2024, the Legal Centre Lesvos, together with the European Association of Lawyers for Democracy and World Human Rights (ELDH), […]

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 […]