Reports
- October 2023: LCL Newsletter Summer 2023
- August 2023: “What Safe Country Are They Talking About?” : Why Turkey Cannot be Considered a ‘Safe Third Country’ – An Expert Opinion
- August 2023: A Pandemic of Abuses
- May 2023: Quarterly Report: January – March 2023
- February 2023: Quarterly Report: October – December 2022
- December 2022: Submission of Legal Centre Lesvos to the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture
- November 2022: Quarterly Report: July – September 2022
- August 2022: Quarterly Report: April – June 2022
- June 2022: Submission of Legal Centre Lesvos to the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders in Greece
- May 2022: Quarterly Report: January – March 2022
- January 2022: Quarterly Report: October – December 2021
- November 2021: Family reunification in Greece: A few hard wins among many bureaucratic and systemic obstacles
- October 2021: Quarterly Report: July – September 2021
- July 2021: Quarterly Report: April – June 2021
- 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
Please note: Many of our publications are also available in Greek, French and Castellano, by following the links below and scrolling down.
- 16 October 2023, LCL LAWYERS TAKE OVER THE DEFENCE OF 2 SURVIVORS ACCUSED OF THE ADRIANA SHIPWRECK
- 9 September 2023, PUBLIC STATEMENT – THREE YEARS AFTER MORIA BURNED DOWN
- 5 September 2023, PRESS RELEASE: VICTORY FOR LCL CLIENT
- 21 June 2023, JOINT STATEMENT: SHUTDOWN OF THE GREEK ASYLUM SERVICE DATABASE LEAVES HUNDREDS IN LIMBO
- 21 June 2023, REECE’S PUSHBACKS: NGOS CALL FOR INDEPENDENT AND EFFECTIVE INVESTIGATION
- 20 June 2023, OPEN LETTER ON WORLD REFUGEE DAY
- 20 June 2023, PYLOS SHIPWRECK: JOINT STATEMENT BY THE CAMPAIGN FOR THE ACCESS TO ASYLUM
- 20 June 2023, OPEN LETTER: FORCED FOOD INSECURITY AT THE LESVOS CCAC
- 22 May 2023, New York Times’ Publication Demonstrates With Indisputable Evidence the Modus Operandi of Pushback Operations, Which the Greek Authorities Have Meticulously Been Trying to Hide for Years
- 3 May 2023: 08 May 2023, after almost 3 years of waiting, the smuggling trial of A.B. is scheduled to take place in Mytilene/ Lesvos
- 9 March 2023, Update on the trials of the Moria 6: Justice delayed is justice denied
- 17 February 2023, Press Release: We Demand Justice and Freedom for the Moria 6!/Απαιτούμε δικαιοσύνη και ελευθερία για τους 6 της Μόριας
- 22 December 2022, Press Release: The Attempt to Silence Human Rights Defenders Continues, What Remains to be Decided is its Accompanying Measures/Η ΑΠΟΠΕΙΡΑ ΦΙΜΩΣΗΣ ΤΩΝ ΥΠΕΡΑΣΠΙΣΤΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΔΙΚΑΙΩΜΑΤΩΝ ΤΟΥ ΑΝΘΡΩΠΟΥ ΣΥΝΕΧΙΖΕΤΑΙ. ΔΕΝ ΕΧΟΥΝ ΑΚΟΜΗ ΑΠΟΦΑΣΙΣΤΕΊ ΟΙ ΟΡΟΙ ΠΟΥ ΘΑ ΤΗ ΣΥΝΟΔΕΥΟΥΝ
- 12 December 2022, Press Release: Delayed “justice” in appeal trial: Amir Zahiri and Akif Razuli will finally be freed!
- 18 March 2022, Appeal trial against Amir and Razuli interrupted until 7 April 2022 after two days of waiting / Το Εφετείο κατά των Amir και Razuli διακόπηκε για τις 7 Απριλίου 2022 μετά από δύο μέρες αναμονής
- 4 March 2022, WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM ? 𝝩𝝞 𝝩𝝤𝝪𝝨 𝝨𝝪𝝢𝝚𝝗𝝜;
- 3 March 2022, Press release: Justice for Amir and Razuli!
- 23 February 2022, Prison quarantine and dangerous fires : Updates from the Lesvos RIC
- 22 December 2021, European Court of Human Rights to examine 32 cases filed against Greece concerning illegal collective expulsions / Το Ευρωπαϊκό Δικαστήριο Ανθρωπίνων Δικαιωμάτων θα εξετάσει 32 υποθέσεις κατά της Ελλάδας σχετικά με παράνομες ομαδικές απελάσεις
- 14 September 2021, One year of Mavrovouni camp – THERE IS NOTHING MORE PERMANENT THAN THE TEMPORARY, ΟΥΔΈΝ ΜΟΝΙΜΌΤΕΡΟΝ ΤΟΥ ΠΡΟΣΩΡΙΝΟΎ
- 26 August 2021, European Court of Human Rights recognises Greek authorities’ persistent disregard for migrants’ health and lives in Mavrovouni camp.
- 25 June 2021, ΔΗΛΩΣΗ ΤΩΝ ΣΥΝΗΓΟΡΩΝ ΥΠΕΡΑΣΠΙΣΗΣ ΤΩΝ ΤΕΣΣΑΡΩΝ ΚΑΤΗΓΟΡΟΥΜΕΝΩΝ ΓΙΑ ΤΟΝ ΕΜΠΡΗΣΜΟ ΤΗΣ ΜΟΡΙΑΣ / FREE THE MORIA 6: A STATEMENT FROM THE DEFENCE LAWYERS ON THE UNFAIR TRIAL OF FOUR OF THOSE ACCUSED OF THE MORIA FIRES.
- 8 June 2021, GREEK AUTHORITIES DECLARE TURKEY SAFE FOR AFGHAN, BANGLADESHI, SYRIAN, SOMALI AND PAKISTANI NATIONALS / ΟΙ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΈΣ ΑΡΧΈΣ ΚΗΡΎΣΣΟΥΝ ΤΗΝ ΤΟΥΡΚΊΑ ΑΣΦΑΛΉ ΓΙΑ ΤΟΥΣ ΥΠΗΚΌΟΥΣ ΑΦΓΑΝΙΣΤΆΝ, ΜΠΑΓΚΛΑΝΤΈΣ, ΣΎΡΙΟΥΣ, ΣΟΜΑΛΟΎΣ ΚΑΙ ΠΑΚΙΣΤΑΝΟΎΣ.
- 15 May 2021, Enough is enough: say no to EU policies and cooperation with Israel!
- 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
- 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
- 20 November 2023, Open letter for Palestine to EU political leaders
- 15 November 2023, Joint Civil Society Statement on Article 5 of the EU Screening Regulation
- 9 November 2023, Press release – Reception of asylum seekers in Greece: the demand for humane conditions remains
- 19 September 2023, JOINT STATEMENT – UNLAWFUL DETENTION AND WORSENING CONDITIONS
- 7 September 2023, EU Legislators Must Close Dangerous Loophole in AI Act
- 24 August 2023, Fires, Pushbacks and the Far Right: Misplaced Blame and the Mobilisation of Violence Against People on the Move in Evros
- 31 July 2023, JOINT SUBMISSION: NEW EVIDENCE OF PUSHBACK PUBLISHED BY THE NEW YORK TIMES
- 18 July 2023, NGOs call on Member States and European Parliament; Go no lower: reject the use of legal loopholes in EU asylum law reforms
- 21 June 2023, JOINT STATEMENT ON THE SHUTDOWN OF THE GREEK ASYLUM SERVICE: Database Leaves People Unable to Claim Asylum and In Limbo
- 21 June 2023, No Monitoring of Fundamental Rights Violations in Greece Without Independent and Effective Mechanisms
- 20 June 2023, Up to 600 People Drown off Pylos – Only Days After EU Leaders Agreed to Further Erode the Right to Asylum / An Open Letter
- 20 June 2023, Pylos Shipwreck: Yet Another Tragedy – Consequences of Deterrence Policies / Joint Statement* from Campaign for the Access to Asylum
- 20 June 2023, Forced Food Insecurity at the Lesvos Closed Controlled Access Center – A Joint NGO Open Letter
- 18 March 2023: Joint Declaration on the 7th Year of the EU-Turkey Statement
- 19 December 2022: Witch-Hunt Against Human Rights Defenders in Complete Inversion of Reality/ΚΥΝΗΓΙ ΜΑΓΙΣΣΩΝ ΣΕ ΒΑΡΟΣ ΥΠΕΡΑΣΠΙΣΤΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΔΙΚΑΙΩΜΑΤΩΝ ΤΟΥ ΑΝΘΡΩΠΟΥ ΣΕ ΠΛΗΡΗ ΑΝΤΙΣΤΡΟΦΗ ΤΗΣ ΠΡΑΓΜΑΤΙΚΟΤΗΤΑΣ
- 8 July 2022, Urgent Letter Nº 3: From Palestine to San Antonio, from Melilla to the Polish border – United for a World without Walls
- 29 August 2022, Joint Letter on the Situation for LGBTQI+ Asylum Seekers in Greece/ Κοινή επιστολή για την κατάσταση των ΛΟΑΤΚι+ αιτούντων άσυλο στην Ελλάδα.
- 6 July 2022, Undocumented children, children in danger, until when?…
- 16 May 2022, May 19: Trial in Kalamata – Criminalization against people on the move in Greece continues!
- 2 March 2022, Press release by the Lesvos Legal Aid Sub-Working Group, Imposition of a fee of 100 euros for access to asylum from the 2nd and every following subsequent application to applicants for international protection, including minors! / Επιβολή παραβόλου ύψους 100 ευρώ για την πρόσβαση στο άσυλο από τη 2η και κάθε επόμενη μεταγενέστερη αίτηση στους/στις αιτούντες/ούσες διεθνούς προστασίας, συμπεριλαμβανομένων των ανηλίκων!
- 8 December 2021, Joint statement by 19 organisations active in Greece – On the rejection of RSA from the NGO registry / Κοινη δηλωση 19 οργανωσεων που δραστηριοποιουνται στο προσφυγικο – Σχετικα με την απορριψη του RSA απο το μητρωο ΜΚΟ.
- 18 October 2021, Εσυ δικαιουσαι να φας; Are your eligible to eat ?
- 13 October 2021, No room for complacency towards racist violence one year after the conviction of Golden Dawn /
- 9 September 2021, Μεταφέρθηκε στη Γερμανία η 27χρονη Μ.Μ. που είχε προσπαθήσει να θέσει τέλος στη ζωή της στο ΚΥΤ Μαυροβουνίου της Λέσβου
- 7 September 2021, ΑΦΓΑΝΙΣΤΑΝ: ΑΠΑΡΑΙΤΗΤΗ Η ΔΗΜΙΟΥΡΓΙΑ ΑΣΦΑΛΩΝ ΔΙΑΔΡΟΜΩΝ ΓΙΑ ΤΟΥΣ ΠΡΟΣΦΥΓΕΣ
- 14 June 2021, Greece deems Turkey “safe”, but refugees are not / “Ασφαλής” η Τουρκία, ανασφαλείς οι πρόσφυγες
- 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
- 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
- 21 July 2020, Organisations in Greece, local and international health bodies warn: “discrimination does not protect against COVID-19”
- 30 March 2020, No Israeli drones for EU’s Anti-Migrant Policies
- 24 March 2020, Greece: Move Asylum Seekers, Migrants to Safety Immediate Hotspot Decongestion Needed to Address COVID-19
- 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
- 8 July 2023, speaker in “Curs d’Estiu 2023: LORRAINE LEETE – La NECROPOLÍTICA migratòria de la UNIÓ EUROPEA“, organized by UNIPAU – Universitat Internacional de la Pau
- 6 July 2023, Study on the criminalization of refugees in Greece: Presentation of the Report “A Legal Vacuum: The Systematic Criminalisation of Migrants for Driving a Boat or Car to Greece”
- 19 June 2023, speaker in “Von Moria Zu ‘Closed Controlled Access Center‘”, organized by Medico International
- 20 May 2023, speaker in “Organizing Against Fortress Europe“, organized by Dublin Anarchist Bookfair Panel
- 14 December 2022, speakers in “Halftime Show“, organized by Roger Rekless within the #StrongerTogether Campaign of Leave Noone Behind;
- 29 October 2022, panelist in “Criminalization of Facilitation at the Borders of EU“, organized by Viadrina Center, B/orders in Motion, moderated by Dr. Latife Akyüz EUV;
- 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.