✊Together with 71 Civil Society organizations, HRLP signed a joint statement calling for the immediate withdrawal of the #Greekparliament's decision to unlawfully suspend access to #asylum in #Greece. Read full statement, EN & GR: www.humanrightslp.eu/post/joint-s...

JOINT STATEMENT AGAINST THE UNLAWFUL SUSPENSION OF ACCESS TO ASYLUM IN GREECE

Together with 71 Civil Society organizations, HRLP signed a joint statement calling for the immediate withdrawal of the Greek parliament's decision to unlawfully suspend access to asylum in Greece.ENA...

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🚨 SAMOS CCAC SAFE ZONE IS BEING EVACUATED Following the consistent efforts of local Civil Society actors and those who stood in solidarity, the #SamosCCAC’s Safe Zone for unaccompanied children (UACs) is finally being evacuated.

📄HRLP features in @borderviolence.bsky.social 's Annual Criminalization Report Through elaborate analyses, the report demonstrates how the #criminalization of migration has become a systematic practice legitimized across the EU, institutionalizing border violence & eroding human rights.

HRLP features in Solomon's new research on the horrific living conditions in Greece's refugee camps, subjecting hundreds of unaccompanied minors to severe risk. wearesolomon.com/mag/focus-ar...

Unaccompanied Children Sleep on the Floor in Shifts in Greece’s 'Model Camps'. The EU Is Aware.

Internal EU documents obtained through freedom of information requests and visual evidence from rights organizations on the ground, reveal systemic neglect of hundreds of unaccompanied children trappe...

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🎓Over the past two months, Simone, a graduate student at @uvahumanities.bsky.social has been conducting fieldwork for her Master's thesis on the island of #Samos, researching the #criminalization of migrant boat drivers in Greece.

✍️Together with 112 European civil society organizations, HRLP signed a joint statement condemning the #EU's #FacilitationDirective for its failure to protect migrants and calling for the rejection of the #Europol Regulation. #migrationisnotacrime

📢SUCCESS STORY Today, HRLP lawyers defended a Syrian asylum seeker facing up to 160 years in prison for the illegal transfer of 16 asylum seekers, before the Syros First Instance Court. Due to reasonable doubt for his guilt, the Court declared the defendant innocent!

HRLP lawyer, Dimitris Choulis, features in BBC's new article on the #Pylos9 shipwreck, which challenges Greek authorities' official version of events. Read the full article: www.bbc.com/news/article...

Leaked recordings challenge Greek account of deadly shipwreck

Hundreds are thought to have died when the Adriana sank in international waters two years ago.

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38 unaccompanied minors residing at the #Samos #CCAC's Safe Zone report to HRLP⬇️ The Safe Zone's deplorable living conditions, continue to violate the rights and pose grave risks to the health, safety & dignity of the 300+ children who currently live in the camp.

Time and time again, NGOs have condemned the dreadful state of the EU-funded Samos CCAC. To this day, nothing has changed. So HRLP, @amnestyeu.bsky.social and 3 other NGOs wrote to the EU Commissioner for Home Affairs @magnusbrunner.bsky.social to take action. www.humanrightslp.eu/post/letter-...

🎖️SUCCESS STORY - GROUNDBREAKING DECISION On Tuesday the 18th of February, HRLP filed objections against the unlawful detention of an unaccompanied minor (UAM) who has been kept at the Samos CCAC's Safe Zone for 64 days.

⚖️NOTICE: "Smuggling" cases, First Instance Court of Samos On the 17th of February, HRLP lawyers Dimitris Choulis and Ioanna Begiazi will be representing three defendants accused of illegal entry and transfer of third-country nationals in Greece.

✍️HRLP reports to efsyn.gr about the unacceptable living conditions witnessed at the Samos CCAC's "safe" zone where unaccompanied minors reside. www.efsyn.gr/ellada/dikai...

Κολαστήριο το ΚΕΔ Σάμου για 485 προσφυγόπουλα

Τα ανήλικα κρατούνται υπό άθλιες συνθήκες στη Safe Zone της Δομής, η οποία είναι δυναμικότητας 200 παιδιών

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🎙️HRLP lawyer Ioanna Begiazi shares her insight on the criminalization of migration in @boell.de's podcast, recorded within the framework of the congress "Shipwrecked - Rethinking migration and asylum in Europe". Listen to the full episode: gr.boell.org/en/media/aud...

Smugglers or scapegoats? | Heinrich Böll Stiftung - Thessaloniki Office

Could the creation of legal and safe pathways for people on the move be the answer to migrant smuggling and subsequently the criminalisation of migration? Who profits from the lack of them? Lydia Emma...

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HRLP is a legal aid organisation based in Samos, striving to ensure that people on the move in Greece are treated with fairness & dignity. Through our work, we seek accountability for state criminality at EU's borders & commit to defend the rights of displaced people. ✊Join our fight for justice!