Selected Updates

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Granting of refugee status to survivors and supplementary criminal investigation. The survivors of the Pylos shipwreck on 14 June 2023, whom we legally represent, along with most other survivors, were finally granted refugee status at the end of 2024, following persistent efforts, and while some of their asylum applications had initially been rejected at the first instance.

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Clear evidence of serious criminal liability among senior Coast Guard officers – Unacceptable interference by the Ministry of Shipping

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Even asylum interviews are no longer being conducted
Severe deficiencies in interpretation services over recent months have affected both refugee camps in Greece and the Greek Asylum Service. These gaps now hinder the state’s ability to provide essential services.

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On Friday, November 1, 2024, the Single-Member Misdemeanor Court of Mytilene issued a verdict on the events of March 1, 2020, at the port of Thermi on the island of Lesvos, concerning the attack on German photojournalist Michael Trammer and the racially motivated acts of violence against newly arrived refugees.

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On Friday 4 October 2024 the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), in line with the Advocate’s General Opinion, ruled that Member States cannot issue a decision rejecting an asylum application as inadmissible on the basis of the concept of a “safe third country” in cases where they have established that the asylum seeker will not be allowed to enter the territory of a country designated as safe.

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Archive

Document of the month

Photos from a visit to the Bashira Centre spaces

 

HUMANcITY

Atlas

The Interactive Atlas of Lesvos that was produced as part of HUMANcITY project, it maps the humanitarian landscape on the island from 2019 to 2020. It records the official and unofficial humanitarian organizations and collectives and their respective functions as well as important events surrounding the refugee-immigrant phenomenon.

 

Refugee Observatory Blog

Άρθρο του Παυσανία Καραθανάση (μεταδιδακτορικού ερευνητή στο Πανεπιστήμιο Αιγαίου - ερευνητικό πρόγραμμα Human(c)ity), για το Παρατηρητήριο της Προσφυγικής και Μεταναστευτικής Κρίσης στο Αιγαίο | Αύγουστος 2020.

Observatory of the Refugee and Migration Crisis in the Aegean, 11 April 2020

Observatory of the Refugee and Migration Crisis in the Aegean, 22 March 2020

The Observatory of the Refugee and Migration Crisis in the Aegean is kindly supported by the following organisations.