Update: Critical need for legal services after Moria camp fire
Legal organisations in the Moria camp in Lesvos call for urgent measures to protect asylum seekers on the island Thousands have been left without shelter …
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Fire in Moria refugee camp – time to take action
LAP members recently approved a grant of £15,000 to increase access to vital legal services in the Lesvos refugee camp through Oxfam’s partnership with the Greek …
“The New Normal” – an update from Moria Refugee Camp, Greece
Covid-19 has made us all wonder what to expect from “the new normal”. For Philip Worthington, managing director of European Lawyers in Lesvos (ELIL), one …
LAP webinar report: Covid 19 & its Impact on Human Rights – a discussion with Oxfam
On the 21st of July 2020 Lawyers Against Poverty hosted an online webinar with Oxfam, discussing the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic upon human rights. …
Update on conditions in Moria Refugee Camp, Lesvos, Greece
The start of a new year in Lesvos has seen the arrival of a paradoxical new challenge: while a bottleneck of asylum seekers applying for …
News from Lesvos, Greece – why access to legal advice is essential for asylum seekers
Is the right to asylum related to the language spoken by the asylum seeker? Could a victim of torture be deprived of his right to …
Report on Lawyers Against Poverty and our guest speakers event on 14 November 2019
Report on Lawyers Against Poverty and guest speakers event, November 2019 On 14 November Lawyers Against Poverty hosted an evening of talks on the topic: …
FGM
According to the World Health Organisation, it is estimated that more than 200 million girls and women alive today have undergone Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), …
An Account of Volunteering in Togo
With a population of around 7.6 million, Togo is one of the smallest countries in Africa, bordered by Benin, Ghana and Burkina Faso. Agriculture accounts …
The Plight of Women Refugees
Research by Amnesty International exposes the inhumane and unsafe conditions that women refugees suffer in the course of transit to Europe and once they arrive. …