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 or adequate access to food and water since a fire earlier this month completely destroyed the camp. Many have been re-located to the neighbouring camp… Read more
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 Council for Refugees (GCR). On the night of Tuesday 8 September, a fire completely destroyed the infamous Moria ‘hotspot’ camp, leaving 12,000 people that were… Read more
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 of LAP’s local partners in the Moria refugee camp, its meaning is crystal clear. “Once, spending one night in a refugee camp was considered unacceptable…. Read more
Join LAP for a discussion with Oxfam around COVID-19 and its Impact on Human Rights. The Covid-19 pandemic has already cost hundreds of thousands of lives and could also force millions into poverty. The impacts of the virus – and the response to it – are disproportionately affecting disadvantaged people… Read more
Launch of Refugee Legal Confidence Programme in Surrey by Lady Hale at University of Surrey, February 2020 LAP’s Joss Saunders, Ade Henderson and Louise Curd join Lady Hale, together with Liz Williams, Prof Alex Sarch and Prof Graham Miller of Surrey’s School of Law We are delighted to announce the… Read more
Further funding in Lesvos In 2018 members voted to provide a grant of £15,000 to Oxfam in Greece to support Oxfam’s continuing legal aid programme for asylum seekers on the Greek islands. This followed on from LAP’s earlier grant in 2017 of €10,000 which funded 1 GCR lawyer for 5… Read more
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 settlement has been the problem to date – many wait up to two years for an interview – speed is now the enemy. On 1st January… Read more
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 apply for international protection due to lack of interpretation? Not according to international law, but in Lesvos, from 15 to 20 November 2019, 28 asylum… Read more
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: How lawyers can use their legal skills in order to promote rule of law and access to justice. This discussion took place in the context… Read more
Lawyers Against Poverty is delighted that Oxfam in Greece, European Lawyers in Lesvos and the Greek Council for Refugees yesterday announced the release of a pamphlet on seeking asylum in Lesvos (entitled Seeking Asylum: Basic Legal Information for Applicants of International Protection). It is available in ten different languages (Amharic,… Read more
