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The Conditions in Moria Worsen
Last month, UNICEF issued a statement calling for children stranded in Moria on the island of Lesbos to be transferred ...An Evening with Lawyers Against Poverty
On Monday 15 October, Lawyers Against Poverty hosted a discussion at Simmons & Simmons on the theme of what lawyers ...Mini-Hackathon for Just Lawyers – Wednesday 3 October @ 8.30
Calling all Just Lawyers! We need your help to create more content for our website. We are holding our next conference ...Saving Lives
On 3 September 2018, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) released a new report showing that migrants making the journey across ...An Evening with Lawyers Against Poverty
What Can We Do To Help Refugees? Lawyers Against Poverty is launching a new initiative intended to increase awareness of refugee ...Rohingya Women and Girls
As at 1 August 2018, close to one million Rohingyas have fled from Myanmar to Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh, seeking ...Education Paves the Way
The European Commission has approved a new assistance package of €400 million for the education of Syrian refugees in Turkey. The ...The Fight Continues
In 2011, 769 indigenous families were accused of occupying land belonging to Chabil Utzaj (a sugar mill) and evicted by ...Coming Up Short
In late 2015, Spain, along with other European countries, agreed to accept more asylum seekers in order to reduce the ...Land But No Freedom
Oxfam has written a report exposing the exploitation of banana farmers in the Philippines: “Land But No Freedom: Debt, Poverty ...