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Report from Oxfam Greece – December 2018-October 2019 Refugee Support, Moria Camp, Lesvos Greece
Refugees in Moria camp, Lesvos Further funding in Lesvos In 2018 members voted to provide a grant of £15,000 to Oxfam in ...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 ...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 ...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 ...Event Report: Indigenous Leaders Listening Session: The Flourishing Diversity Series
The Flourishing Diversity Series The Flourishing Diversity Series provided a unique opportunity to listen, learn, and communicate with indigenous leaders from ...Refugee Confidence Sessions
Lawyers Against Poverty is currently in the midst of its second series of refugee confidence sessions in collaboration with Refugee ...FGM
According to the World Health Organisation, it is estimated that more than 200 million girls and women alive today have ...News from Lesvos
Lawyers Against Poverty is delighted that Oxfam in Greece, European Lawyers in Lesvos and the Greek Council for Refugees yesterday ...Drinks for Members and Friends
Lawyers Against Poverty is hosting an evening for members and friends at 17:30-19:30 on Wednesday 10 April! It will be ...States must Protect the Rights of Forest-Dwelling Communities
On 13 February 2019, the Supreme Court of India ordered the eviction of millions of forest dwellers from their lands. ...