I Have Rights.
@ihaverights.bsky.social
📍Vathy, Samos, Greece
⚖️ Non-profit asylum law clinic
✊🏼 Defending the rights of people on the move
🔎 Member of the Border Violence Monitoring Network & the Racist Violence Recording Network.
⚖️ Non-profit asylum law clinic
✊🏼 Defending the rights of people on the move
🔎 Member of the Border Violence Monitoring Network & the Racist Violence Recording Network.
Today, I HAVE RIGHTS’ Advocacy Taskforce provided input to the EU Commission proposal for a Recast Regulation to expand Frontex’s operations at EU external borders, where IHR proposed the suspension rather than expansion of Frontex’s presence in compliance with EU law.
September 9, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Today, I HAVE RIGHTS’ Advocacy Taskforce provided input to the EU Commission proposal for a Recast Regulation to expand Frontex’s operations at EU external borders, where IHR proposed the suspension rather than expansion of Frontex’s presence in compliance with EU law.
I Have Rights is aware of at least two brothers with Greek refugee status that have been prevented from leaving the Gaza strip. Their continuous attempts at contact with the competent Greek authorities to coordinate their evacuation have gone unanswered as the situation continues to deteriorate.
August 22, 2025 at 9:05 AM
I Have Rights is aware of at least two brothers with Greek refugee status that have been prevented from leaving the Gaza strip. Their continuous attempts at contact with the competent Greek authorities to coordinate their evacuation have gone unanswered as the situation continues to deteriorate.
📝 On the 1st of August, the Greek Ombudsperson responded to a joint complaint by Samos based organisations concerning the lack—or complete absence—of organised transfers for vulnerable people from the Samos CCAC to mainland facilities.
📢Read the full response here:
ihaverights.eu/press-releas...
📢Read the full response here:
ihaverights.eu/press-releas...
Press release: The Greek Ombusdperson finds it imperative that vulnerable persons be transferred to mainland facilities in accordance with Greek law. | I Have Rights.
Following a joint complaint made earlier by Samos-based organisations, the Greek Ombudsperson, on the 1st of August, found it imperative that persons suffering from serious illnesses or having other v...
ihaverights.eu
August 19, 2025 at 2:24 PM
📝 On the 1st of August, the Greek Ombudsperson responded to a joint complaint by Samos based organisations concerning the lack—or complete absence—of organised transfers for vulnerable people from the Samos CCAC to mainland facilities.
📢Read the full response here:
ihaverights.eu/press-releas...
📢Read the full response here:
ihaverights.eu/press-releas...
Reposted by I Have Rights.
Read the full statement here: www.mobileinfoteam.org/joint-statem...
Joint Statement on M.S.S and H.A supervision — Mobile Info Team
Joint statement on M.S.S and H.A supervision
www.mobileinfoteam.org
July 23, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Read the full statement here: www.mobileinfoteam.org/joint-statem...
Reposted by I Have Rights.
🚨 JOINT STATEMENT: Addressing the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers’ (CM) last examination of the Greek asylum system under the M.S.S. and H.A. and Others v. Greece groups of cases. @bordercrim.bsky.social @borderviolence.bsky.social @ihaverights.bsky.social @equallegalaid.bsky.social
July 23, 2025 at 7:38 AM
🚨 JOINT STATEMENT: Addressing the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers’ (CM) last examination of the Greek asylum system under the M.S.S. and H.A. and Others v. Greece groups of cases. @bordercrim.bsky.social @borderviolence.bsky.social @ihaverights.bsky.social @equallegalaid.bsky.social
JOINT STATEMENT is out now! On the suspension of asylum examinations by the Greek government. Read the full statement here: ihaverights.eu?p=6809&fb-ed...
July 18, 2025 at 8:03 AM
JOINT STATEMENT is out now! On the suspension of asylum examinations by the Greek government. Read the full statement here: ihaverights.eu?p=6809&fb-ed...
New report reveals a continued lack of GDPR compliance in deploying the Centaur and Hyperion surveillance systems in the Samos CCAC. People held in the CCAC were largely not properly informed about CCTV cameras, drones, and biometric data collection.
Find out more: ihaverights.eu/border-tech-...
Find out more: ihaverights.eu/border-tech-...
New Report: Greek Ministry of Migration Fails to Comply with Data Protection Order in Samos CCAC | I Have Rights.
The Hellenic Ministry of Migration (MoMA) continues to violate data protection rights of asylum seekers in the Samos Closed Control Access Centre (CCAC), I Have Rights and Homo Digitalis said in a rep...
ihaverights.eu
June 4, 2025 at 9:44 AM
New report reveals a continued lack of GDPR compliance in deploying the Centaur and Hyperion surveillance systems in the Samos CCAC. People held in the CCAC were largely not properly informed about CCTV cameras, drones, and biometric data collection.
Find out more: ihaverights.eu/border-tech-...
Find out more: ihaverights.eu/border-tech-...
New report together with Homo Digitalis out today exposes ongoing data protection violations in the Samos CCAC. These are emblematic of a system where control and surveillance are prioritised over the rights of those seeking protection.
Read more: ihaverights.eu/border-tech-...
Read more: ihaverights.eu/border-tech-...
New Report: Greek Ministry of Migration Fails to Comply with Data Protection Order in Samos CCAC | I Have Rights.
The Hellenic Ministry of Migration (MoMA) continues to violate data protection rights of asylum seekers in the Samos Closed Control Access Centre (CCAC), I Have Rights and Homo Digitalis said in a rep...
ihaverights.eu
May 29, 2025 at 7:09 AM
New report together with Homo Digitalis out today exposes ongoing data protection violations in the Samos CCAC. These are emblematic of a system where control and surveillance are prioritised over the rights of those seeking protection.
Read more: ihaverights.eu/border-tech-...
Read more: ihaverights.eu/border-tech-...
Following a fire in the Samos CCAC that destroyed containers & belongings, people report being left without accommodation, some sleeping outside, told to "manage on their own".
Not an isolated case, but yet another example of systemic failure to ensure dignified conditions for people on the move.
Not an isolated case, but yet another example of systemic failure to ensure dignified conditions for people on the move.
May 6, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Following a fire in the Samos CCAC that destroyed containers & belongings, people report being left without accommodation, some sleeping outside, told to "manage on their own".
Not an isolated case, but yet another example of systemic failure to ensure dignified conditions for people on the move.
Not an isolated case, but yet another example of systemic failure to ensure dignified conditions for people on the move.
After months without cash assistance, asylum seekers in #Greece are struggling to meet their basic needs.
Cash assistance must resume immediately!
Read the joint statement: ihaverights.eu/joint-statem...
Cash assistance must resume immediately!
Read the joint statement: ihaverights.eu/joint-statem...
Joint Statement: Cash assistance must resume immediately: After 9 months without financial support, asylum seekers in Greece are struggling to meet their basic needs | I Have Rights.
The undersigned organisations are in contact with asylum seekers living in refugee camps throughout Greece who report desperation at the ongoing lack of cash assistance payments, which has left people...
ihaverights.eu
March 14, 2025 at 12:39 PM
After months without cash assistance, asylum seekers in #Greece are struggling to meet their basic needs.
Cash assistance must resume immediately!
Read the joint statement: ihaverights.eu/joint-statem...
Cash assistance must resume immediately!
Read the joint statement: ihaverights.eu/joint-statem...
Time and time again, NGOs have condemned the dreadful state of the EU-funded Samos CCAC. To this day, nothing has changed. So @ihaverights.bsky.social and 4 other NGOs have written to the EU Commissioner for Home Affairs @magnusbrunner to take action.
Read: ihaverights.eu/joint-letter...
Read: ihaverights.eu/joint-letter...
Joint Letter: Unlawful Detention and Sub-standard Conditions Must Not Become a Blueprint For The EU Migration Pact | I Have Rights.
Together with four organizations, I Have Rights urges the EU Commissioner for Home Affairs and Migration, Magnus Brunner, to use the EU Commission’s oversight to monitor and improve conditions in the ...
ihaverights.eu
February 25, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Time and time again, NGOs have condemned the dreadful state of the EU-funded Samos CCAC. To this day, nothing has changed. So @ihaverights.bsky.social and 4 other NGOs have written to the EU Commissioner for Home Affairs @magnusbrunner to take action.
Read: ihaverights.eu/joint-letter...
Read: ihaverights.eu/joint-letter...
🚨General observation from our report on tech in the Samos CCAC w/ @borderviolence.bsky.social
🔍 Opinions on technology in the Samos CCAC vary among people interviewed
24% likened the experience to imprisonment
17 % felt controlled & having their privacy invaded
22% reported no impact
🔍 Opinions on technology in the Samos CCAC vary among people interviewed
24% likened the experience to imprisonment
17 % felt controlled & having their privacy invaded
22% reported no impact
February 13, 2025 at 3:44 PM
🚨General observation from our report on tech in the Samos CCAC w/ @borderviolence.bsky.social
🔍 Opinions on technology in the Samos CCAC vary among people interviewed
24% likened the experience to imprisonment
17 % felt controlled & having their privacy invaded
22% reported no impact
🔍 Opinions on technology in the Samos CCAC vary among people interviewed
24% likened the experience to imprisonment
17 % felt controlled & having their privacy invaded
22% reported no impact
Great piece on the impact of phone removals: being deprived of their phones during the first days in the Samos CCAC exacerbates people's isolation & vulnerability to human rights violations & limits their ability to gather evidence on potential mistreatment.
areyousyrious.medium.com/phone-is-com...
areyousyrious.medium.com/phone-is-com...
“Phone is company” — How the authorities routinely and forcibly remove the phones of people on the…
A new report by I Have Rights (IHR) and the Border Violence Monitoring Network (BVMN) details testimonies from 59 people on the move who…
areyousyrious.medium.com
February 12, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Great piece on the impact of phone removals: being deprived of their phones during the first days in the Samos CCAC exacerbates people's isolation & vulnerability to human rights violations & limits their ability to gather evidence on potential mistreatment.
areyousyrious.medium.com/phone-is-com...
areyousyrious.medium.com/phone-is-com...
Important research highlights systemic gaps in reception facilities in 🇬🇷, depriving children of accessing basic rights.
Despite poor conditions in mainland facilities, children often feel “relief" when moving from island CCACs to the mainland.
resourcecentre.savethechildren.net/pdf/Children...
Despite poor conditions in mainland facilities, children often feel “relief" when moving from island CCACs to the mainland.
resourcecentre.savethechildren.net/pdf/Children...
“It does not feel like real life”: Children’s everyday life in Greek refugee camps | Save the Children’s Resource Centre
In 2023, one in four applicants for international protection in Europe was a child. Greece remains a critical entry point, with over 6,400 refugee and migrant children arriving in the first half of 20...
resourcecentre.savethechildren.net
February 10, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Important research highlights systemic gaps in reception facilities in 🇬🇷, depriving children of accessing basic rights.
Despite poor conditions in mainland facilities, children often feel “relief" when moving from island CCACs to the mainland.
resourcecentre.savethechildren.net/pdf/Children...
Despite poor conditions in mainland facilities, children often feel “relief" when moving from island CCACs to the mainland.
resourcecentre.savethechildren.net/pdf/Children...
🔒 #EU-funded Hyperion system controls access to the Samos CCAC using biometric data and ID cards. People on the move must scan fingerprints and/or biometric ID cards to enter, exit, or move within the facility.
🚨Our report on tech w/ @borderviolence.bsky.social studied how this affects people.
🚨Our report on tech w/ @borderviolence.bsky.social studied how this affects people.
February 7, 2025 at 9:51 AM
🔒 #EU-funded Hyperion system controls access to the Samos CCAC using biometric data and ID cards. People on the move must scan fingerprints and/or biometric ID cards to enter, exit, or move within the facility.
🚨Our report on tech w/ @borderviolence.bsky.social studied how this affects people.
🚨Our report on tech w/ @borderviolence.bsky.social studied how this affects people.
In a new @aljazeera.com documentary on the use of Israeli tech in Europe, our @elladodd.bsky.social discusses the role of technology in the Samos CCAC.
Watch now (section on Samos from 16:35): www.aljazeera.com/program/feat...
Watch now (section on Samos from 16:35): www.aljazeera.com/program/feat...
The Palestine Laboratory – EP 2
Exposing how Israel’s sales of military technology is aiding state control around the world.
www.aljazeera.com
February 6, 2025 at 2:39 PM
In a new @aljazeera.com documentary on the use of Israeli tech in Europe, our @elladodd.bsky.social discusses the role of technology in the Samos CCAC.
Watch now (section on Samos from 16:35): www.aljazeera.com/program/feat...
Watch now (section on Samos from 16:35): www.aljazeera.com/program/feat...
📢 Join Us for Our Upcoming Event with
@borderviolence.bsky.social.
Discover the (mis)use of technology in the Samos CCAC and the covert operations targeting asylum seekers on Samos.
Sign up: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
@borderviolence.bsky.social.
Discover the (mis)use of technology in the Samos CCAC and the covert operations targeting asylum seekers on Samos.
Sign up: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
February 6, 2025 at 2:14 PM
📢 Join Us for Our Upcoming Event with
@borderviolence.bsky.social.
Discover the (mis)use of technology in the Samos CCAC and the covert operations targeting asylum seekers on Samos.
Sign up: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
@borderviolence.bsky.social.
Discover the (mis)use of technology in the Samos CCAC and the covert operations targeting asylum seekers on Samos.
Sign up: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
In the Dec 2024 @borderviolence.bsky.social report, we highlight continuing deplorable living conditions in the Samos CCAC, marked by overcrowding & undignified conditions.
Learn more about our & other insights from border watchdog orgs in Greece & the Balkans:
borderviolence.eu/reports/balk...
Learn more about our & other insights from border watchdog orgs in Greece & the Balkans:
borderviolence.eu/reports/balk...
borderviolence.eu
February 4, 2025 at 7:23 AM
In the Dec 2024 @borderviolence.bsky.social report, we highlight continuing deplorable living conditions in the Samos CCAC, marked by overcrowding & undignified conditions.
Learn more about our & other insights from border watchdog orgs in Greece & the Balkans:
borderviolence.eu/reports/balk...
Learn more about our & other insights from border watchdog orgs in Greece & the Balkans:
borderviolence.eu/reports/balk...
Important report by the Greek Ombudsman on the Pylos Shipwreck. A month after the ECtHR ruling finding that Greece engages in systematic pushbacks, this adds to the growing evidence of violence & rights violations by Greek authorities against people on the move.
www.synigoros.gr/en/category/...
www.synigoros.gr/en/category/...
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February 3, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Important report by the Greek Ombudsman on the Pylos Shipwreck. A month after the ECtHR ruling finding that Greece engages in systematic pushbacks, this adds to the growing evidence of violence & rights violations by Greek authorities against people on the move.
www.synigoros.gr/en/category/...
www.synigoros.gr/en/category/...
As highlighted by @hrlpsamos.bsky.social, almost 500 children are held in appalling conditions in the Samos CCAC. Some are detained for more than 100 days, lacking access to essential services.
Find out more: www.efsyn.gr/ellada/dikai...
Find out more: www.efsyn.gr/ellada/dikai...
Κολαστήριο το ΚΕΔ Σάμου για 485 προσφυγόπουλα
Τα ανήλικα κρατούνται υπό άθλιες συνθήκες στη Safe Zone της Δομής, η οποία είναι δυναμικότητας 200 παιδιών
www.efsyn.gr
February 3, 2025 at 12:37 PM
As highlighted by @hrlpsamos.bsky.social, almost 500 children are held in appalling conditions in the Samos CCAC. Some are detained for more than 100 days, lacking access to essential services.
Find out more: www.efsyn.gr/ellada/dikai...
Find out more: www.efsyn.gr/ellada/dikai...
14y after landmark rulings from the ECtHR, #Greece still fails to comply.
Together with @mobileinfoteam & @EqualLegalAid, we submitted evidence to the @coe to highlight ongoing deficiencies in reception conditions & asylum procedures in Greece.
Read: ihaverights.eu/jointsubmiss...
Together with @mobileinfoteam & @EqualLegalAid, we submitted evidence to the @coe to highlight ongoing deficiencies in reception conditions & asylum procedures in Greece.
Read: ihaverights.eu/jointsubmiss...
14 years after landmark rulings, Greece still fails to comply with judgements from the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR)
Joint submission to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe
I Have Rights, Equal Legal Aid and Mobile Info Team jointly presented evidence to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of
ihaverights.eu
January 30, 2025 at 8:24 AM
14y after landmark rulings from the ECtHR, #Greece still fails to comply.
Together with @mobileinfoteam & @EqualLegalAid, we submitted evidence to the @coe to highlight ongoing deficiencies in reception conditions & asylum procedures in Greece.
Read: ihaverights.eu/jointsubmiss...
Together with @mobileinfoteam & @EqualLegalAid, we submitted evidence to the @coe to highlight ongoing deficiencies in reception conditions & asylum procedures in Greece.
Read: ihaverights.eu/jointsubmiss...
Positive, but long overdue: the Ministry of Migration is finally moving to solve the issue of interpretation for asylum interviews. Recently, many of our clients had their interviews postponed, leaving them in prolonged uncertainty & degrading conditions.
migration.gov.gr/n-panagiotop...
migration.gov.gr/n-panagiotop...
Ν. Παναγιωτόπουλος στα Παραπολιτικά 90,1 Fm: «Το μεταναστευτικό μετατρέπεται πρωτίστως σε ζήτημα ασφάλειας» | Υπουργείο Μετανάστευσης και Ασύλου
migration.gov.gr
January 29, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Positive, but long overdue: the Ministry of Migration is finally moving to solve the issue of interpretation for asylum interviews. Recently, many of our clients had their interviews postponed, leaving them in prolonged uncertainty & degrading conditions.
migration.gov.gr/n-panagiotop...
migration.gov.gr/n-panagiotop...
Great article by Emma Wallis on our report uncovering (digital) rights violations in the Samos CCAC. A strategically important part of a broader #EU plan under the New Pact, CCACs serve as a testing ground for future migration policies across the EU.
www.infomigrants.net/en/post/6239...
www.infomigrants.net/en/post/6239...
NGOs accuse Greek authorities of violating rights of asylum seekers in Samos closed facility
A recent NGO report alleges that the Greek authorities are "violating the rights of asylum seekers in the digital arena" and "forcibly removing mobile phones" from asylum seekers as they enter the Sam...
www.infomigrants.net
January 29, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Great article by Emma Wallis on our report uncovering (digital) rights violations in the Samos CCAC. A strategically important part of a broader #EU plan under the New Pact, CCACs serve as a testing ground for future migration policies across the EU.
www.infomigrants.net/en/post/6239...
www.infomigrants.net/en/post/6239...
Apparently, this does not apply to people on the move on Samos...
Our recent report with @borderviolence.bsky.social revealed most people were unaware that the Samos CCAC is monitored by 🇪🇺-funded CCTV cameras & about the reasons for fingerprint collection.
Read: ihaverights.eu/samos-border...
Our recent report with @borderviolence.bsky.social revealed most people were unaware that the Samos CCAC is monitored by 🇪🇺-funded CCTV cameras & about the reasons for fingerprint collection.
Read: ihaverights.eu/samos-border...
January 28, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Apparently, this does not apply to people on the move on Samos...
Our recent report with @borderviolence.bsky.social revealed most people were unaware that the Samos CCAC is monitored by 🇪🇺-funded CCTV cameras & about the reasons for fingerprint collection.
Read: ihaverights.eu/samos-border...
Our recent report with @borderviolence.bsky.social revealed most people were unaware that the Samos CCAC is monitored by 🇪🇺-funded CCTV cameras & about the reasons for fingerprint collection.
Read: ihaverights.eu/samos-border...
Thank you, Melting Pot, for covering our report that debunks claims by Greek & EU authorities that the CCAC is a model humane facility. Instead, reports from people on the move attest to its inhumanity & vast surveillance architecture.
Read full article: www.meltingpot.org/2025/01/grec...
Read full article: www.meltingpot.org/2025/01/grec...
Grecia. Le ONG di Samos svelano un’operazione segreta contro i richiedenti asilo e l’uso invasivo della tecnologia
Nel Centro ad Accesso Controllato e Chiuso dell'isola violazioni anche nell'ambito digitale
www.meltingpot.org
January 28, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Thank you, Melting Pot, for covering our report that debunks claims by Greek & EU authorities that the CCAC is a model humane facility. Instead, reports from people on the move attest to its inhumanity & vast surveillance architecture.
Read full article: www.meltingpot.org/2025/01/grec...
Read full article: www.meltingpot.org/2025/01/grec...