Following our latest request for interim measures to the ECHR on behalf of 45 Applicants, the UACs are finally being relocated from the Samos CCAC.

A powerful reminder that applying pressure & seeking accountability fosters change✊

Over the past months, HRLP has been making repeated interventions in order to apply pressure on the Greek government to address the horrific living conditions at the #Samos CCAC and take urgent measures to ensure the health & safety of all UACs residing in the #SafeZone.

🚨 SAMOS CCAC SAFE ZONE IS BEING EVACUATED

Following the consistent efforts of local Civil Society actors and those who stood in solidarity, the #SamosCCAC’s Safe Zone for unaccompanied children (UACs) is finally being evacuated.

The report credits HRLP for monitoring violations of fair trial principles on #Samos, as well as establishing an important legal precedent towards the protection of refugees against prosecution for unauthorised entry in a country.

Read the full report:
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📄HRLP features in @borderviolence.bsky.social 's Annual Criminalization Report

Through elaborate analyses, the report demonstrates how the #criminalization of migration has become a systematic practice legitimized across the EU, institutionalizing border violence & eroding human rights.

🔍With the support of HRLP, Simone had the opportunity to gain first-hand insight into the reality on the ground, while exploring the #narratives that shape how we perceive migration, within the context of European & Greek law.

🎓Over the past two months, Simone, a graduate student at
@uvahumanities.bsky.social has been conducting fieldwork for her Master's thesis on the island of #Samos, researching the #criminalization of migrant boat drivers in Greece.

✊We condemn the Facilitation Directive because we demand that Europe upholds its obligations to provide #asylum & safe refuge to vulnerable, displaced people.

🌍Because we envision a world where all people on the move have access to safe & dignified pathways of migration.

The infamous #FacilitatorsPackage contributes to the erosion of the right to seek asylum and the #criminalisation of human movement.

It feeds into right-wing fear mongering around #migration and promotes a criminal law response to a social phenomenon.

✍️Together with 112 European civil society organizations, HRLP signed a joint statement condemning the #EU's #FacilitationDirective for its failure to protect migrants and calling for the rejection of the #Europol Regulation.

#migrationisnotacrime

📢SUCCESS STORY

Today, HRLP lawyers defended a Syrian asylum seeker facing up to 160 years in prison for the illegal transfer of 16 asylum seekers, before the Syros First Instance Court.

Due to reasonable doubt for his guilt, the Court declared the defendant innocent!

38 unaccompanied minors residing at the #Samos #CCAC's Safe Zone report to HRLP⬇️

The Safe Zone's deplorable living conditions, continue to violate the rights and pose grave risks to the health, safety & dignity of the 300+ children who currently live in the camp.

NGOs have been documenting human rights violations since the camp opened in 2021. Despite recommendations by the CPT, human rights bodies and NGOs, 3 years later nothing has been done. It’s high time that changes. Share this thread and tag @marcusbrunn.bsky.social if you agree.

People in #Samos are prevented from leaving the centre for up to 25 days after arrival. Many sleep on cardboard without blankets in overcrowded spaces. There isn't always running water and it’s rarely hot. Diseases are spreading but there is limited access to medical care.

Time and time again, NGOs have condemned the dreadful state of the EU-funded Samos CCAC. To this day, nothing has changed. So HRLP, @amnestyeu.bsky.social and 3 other NGOs wrote to the EU Commissioner for Home Affairs @magnusbrunner.bsky.social to take action.
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