Equal Rights seeks to sponsor a graduating law student or recent graduate for a public interest fellowship beginning in Fall 2023 to work with us for one year.

Individuals who survived a shipwreck were detained in Pre-Removal Detention Center in Corinth immediately after being rescued. The Greek Ombudsman has now found that this was unlawful.

We challenge the appalling living conditions in the EU Hotspots and the unlawful rejections of asylum applications based on the EU-Turkey statement. We represent clients before Greek administrative bodies and courts as well before the European Court of Human Rights.

We monitor the situation of refugees and asylum seekers who are exposed to deplorable living conditions in Greece, and take actions on their behalf before national and international courts and human rights bodies.

We challenge unlawful detention practices before Greek, European, and international courts, as well as through independent complaints mechanisms. We raise awareness about these unlawful practices through advocacy reports.

We challenge the return of asylum seekers to Greece from other EU countries, which often take place within the framework of informal deals among member states, and which amount to human rights violations due to the deficient state of Greece's asylum system. We fight for the rights of those who are subject to these illegal deportation practices.

We provide legal support to asylum seekers in Greece who want to reunite with their family members in other EU countries. We provide support throughout the entire family reunification procedure. In particular, we challenge unlawful rejections of Dublin family reunification requests by the German asylum service before administrative courts in Germany.

We challenge the unlawful administrative practices of German embassies in family reunification procedures. We primarily represent family members residing in East Africa and the Middle East, with a particular focus on unaccompanied minors.