The European Court of Human Rights has issued a new decision ordering Greece to urgently improve conditions and transfer nine unaccompanied minors detained in the “Safe Area” of the Kos CCAC. This decision highlights ongoing concerns over the inhumane treatment of migrant children in Greece.
On Thursday, 19 June 2025, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) issued two new judgements which condemned Greece for repeated violations of the rights of 39 unaccompanied children.
On June 23, the European Court of Human Rights ordered Greece to urgently improve the conditions for 13 unaccompanied children detained in the Leros CCAC, following an application by Equal Rights Beyond Borders.
Equal Rights Beyond Borders is looking for a Legal Expert to lead strategic legal interventions in response to the CEAS reform.
Equal Rights Beyond Borders submitted a complaint yesterday to the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, drawing attention to the immigration detention of unaccompanied and separated children in the “Safe Areas” of the CCACs on Kos and Leros. The complaint is based on a report Equal Rights published earlier this week that documents the policies, practices, and conditions in the Kos and Leros Safe Areas between August 2024 and April 2025.
Equal Rights Beyond Borders is publishing its first report on the immigration detention of unaccompanied and separated children in the “Safe Areas” of the CCACs on Kos and Leros. This report covers the policies, practices, and conditions in the Kos and Leros Safe Areas between August 2024 and April 2025.
Deciding on objections submitted by Equal Rights Beyond Borders, the Rhodes Administrative Court of First Instance found that the restriction of two unaccompanied minors’ liberty in the so-called “safe zone” of the Closed Controlled Access Centre (CCAC) of Kos for more than five and six months respectively, amounted to unlawful detention.
On 26 May 2025, Equal Rights Beyond Borders co-hosted a meeting on gender-based violence (GBV) against women asylum seekers and refugees in Chios CCAC. Key actors discussed legal frameworks, referral pathways, and institutional responsibilities.
In light of Greece’s decision to suspend asylum application examinations for Syrians, Equal Rights Beyond Borders submitted a complaint to the Greek Ombudsman, arguing that this decision should not, in any case, affect Palestinians from Syria because of their distinct circumstances. In response, the Ombudsman urged the Greek Asylum Service to lift the suspension for these cases.
Donald Trump has long abandoned any notion of the primacy of law, ruling by the motto: “He who saves his Country does not violate any Law“[1]. Anyone who believes Europe is a stronghold of the rule of law and such a thing could not happen here is mistaken.
