On 21 February 2025, the European Ombudsman issued a decision following its inquiry into the European Commission’s administration of Greece’s EU-funded border operations (Case 1418/2023/VS).
Deciding on objections submitted by Equal Rights Beyond Borders, the Rhodes Administrative Court of First Instance found that the restriction of a minor’s liberty in the so-called “safe zone” of the Closed Controlled Access Centre (CCAC) of Leros for more than two months amounted to unlawful detention.
Recently, historian Winkler claimed that the “founding parents” of the Basic Law did not intend to establish an individual right to asylum at all. He is not the first one doing this—reference to the Basic Law is often made to argue that the right to asylum is not applicable and that, in principle, no one should be granted political asylum in Germany. Lately this ‘argument’ was made also by Friedrich Merz, Andreas Dobrindt, or Christian Lindner. With our briefing, we aim to provide background information and arguments for the debate. Our communication recommendations below summarize the key points concisely.
Friedrich Merz, Thorsten Frei—the CDU—as well as the AfD and even the SPD have long and vehemently called for “Zurückweisungen”, which we call returns at the border in English, regardless of whether a person applies for asylum or not. This is illegal. With this briefing, we aim to provide background information and arguments for the debate. Our communication recommendations summarize the key points concisely.
Migration is one of the most extensively heavily regulated policy areas - and so every overheated political discussion becomes an exchange of legal ‘arguments’. These are often wrong or inaccurate and characterised by lack of knowledge.
Equal Rights Beyond Borders wins three cases before the European Court of Human Rights – Greece convicted for the inhumane treatment and detention of minors
In a Webinar, our experts will introduce you to the practice of family reunification from inside and outside the EU on 17 December 2024 at 17:30 CET.
Thousands of families are separated - let's give them the gift of reunion!
A new report published today by Equal Rights Beyond Borders sheds light on the escalating humanitarian crisis for recognized refugees on the Greek island of Kos. Exacerbated by demands from the tourism industry, a housing crisis on Kos has highlighted the State’s failure to safeguard the dignity and safety of refugees in Greece.
Equal Rights has joined 30 organisations to warn that the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum risks failing to protect unaccompanied children at Europe's borders.
