Several organisations call on the Greek government to immediately withdraw this unlawful legislative provision and on the European Commission to take urgent measures to enforce EU law and to immediately put an end to its infringement.
The Rhodes Administrative Court of First Instance accepted objections submitted by Equal Rights Beyond Borders on behalf of an asylum seeker and ordered his immediate release. In doing so, it recognised that his detention in the Kos Pre-Removal Detention Centre (PRDC) on public order grounds was not legally justified under Greek, EU, or international law.
On July 7th, Equal Rights Beyond Borders appeared before the Court of Rhodes, representing a young asylum -seeker from Syria who was accused of being a human smuggler and faced a heavy incarceration sentence. Despite the harsh anti-immigration political climate prevailing in Greece, we persuaded the Court to clear the asylum seeker of the smuggling charges, but he is now facing imprisonment for the facilitation of illegal entry, waiting for his appeal hearing.
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.
