Statements

Joint Statement Suspension of Access to Asylum

Press Release

Urgent Press Release: Illegal Suspension of Access to Asylum

Press Release

Joint Statement EU Safe Country and Return Proposals

Report

The Cost of Bureaucratic Delays for Syrian Separated Children

Report

A Blanket Violation of Rights: The Lack of Winterisation of the Mavrovouni C.C.A.C.

Policy Brief

The Pact's Practice - Part IV: Externalisation

Blog

A Rare Win: The CJEU Judgment on Greece's designation of Türkiye as a Safe Third Country

Statements

Open Letter: Put an end to the disruption of interpretation services still undermining asylum seekers’ rights in Greece

The Pact's Practice - Part III: Soft Solidarity

Statements

Provision of cash assistance to asylum seekers in Greece must resume immediately

Statements

Four Years of Unfulfilled Promises

Policy Brief

The Pact's Practice - Part II: Safe Routes

Policy Brief

The Pact's Practice - Part I: At The Border

Policy Brief

The Pact's Practice - Introduction to a Fenix Series

Blog

The Life Of A Refugee - A Poem by Abdulai Jalloh

Delayed Asylum: The impact of the Exclusion Clause Test

Denied Nationality and the Struggle for Fair Access to Asylum

Statements

Eighth Anniversary Reflections: Unravelling the Impact of the EU-Türkiye Statement

Statements

Greece Must Ensure The Rights Of Refugees To Family Reunification

Report

A GENDERED GAZE ON MIGRATION: Report on sexual and gender-based violence in the context of the Greek asylum policy on Lesvos

Policy Brief

LGBTQ+ Asylum Seekers in Greece - A Letter To the Greek Authorities

Report

Age Assessment Procedures on Lesvos: a Dead Letter

Report

Greek Asylum Case Law Report | Issue 2/2023

Letter

Human Rights, But Not for All: Open Letter on Access to Food and Medical Care in Lesvos Closed Controlled Access Center

Statements

The Athens Administrative Court orders the Greek authorities to refrain from forced departure of an extremely vulnerable asylum seeker from Somalia

Letter

Joint Letter: Publication of statistics of the reception/hospitality facilities of applicants for international protection in the mainland Greece and of displaced persons from Ukraine

Press Release

Joint Press Release: Reception of asylum seekers in Greece - the demand for humane conditions remains

Statements

#CeasefireNow: Open Call for an Immediate Ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and Israel to Prevent a Humanitarian Catastrophe and Further Loss of Innocent Lives

Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking of Forcibly Displaced Persons in Greece and Türkiye

Statements

Unlawful detention and worsening conditions: Over 4,000 asylum seekers unlawfully detained on Samos and Lesvos

Report

Submission of Fenix to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe concerning the group of cases of M.S.S. v. Greece

Statements

Joint Statement - Three Years After Moria Burned Down The Promise "No More Morias" Remains An Empty One

The EU- Tunisia “deal”: One more milestone in the extinction of EU international solidarity

Securing Long Term Impact: Fenix’s Refocused Operations

Operational Update

Statements

What do we owe to people seeking asylum? A statement on the general food situation in the Closed Control Access Centre of Lesvos

Press Release

Intervention of 28 organisations to competent Prosecutors on the pushback incident published by the New York Times

Statements

Joint Statement: NGOs call on Member States and European Parliament: Go no Lower: Reject the Use of Legal Loopholes in EU Asylum Law Reforms

Report

Greek Asylum Case Law Report | Issue 1/ 2023

Statements

No monitoring of fundamental rights violations in Greece without independent and effective mechanisms

Letter

Forced food insecurity at the Lesvos Closed Controlled Access Centre

Statements

Denying food on EU soil once again: the forced food insecurity on Lesvos

Statements

No Safe Place: SOGIESC Asylum Seekers & Reception Conditions Policies

Statements

The Rule of Law at Stake

Statements

Why EU-funded walls are a threat to our values

Report

Unrecognised vulnerability: Greece’s systematic failure to identify and certify Victims of Torture

Policy Brief

“It’s like being a shadow of yourself”: Closed Camps and Compelled Concealment

Report

A bilateral instrumentalisation of asylum seekers: A legal and political analysis of the failures of the EU-Türkiye deal and recommendations from the ground at the Greek borders.

Report

Waiting to be Heard: Considerations on the impact of Greek asylum policies on the psychosocial wellbeing of asylum seekers on Lesvos

Statements

Three years of ineffective asylum management: the truth behind the Ministry’s celebration of three years in office.

Policy Brief

The commonality of triggering events in the lived experiences of SOGIESC asylum seekers

Report

Greek Asylum Case Law Report 2/2022

Blog

Unnecessary Obstacles II: Barriers to family unity still exist in many forms

Press Release

ECtHR grants interim measures for an extremely vulnerable Applicant whom the Greek authority overlooked for more than one year

Blog

Working in human rights protection on the island of Lesvos

Press Release

Closure of ESTIA II: a political choice behind its closure

Statements

Frontex Fundamental Rights Officer Confirms Obligation of Registration Authorities to Respect the Presumption of Minority

Letter

European Commission dispels Greece’s designation of Türkiye as a “safe third country” for refugees – Repeal the national list of safe third countries

Press Release

Closure of ESTIA II: thousands of extremely vulnerable asylum seekers to be left without humane and adequate accommodation and proper care

Blog

Bridging capacity for Inclusivity: Supporting Those Supporting SOGIESC Asylum Seekers in Greece

Report

A Child’s Best Interests? Rights Violations in the Absence of Presumption of Minority

Statements

IT IS THE GOVERNMENT'S RESPONSIBILITY TO IMMEDIATELY STOP REPRODUCTIONS THAT ENDANGER HUMAN LIVES AND INCLUDE THE INTERNATIONAL RESPONSIBILITY OF THE COUNTRY

Statements

Two sides of the same coin: Instrumentalisation and militarisation in Greece

Statements

One year since Greece opened new “prison-like” refugee camps, NGOs call for a more humane approach

Statements

One year after the country’s takeover by the Taliban – How did Europe welcome Afghans in need of protection?

Statements

Instrumentalisation regulation will be the final blow to a COMMON European Asylum System (CEAS) in Europe

Blog

Replacing Charity with Empowerment - International Day of Charity 2022

Letter

"You Have to Hide Your Real Self": LGBTQI+ Asylum Seekers and the Failure of Greek Authorities

Blog

Unnecessary Obstacles: Overcoming bureaucratic hurdles to suitable reception conditions

Statements

Stuck Between States: Left in Limbo in Greece Despite Approved Status in Another EU Member State

Statements

Undocumented children, children at risk. Until when?

Report

Greek Asylum Case Law Report

Statements

Intersectional Invisibility: SOGIESC, Sexual Violence and Seeking Asylum

Press Release

Regional Asylum Office of Thessaloniki recognises a vulnerable single woman from Syria as a refugee after accepting her subsequent application as admissible

Press Release

The Athens Administrative Court orders the Greek authorities to refrain from any action involving the forced departure of a Syrian family of 8 members from Greece

Press Release

Appeals Authority accepts the appeal of the B. family and overturns the first instance decision rejecting their asylum application as inadmissible

Blog

Nobody is Born to be a Refugee - World Refugee Day 2022

Blog

The Real-Life Impacts of the Safe Third Country Concept in Greece

Policy Brief

Up Against the Clock: Rights Violations as a Result of the Border Procedures on the Eastern Aegean Islands

Policy Brief

For refugees and asylum seekers residing on Lesvos, mental health remains an invisible vulnerability

Blog

A Deal Without Diversity: How SOGIESC asylum-seekers are failed by the EU-Turkey Statement

Press Release

National Transparency Authority should publish the full investigation regarding pushbacks in accordance with the principle of transparency

Report

Caught in a Loop: The Narrowing Access to Asylum in Greece Since the EU-Turkey Statement

Statements

Europe’s Selective Solidarity: The Emerging Double Standard Applied to Those Seeking Safety in the EU

Letter

Safe third country - Joint Civil Society Letter to Commissioner Johansson

Press Release

Imposition of a fee of 100 euros for access to asylum from the 2nd and every following subsequent application to applicants for international protection, including minors!

Fenix in Media

UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders: Hearing with migrants’ rights defenders in Greece

Fenix in Media

Suport LGBTQI+ asylum seekers!

Report

Naming and Shaming: Harmful asylum procedures for sexual orientation and gender identity claims on Lesvos

Fenix in Media

Hell on Lesbos: The ordeal of Layla, a Syrian woman seeking refuge in Europe

Fenix in Media

Hell on Lesbos: from old to new, but no better than before

Press Release

As thousands go hungry in refugee camps on the Greek mainland, 27 organisations echo EU Commissioner’s calls on Greek authorities to ensure that all people have full access to their rights and receive basic means of subsistence

Statements

Joint statement by 19 organisations active on refugee issues in Greece

Press Release

Fenix calls the Greek authorities to examine the merits of asylum applications rejected on admissibility

Press Release

NGOs raise alarm at growing hunger amongst refugees and asylum seekers in Greece

Statements

Δελτίο ΤύπουΚοινή Δήλωση 293 Οργανώσεων της Κοινωνίας των Πολιτών

Policy Brief

The right to asylum in the context of “instrumentalisation” – Lessons from Greece

Statements

STATEMENT REGARDING THE VISIT OF THE LIBE COMMITTEE TO GREECE

Policy Brief

Relocation from Greece: lessons learned and looking ahead

Policy Brief

Joint NGO Briefing on the situation in Greece