RESOURCES
Click on the links below to learn more about legal aid in the Greek context & find key information on the process of applying for asylum.
INFORMATION
- Ministry of Migration – Greece
https://www.migration.gov.gr (general in Greek and English)
https://migration.gov.gr/en/applications/(click on <English> top right of page to change languages)
International Protection – Registration
- Asylum Information Database – https://asylumineurope.org
- European Council of Refugees and Exiles Resources – https://ecre.org/ecre-publications/
- European Union Agency for Asylum – Training | European Union Agency for Asylum (europa.eu)
- Greek Council for Refugees – https://gcr.gr/en/
- Mobile Info Team – https://www.mobileinfoteam.org/
- Refugee Info Greece – https://greece.refugee.info/en-us
- Refugee Support Aegean – https://rsaegean.org/en/reports-briefings/
- IOM – Assisted Voluntary Return Program.https://greece.iom.int/implementation-assisted-voluntary-returns-including-reintegration-measures-and-operation-open-center-prefecture-attica-applicants-voluntary-return-avrr/ocavrr (scroll down for information)
- UNHCR – https://help.unhcr.org/greece/ (for asylum seekers and refugees)https://help.unhcr.org/greece/seek-help/other-services/ (City Guides to Athens and Thessaloniki also available at Refugee Info – Greece above
The following Reports (and the Organisations that produce them) are also valuable Resources.
Recent publications:
I Have Rights & Border Violence Monitoring Network January 2025. “Controlled and Confined: Unveiling the Impact of Technology in the Samos Closed Controlled Access Centre. https://ihaverights.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/FINAL_IHR-BVMN_TECHNOLOGIES-REPORT.pdf
Protecting Rights at Borders (PRAB), January 23, 2025.”The pushback – disconnect: current and anticipated practice. The EU’s newly agreed asylum and migration, a failed attempt to end pushbacks at EU borders“
https://drc.ngo/media/bjqfay25/prab-report-ix-january-to-october-2024.pdf
Greek Council for Refugees, 18 December 2024. “PROMISE VERSUS REALITY: ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOR REFUGEES IN GREECE”, https://gcr.gr/wp-content/uploads/Report_Access-to-Justice-1.pdf
Greek Council for Refugees, 26 November 2024. “At Europe Borders: Pushbacks continue as impunity persists’. https://gcr.gr/wp-content/uploads/EN-GCR_-Pushback-Report.pdf
Follow the regular publications:
Briefings and Reports by Refugee Support Aegean (RSA)
https://rsaegean.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/2024-09_RSA_MD_submission.pdf
2024 “Greece in institutional decline: Civil society tracks persisting rule of law backsliding: Joint Civil Society Submission to the European Commission on the 2024 Rule of Law Report” Vouliwatch Greek Council for Refugees (GCR) Refugee Support Aegean (RSA) HIAS Hellenic League for Human Rights.
https://rsaegean.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/RoL2024_JointSubmission_CSO_Greece.pd
“The Concept of “Safe Third Country”Legal Standards & Implementation in the Greek Asylum System”. Prepared by Minos Mouzourakis, for PRO ASYL and Refugee Support Aegean (RSA) 2024
Legal Briefings 2024. Equal Legal Aid – Home page: https://www.equallegalaid.org/
Earlier Reports of NGOs
2023, ““Prison for Papers” Last Resort Measures for Standard Procedures Researching Pre-removal Detention Centres on Mainland Greece”. Full Report by Border Criminologies and Mobile Info Team. https://www.mobileinfoteam.org/detention
2022 “Digitalisation of the Greek Asylum Procedure: A way into the future or a barrier to human rights?” Equal Legal Aid Report. https://www.equallegalaid.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/ELA-Final-Report-2.pdf