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29.05.2024 – The signatories of the statement call on the Ministry to take action to ensure the continuous and unimpeded provision of interpretation services during reception and identification procedures and throughout the whole processing of asylum claims.

21.03.2024 – On the eighth anniversary of the EU-Turkey Statement, ELA signed the letter on the normalisation of containment of migrants on the Greek islands, in hotspot camps, and expanded and erroneous use of safe third country concept.

15.03.2024 – Despite repeated warnings from Civil Society Organisations, EU lawmakers have reached an agreement on the Schengen Borders Code reform which will be voted on in the LIBE Committee next week. The legislative file that has emerged from negotiations between the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the EU, the European Parliament and Commission will have devastating consequences for people in migration and racialized communities.

13.02.2024 – Amidst warnings from over 50 Civil Society Organisations, EU lawmakers reached a political agreement on the EU’s New Pact on Migration and Asylum in December

02.02.2024 – ELA, together with 14 organisations, calls on the Greek authorities for urgent action to resolve these issues and adhere to the European standards. Find the full letter addressing these issues, informed directly by the LGBTQ+ community through focus groups and surveys, below.

31.01.2024 – An open letter to call on the Greek authorities and the European Commission to take urgent action and unite our voices to say: human rights guaranteed in 2024.

19.12.2023 – An open letter to negotiators in the European Commission, the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union, and the European Parliament ahead of the final negotiations on the EU Pact on Migration

16.11.2023 – Joint Civil Society Statement on Article 5 of the EU screening regulation