Topic: Advocacy

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Nov 11, 2025

Ακόμα μια δικαίωση προσφύγων απέναντι σε κατηγορίες για παράνομη μεταφορά αλλοδαπών

Ακόμα μια δικαίωση προσφύγων απέναντι σε κατηγορίες για παράνομη μεταφορά αλλοδαπών Η HIAS Greece εκπροσώπησε δύο Σουδανούς αιτούντες άσυλο που κατηγορούνταν για παράνομη μεταφορά αλλοδαπών στην Ελλάδα και παράνομη είσοδο στη χώρα. Το δικαστήριο αθώωσε ομόφωνα τους κατηγορούμενους από την κατηγορία της λαθρεμπορίας, αποδεχόμενο ότι ο μοναδικός τους σκοπός ήταν να φτάσουν με ασφάλεια στην Ευρώπη, όπου θα μπορούσαν να υποβάλουν αίτηση ασύλου.

Nov 11, 2025

Another Vindication of Refugees Against Charges of Illegal Transportation of Foreigners

Another Vindication of Refugees Against Charges of Illegal Transportation of Foreigners HIAS Greece represented two Sudanese asylum seekers accused of illegally transporting foreigners to Greece and illegally entering the country. The court unanimously acquitted the defendants of the charge of smuggling, accepting that their sole purpose was to reach Europe safely, where they could apply for asylum.

Nov 6, 2025

One Year Since 2024 Election: Support for Refugees and Immigrants Grows in the U.S.

Protesters rally during the One year since the 2024 election, polling shows support for refugees and immigrants has grown in the United States.

Oct 31, 2025

HIAS Devastated by Refugee Admissions Priorities

HIAS Devastated by Refugee Admissions Priorities HIAS condemns the unprecedented manipulation of the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program through the Presidential Determination (PD).

Oct 31, 2025

Op-Ed: HIAS, CWS, and World Relief CEOs Speak Out Against Overhaul of U.S. Refugee Admissions Program

A family of eight are resettled by HIAS partner JFS of Western Massachusetts in July 2025. Their arrival came as a result of a lawsuit that HIAS and other plaintiffs filed against the Trump administration on its pausing of refugee resettlement. (Lindsay Kagalis/HIAS) In an op-ed in Religion News Service, HIAS, CWS, and World Relief CEOs speak out against the Trump Administration's proposed overhaul of the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program.

Sep 17, 2025

Ενώπιον της Κομισιόν η αναστολή του δικαιώματος στο Άσυλο

Ενώπιον της Κομισιόν η αναστολή του δικαιώματος στο Άσυλο Με καταγγελία που κατέθεσαν στις 11 Σεπτεμβρίου, τέσσερις οργανώσεις της κοινωνίας των πολιτών καλούμε την Ευρωπαϊκή Επιτροπή να κινήσει άμεσα νομικές διαδικασίες κατά της τρίμηνης αναστολής του δικαιώματος στο άσυλο και άμεσης απέλασης που ισχύουν για τους ανθρώπους που φτάνουν στην Ελλάδα από τη Βόρεια Αφρική μέσω θαλάσσης.

Sep 17, 2025

European Commission Must Respond to Suspension of the Right to Asylum in Greece

European Commission Must Respond to Suspension of the Right to Asylum in Greece HIAS Greece and partners call on the European Commission to immediately initiate legal proceedings against Greece’s three-month suspension of the right to asylum and immediate deportation applied to people arriving from North Africa by sea.

Aug 21, 2025

HIAS South Africa Condemns Scenes of Medical Xenophobia Outside Public Hospitals

HIAS South Africa Condemns Scenes of Medical Xenophobia Outside Public Hospitals HIAS South Africa calls upon the government to take action against vigilante groups targeting migrants outside public hospitals.

Jul 28, 2025

Refugees in the United Kingdom: What You Need to Know 

An interforce officer helps a woman on the beach at Dungeness on the southeast coast of England after she disembarked from a Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) lifeboat after being picked up at sea with other migrants while attempting to cross the English Channel from France on August 16, 2023. (Henry Nicholls/AFP via Getty Images) Learn more about the current landscape for refugees in the U.K. and how HIAS+JCORE provides support to displaced people. 

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