• A permanent team of 6 people: 1 Project Manager, 1 Legal and Technical Assistant, 2 lawyers, 2 case workers.
  The team is supported by volunteer community interpreters.
• 778 people were directly supported by receiving a consultation, i.e. almost 10% of the people who came through Samos (Women 36%, Children* 9%, Men 55%). *Children benefit from our services via the families we work with. They are indirect beneficiaries.
• 620 individual preparations for the asylum interview that asylum seekers must undergo during the procedure
• 247 participants in awareness-raising workshops on the asylum procedure for asylum seekers
• 171 non-lawyer volunteers were made aware of the asylum procedure and the specificities of the Samos context
• 3018 consultations were carried out by our team in 2023 (including preparation for interviews).

*Children benefit from our services via the families we work with. They are indirect beneficiaries.

In 2024, the Samos Legal Centre plans to :

• Increase the sharing of legal information on the asylum procedure.

Setting up weekly legal advice sessions with our partners operating near the camp. Information workshops on the asylum procedure for asylum seekers. Awareness-raising workshops for non-legal actors on the island.

• Developing our advocacy and strategic litigation activities

Introduction of requests for interim measures before the ECHR for asylum seekers in extremely vulnerable situations. Submission of applications to the Greek Ombudsman. Participation in joint declarations.

• Continue to provide legal support to as many asylum seekers as possible in Samos

Preparation for asylum interviews. Take charge of cases before the Appeals Committees. Identifying and guiding people in vulnerable situations. Preparing and submitting applications for reconsideration. Supporting family reunification procedures.

• Strengthening the capacities of the project, which is now in its 5th year of existence.

Strengthening cooperation with other stakeholders. Optimisation of tools and workplace. Improving internal data protection policies.

The Samos Volunteers organisation, Choose Love, the L'Oréal Women's Fund, philanthropist Antonis Schwartz through his Good Move Initiatives foundation, the Yo and Anne-Marie Hamoud Foundation, the Fondation de France and the Inkerman Foundation are supporting the Samos Legal Centre project.

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