Press release of the Gisti - 28 June 2016
From 22 to 30 May, 2015, the GISTI organised an exploratory mission in the Greek islands of Kios and Lesbos. Three lawyers went there with the primary aim of assessing the migrants’ needs of legal assistance and the possibilities of taking legal action. After a long information collection work, the Gisti decided to initiate a request for emergency measures to the European Court of Human Rights. The appeal was logded on June 16th by 51 Syrian, Afghan, and Iraqi nationals who are forcibly (...)