Independent border monitoring is under attack. The ongoing prosecution of two outspoken critics of border violence in Greece illustrates how the law is a crucial part of the border regime.

After hosting a delegation in Lesvos, CPT’s Aegean Migrant Solidarity team had some time to reflect on the importance of keeping memory alive at Europe’s borders.

While pushbacks continue in the Aegean, the Greek justice system is putting on trial those who document and report them.

Devastating wildfires have spread across Greece, worsened by government failure to invest in real prevention and rescue infrastructure. As the government aims to open a new detention centre in the middle of a forest, CPT Aegean Migrant Solidarity condemns its determination to place detainees in harm’s way.

An open letter from Senegalese and Gambian residents of the Lesvos Closed Controlled Access Centre is the latest chapter in over a decade of migrant resistance against Greek migration policy on the Aegean islands.

As the Greek Ministry of Migration reconsiders a Joint Ministerial Decision on free initial legal counseling, CPT and other organisations in Greece demand: legal guidance must serve rights, not deterrence