Provision on legal aid services to asylum seekers

Stakeholder: European Lawyers in Lesvos - ELIL
Type of stakeholder: Non Governmental Organizations

Leof. Alexandras 42, Athina 114 73, Greece

1st Municipal Community (Commercial Triangle – Stadium-Omonia-Plaka)

Service last updated on 24-02-2023

General Information

Population Groups
Refugee / immigrant population
  • General population
  • Adults
  • Unaccompanied minors
  • Children
  • Women & Girls
  • Young Men
  • Families
  • Single-parent families
  • Women travelling alone
  • Survivors of gender-based violence
  • Survivors of human trafficking
  • Survivors of torture
  • LGBTQ+
  • People without proper documents
  • Seniors 60+
Days / Hours of service
  • Monday to Friday: 09:00 - 17:00
Supported languages
ENGLISH GREEK FRENCH ARABIC LINGALA DARI FARSI SOMALI

Description

ELIL undertakes cases on a first-come-first-served basis. We mainly provide assistance with:

  • Legal advice and/or representation throughout the first instance of the asylum procedure.
  • Legal assistance for Family Reunification cases (Dublin III Regulation).
  • Legal assistance on the Age Assessment procedure for alleged minors.
  • Legal aid with subsequent asylum applications, on a case-by-case basis.
  • Legal aid in case of detention of asylum seekers during their first instance asylum application, on a case-by-case basis.

We provide interpretation in different languages, namely Greek and English and then Arabic, Farsi/Dari, French, Lingala and Somali. However, we do not assist with appeals.

Participation/referral information

If you are in need of legal services, you may contact us directly on +30 6947208773 (regular calls and WhatsApp) or by email: [email protected].

If you wish to refer a case to us, please contact us using the above details and we will share our referral pathway.


Documents

Referral Form

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