Fenix Humanitarian Legal Aid
Beginn: Juni 2024
Fenix Humanitarian Legal Aid is a grassroots organization that works with a dual mission. On the one hand, we seek to create a positive impact for people with asylum claims seek asylum in terms of their well-being, empowerment and access to rights. At the same time,
we advocate for a more fair and just Greek and European asylum system, based on the voices of those with lived experience of that system.
On Lesvos, we have four main activities that we use work towards this dual goal:
- Legal Empowerment Sessions: we provide people with asylum claims with a safe space to learn about their procedure and rights.
- Human Rights Monitoring: together with people on the move, we document rights violations they face, to raise awareness, advocate for change, and seek accountability with the relevant authorities.
- Capacity Bridging: to encourage all NGO actors to work together with a rights-based approach, we offer trainings to their staff that help them understand the asylum procedure and their potential role in helping people access their rights.
- Support for LGBTQ+ refugees: we offer comprehensive support to people who were forced to flee because of who they love and who they are.
The :do foundation will fund Fenix Humanitarian Legal Aid to pay interpreters and to provide a living allowance to one of the volunteers.
