Funded Projects

Asylum Seekers Information Services Team (A.Ss.I.S.T) provides legal aid to asylum seekers and beneficiaries of international protection in the form of interview preparations, submission of appeals on first rejection, subsequent applications and consultations for general legal questions. Administrative assistance is also provided, for example with ID renewals. Their services are offered in person in Chios and digitally for clients on the mainland by working through referrals from other organisations and asylum seekers. To ensure the same quality of services to their clients on the mainland, A.Ss.I.S.T is establishing a presence in Athens.

SearchWing develops and builds drones for the search for shipwrecked people. In this way, the group supports the efforts of civilian rescue organizations such as Sea-Watch e.V., Sea-Eye e.V. or Resqship e.V. The autonomously flying drone can simply be launched from a ship and lands in the water next to it after the search. At SearchWing, volunteer citizens as well as students and scientists from Augsburg University of Applied Sciences work together. The funds will support the development of the next generation of models based on fiber composite technology to increase reliability.

The project of the "frachcollective", supports people on the move at the Bosnian-Croatian border around Bihac, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It, hence, focuses on people affected by violent pushbacks, living outside of government camps in informal shelters. The group organizes a distribution of food and meals, access to clean water, hygiene items, clothing, cooking utensils, tents, sleeping bags, and facilitates a connection to the local health system.

The World Travelers Center in Sarajevo provides various resources for people on the move arriving on the Balkan routes: legal advice, medical care and psychotherapeutic support as well as language and IT courses. The center's house is a place of solidarity and exchange within the international community in Sarajevo. The political work of the center concentrates on building networks, to work against discrimination and for the human rights of illegalized and other vulnerable persons (groups).

I Have Rights is a new non-profit organization that emerged from the Refugee Law Clinic Berlin after working on Samos for more than three years. The aim of I Have Rights is to facilitate access to legal assistance for people on the move, especially on Samos. The organization assists asylum seekers in their individual claims with, for example, interview preparation, family reunification and appeals. The international team consists of lawyers, legal experts and interpreters.

Lighthouse Relief (LHR) is a humanitarian organisation with the mission of providing dignified immediate and long-term relief to those experiencing displacement. LHR's Emergency Response Streetwork Programme supports refugees, asylum seekers, and migrants experiencing homelessness or living in precarious conditions, by understanding their individual needs through a holistic approach, providing them with non-food items and food items, and with information and guidance to link them with the services that can support them in their specific situation, including medical care, legal aid, and shelter. LHR's team also provides case management for complex cases, in collaboration with partners in Athens.

We'll Come United is a German nationwide network that supports everyday struggles in camps and against deportations. The network has been fighting for equal rights for all, freedom of movement and against racism since 2016 - locally and nationwide. The basis are the local groups and initiatives, which all work together self-organized and with close contacts to refugees in camps. Nationwide meetings serve for exchange, action planning and mutual empowerment. We'll Come United focuses on enabling the participation of as many refugees as possible.

Eudaimonia Medical Services is a Greek non-profit organization based in Lesvos. Recognizing that medical care is made up of several components, the organization focuses on providing the best possible experience for patients needing diagnostic care (such as MRIs, CTs, or private consultations not available through the public health system). Moreover, the team provides medical translation services, which serve not only the patient's linguistic understanding, but also allow patients to feel comfortable and to bridge any cultural gaps. Many of the supported patients went on to receive medical diagnoses that had an impact on their asylum case, requiring them to travel to access the treatment they needed.

From September 15 to 19, Palermo and Dakar hosted parallel gatherings of civil society actors and social movement activists who - "from the Sea to the Cities" - are involved in support, rescue and solidarity structures, especially in the Mediterranean but also beyond, on routes of (forced) migration. During four days, practices and visions of the struggle for the right to freedom of movement took place, were discussed together, different experiences of the last years were evaluated and planned for the future.

Front-LEX works on two levels. First, through an action committee it organizes a civil society tribunal to be held in Brussels 2022. Politicians and officials from many EU countries, Switzerland and Great Britain will be publicly charged. Individual country committees prepare the indictment dossiers and present them to the tribunal. Second, the organization includes a legal department. The lawyers bring cases against the EU, the Frontex agency, as well as responsible politicians and officials to ordinary courts. The legal department supports refugees to claim their rights and to sue for damages.