Refugee Support Aegean
Budget
€701,324
EP Access
0
accredited persons
Staff
1
1 FTE
EU Grants
None
Mission & Goals
RSA focuses on legal assistance and strategic litigation in support of refugees and asylum-seekers in Greece before national and international courts. RSA monitors the Greek asylum system and documents human rights violations on the Eastern Aegean islands’ hotspots and on the mainland. RSA staff comprises of lawyers, social workers/scientists, researchers, media workers, and interpreters with extensive and lengthy experience on refugee protection in Greece.
EU Legislative Interests
Common European Asylum System New Pact on Migration and Asylum Schengen acquis Rule of Law Mechanism
Communication Activities
All relevant RSA material is published on the organisation's website: https://rsaegean.org/en/ Recent examples available below: 1. Analysis of 2025 Reception Statistics in Greece, Sep 2025: https://rsaegean.org/en/statistics-on-refugee-reception-camps-first-half-2025/ 2. Report on Beneficiaries of International Protection in Greece, Apr 2025: https://rsaegean.org/en/recognised-refugees-in-greece-2025/ 3. Submission to the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers on the asylum system in Greece, Apr 2025: https://rsaegean.org/en/asylum-system-in-decline-mss-submission/ 4. Submission to the 2025 Rule of Law Report, Jan 2025: https://rsaegean.org/en/the-state-of-the-rule-of-law-in-greece/
Interests Represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Member Of
1. European Council on Refugees and Exiles (Member) 2. Greek National Commission for Human Rights (GNCHR) Informal Forced Returns Recording Mechanism: https://www.nchr.gr/en/news/1544-press-release-presentation-of-the-recording-mechanism-of-incidents-of-informal-forced-returns-and-its-first-interim-report.html (Member) 3. GNCHR & UNHCR Racist Violence Recording Network: https://www.nchr.gr/en/racist-violence-recording-network.html (Member) 4. UNHCR Working Group on Legal Aid (Chair) 5. UNHCR Working Group on Legal Aid sub-group on the Common European Asylum System (Chair)
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.