Last week, Baroness Goudie mentioned the Afghan Pro Bono Initiative (APBI) in the parliamentary questions. APBI is a joint project we deliver with Safe Passage and our law firm partners.

As pro bono week comes to end, we wanted to share another powerful pro bono partnership. Our Family Reunion from Europe project focuses on family reunion applications for applicants based in Europe and its borders post Brexit.

Last week, we shared our new report, “Still Waiting: The Afghans Abandoned by the UK.” We have now published five one-pager summaries of the information within this report. These are available on our website: refugeelegalsupport.org/news…

One of our key projects, the Afghan Pro Bono Initiative, is delivered in partnership with Safe Passage International and 14 leading law firms. The project provides crucial legal info regarding safe routes to the UK to Afghan nationals and their families.

RLS’s Lucy recently spent time with two groups of students from the School of GeoSciences at the University of Edinburgh. She spoke with them about history, law and procedure for refugees in Greece.

Last week, we launched the Executive Summary of our upcoming report, ‘Still Waiting: the Afghans Abandoned by the UK.’ The resettlement schemes introduced by the UK government in the wake of the Taliban takeover are plagued by delays and inconsistent decision-making.

The full report will be published in September, but you can read the executive summary on our website now: refugeelegalsupport.org/news… Photo Credit: ©Kayhan

It was an enriching session for the students, who stated that their conversation helped them to “understand how the country has viewed the refugee situation in recent years and provided a real-world example of how a person originally from outside of Greece can contribute.”

RLS’s Lucy Alper recently delivered training to students from the University of Florida and Penn State University, with Global Brigades Greece. Lucy spent time explaining the context in Greece, and her work with the refugee population at RLS.

In one camp - Corinth - residents live in large shared tents divided into rooms by thin plasterboard walls. These conditions are entirely unsuitable for the dignified accommodation of asylum seekers and are in contravention of EU law.