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Join our Samos Legal Centre as a Project Manager
In response to the significant lack of legal support on the island, ASF France opened the Samos Legal Centre in January 2019 to help guarantee the right to seek asylum and protect the fundamental rights of asylum seekers who are under constant threat.
One of our priorities is to be accessible to as many people as possible and, to achieve this, the project has an ‘open door’ policy where everyone is welcome to visit our premises. The team also regularly visits the camp to provide legal advice and personalized advice to people who are unable to travel to the town, as the camp is located 7km from the town of Vathy, where the NGOs operate.
The project has three main specific objectives:
- To offer free and independent legal assistance to asylum seekers, from their arrival in the camp until a possible subsequent application. This includes preparatory sessions for the asylum interview, assistance with applications to the appeals board in the event of a negative decision, and applications to the authorities for cases that have been followed up.
- Informing asylum seekers and local actors about the asylum procedure and its specificities in Samos via live or online group information sessions, legal advice sessions near the camp or via the questions the team answers daily on the hotline.
In conjunction with other legal associations in Greece, we raise issues with the Greek Ombudsman about the conditions of the people we support and draw up joint statements denouncing the failure to respect fundamental rights.
- Providing special support for the most vulnerable people: accompanying them during their interview, referring them to other organisations for additional medical or psychological support.
Under the supervision of the Program Officer (Headquarters) and in close coordination with the Financial Administrator (Headquarters), the Project Manager ensures effective implementation and daily management of the Samos Legal Centre.
They lead a team composed of lawyers and volunteer jurists, and represent ASF France with local partners, authorities, and donors.
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