We submit a complaint to the ECtHR against unlawful detention of a family with a child

The Association for Legal Intervention has already filed another complaint to the European Court of Human Rights about illegal detention of a family with a minor child. The case concerns a married couple with a child…

We ask for compensation for unlawful detention for a family from Afghanistan

SIP represents foreigners in a case for compensation for unjustified stay in guarded centers for foreigners. The family from Afghanistan (parents with three children) spent a total of 97 days in detention. Foreigners…

Supreme Administrative Court: parents’ violation of the immigration law does not exempt the authorities from examining whether deportation would violate the child’s rights

On May 5, 2022, the Supreme Administrative Court (ref. II OSK 1182/21) issued a judgment in a cassation complaint by the Association for Legal Intervention. The case concerned the obligation to return of a Pakistani nati…

We present our comments to the European Commission Against Racism and Intolerance

As part of the Council of Europe, the European Commission Against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) prepares reports and recommendations on the fight against racism, discrimination, xenophobia, anti-Semitism and intolerance…

Pleading against Poland for the detention of a traumatised family with children

SIP brought a complaint before the European Court of Human Rights on behalf of a family who had been held in guarded centres for foreigners for more than 6 months. The case concerns a family from Iraq (parents with tw…

REPORT: SIP in Action. Rights of migrants in Poland in 2020

We would like to invite you to read the latest annual report summarising the year of the pandemic from the perspective of the rights of migrant women and men in Poland. In the Report: SIP in Action. Rights of foreigne…

ECHR communicates case against Poland: the detention of a mother who suffered domestic violence with her children

For years, we have been fighting against the wrongful detention of children on grounds of immigration. This is never in the best interests of the child, and can cause long-term effects on their psycho-physical developmen…

Decision: the protection against expulsion of part of the family from Poland prevents the relocation of family life to another country.

The Commander of the Border Guard Post in Augustów, by decision of 3 December 2020, no. PD-AG/01/D-ZPH/2020, granted a humanitarian residence permit to a client of the Association for Legal Intervention, whose partner (w…