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Appeal to Polish authorities to provide assistance to Afghans

11 April 202311 April 2023

For several days now, the eyes of the world have been focused on Afghanistan, where an unprecedented seizure of power by the Taliban has taken place. We are witnessing dramatic scenes at airports, as thousands of people…

We present our report to the EU Asylum Agency

24 March 202311 April 2023

The European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA) is an EU agency that provides operational and technical support to Member States in the field of international protection, as well as training to Member States’ asylum au…

Complaining Poland for detention of diseased foreigner after violence

24 March 202311 April 2023

The case concerns an Egyptian national who spent more than six months in a guarded detention centre for foreigners in connection with pending procedures for an obligation to return and then for international protection.…

Lack of medical assistance for foreigners in the guarded center for foreigners

24 March 202311 April 2023

We contacted the authorities of the guarded center in Lesznowola in connection with the lack of medical assistance for a striking foreigner. We contacted the authorities of the guarded center in Lesznowola in connecti…

CJEU: Declaration of State of Emergency Cannot Deprive of Right to Asylum

3 November 202211 April 2023

The CJEU has ruled that Lithuania’s suspension of the possibility to apply for asylum on the grounds of illegal border crossing is incompatible with EU law. This case is also relevant for Poland.

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

27 September 202211 April 2023

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

4 August 202211 April 2023

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…

Nikoghosyan v Poland – decision with no (major) surprises

19 July 202211 April 2023

Facts The facts of the Nikoghosyan and others versus Poland case reflect long-standing practices resorted to by the Polish Border Guard and Polish courts which violate Polish law and internati…

SIP files a complaint against the refusal to admit psychologists to guarded centres

1 July 202211 April 2023

Despite the overcrowding and the deteriorating situation in guarded centres for foreigners, including the inability to provide adequate psychological assistance to those detained there, the Border Guard refuses to provid…

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

22 June 202211 April 2023

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…

We present the SIP in Action Report for 2021

15 June 202211 April 2023

Year 2021 was a year of challenges for non-governmental organizations operating in the field of human rights protection. The humanitarian crisis on the Polish-Belarusian border has grown to a size that we have not seen i…

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

14 June 202211 April 2023

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…

Compensation for unjust deprivation of liberty of an unaccompanied child

4 May 20224 May 2022

The District Court in Olsztyn, in its judgment of 15 March 2022, II Ko 192/21, awarded compensation in the amount of PLN 20,000.00 for wrongful placement of an unaccompanied minor in a guarded center for foreigners. T…

Pushbacks are inhumane, illegal and based on illegal regulation – the Court says

31 March 20227 April 2022

The first Polish court ruling indicating that push-backs on the Polish-Belarusian border are inhumane and illegal. The regulation constituting the basis for the actions of the Border Guard deemed to have been issued in e…

Our association presented its remarks to the Committee of Prevention of Torture

25 March 202211 April 2023

Together with The Global Detention Project (GDP), we put together a joint statement to The European Council Committee of Prevention of Torture, in which we presented our remarks. This scripture is only a part of ongoing…

New draft law on refugees violates international legal standards

21 September 202111 April 2023

A draft Act on amending the Act on migrants and the Act on granting protection to migrants within the territory of the Republic of Poland appeared on the website of the Sejm. The draft Act blatantly violates Polish inter…