Migrants and refugees

Free legal office for the protection of the rights of foreign citizens and stateless persons: report for 2023

This report is an overview of the activities of the free legal office, the specifics of requests and a description of the legislative and enforcement problems that we encountered in Belarus in 2023.

Applying for international protection in Belarus

How to apply for international protection in Belarus/

You have applied for international protection in Belarus: what next?

Appealing against a refusal to grant protection in Belarus.

International protection in Belarus

we will consider the types of international protection that you can get in Belarus, how they differ and what are the grounds for obtaining them, as well as what this or that type of protection will give you.

Statement for International migrants day

Today, on International Migrants Day, we speak on behalf of the nameless victims of the humanitarian crisis on the border between Belarus and the European Union.

There is an urgent need to ensure access to humanitarian aid for transit refugees in border areas

We urge humanitarian organisations operating in Belarus to establish emergency humanitarian and first medical aid points near the Belarusian-EU border and provide urgent medical assistance, food, and shelter to transit refugees in extreme conditions. The information about the locations of these points should be publicly accessible to ensure the swift provision of aid to transit refugees in distress in the border zone.

In four months, more than 6,000 «pushbacks» were documented along the EU border: why this is a violation of human rights

The PRAB Coalition has published its seventh report on human rights violations of migrants and «pushbacks» at the internal and external borders of the European Union (EU), including the border with Belarus.

Statement on the extradition of tajik activist Nizomiddin Nasriddin from Belarus

On July 24, it became known that activist Nizomiddin Nasriddinov was extradited from Belarus to Tajikistan, where he faces serious risk of torture due to his political beliefs. There is no information available about Nizomiddin’s current situation in Tajikistan.

The Supreme Court has agreed with the decision of the Prosecutor General’s Office, and Tajik activist Nizomiddin Nasriddinov may soon be extradited to Tajikistan

On Thursday, April 20, the Supreme Court of Belarus considered an appeal against the decision of the Grodno Regional Court to extradite activist Nizomiddin Nasriddinov to Tajikistan.