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 [[Provision of Free Legal Assistance to Asylum Seekers]] is a project funded by the [[European Refugee Fund]] and the Republic of Cyprus. This project will compliment the additional projects run by [[Future Worlds Center]]'s Humanitarian Affairs Unit. Its mission is to provide asylum seekers with free, confidential, independent legal advice and representation, throughout the asylum procedure, and ensure access to a fair and effective examination of their case.
-== Past Projects==
 *[[Improvement of the Situation of Asylum Seekers in Cyprus]]
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 "Improvement of the Situation of Asylum Seekers in Cyprus" is a project funded by the Federal Republic of Germany. The project aims to take a holistic approach by working both at the individual and the societal levels. By offering legal services, we will respond to the needs of the target population, who are one of the most marginalised groups in the country and by launching public advocacy and awareness-raising activities we will affect xenophobic public attitudes, discriminatory state policies and practices in an effort to make Cyprus a more inclusive and accepting host society. This projects works complimentary to the other projects of the [[Humanitarian Affairs Unit]].
-*[[Fleeing Homophobia]]
-[[Fleeing Homophobia]] was a project carried out by the VU Amsterdam University and the Federation of Dutch Associations on the Integration of Homosexuality, COC Netherlands.  It was funded jointly by the [[European Refugee Fund]] and the Dutch Ministry of Justice.  The project assembled 26 asylum law experts to compose a report on the situation of LGBTI asylum seekers in their respective countries.  [[Corina Drousiotou]], the [[Future Worlds Center]]’s senior Legal Advisor and head of the Humanitarian Affairs Unit, was the national representative for Cyprus.
-*[[European Refugee Fund Community Actions]] Project
-The Future Worlds Center has been a partner in a [[European Refugee Fund Community Actions]] project, for the promotion and dissemination of good practice in addressing specific needs of vulnerable groups – especially victims of torture and human rights violations. The project was based on a transnational in-depth study and evaluation of working and treatment methods, and it run under the German Association of Psychological Centers for Refugees and Victims of Torture (BAFF). The project was funded by the European Commission’s [[European Refugee Fund Community Actions]] 2009.
 ==Members of the Humanitarian Affairs Unit==
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