Provision of Free Legal Advice to Asylum Seekers in Cyprus: Difference between revisions
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==Overall Objective== | ==Overall Objective== | ||
[[ | [[Provision of Free Legal Assistance to Asylum Seekers]]’ mission is to: | ||
*Ensure asylum seekers receive well informed legal advice, representation, and assistance on their individual asylum cases throughout the asylum process. | *Ensure asylum seekers receive well informed legal advice, representation, and assistance on their individual asylum cases throughout the asylum process. | ||
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*Increase the number of asylum seekers who receive these services provided by the Future Worlds Center’s Humanitarian Affairs Unit. | *Increase the number of asylum seekers who receive these services provided by the Future Worlds Center’s Humanitarian Affairs Unit. | ||
Implementation of [[ | Implementation of [[Provision of Free Legal Assistance to Asylum Seekers]] will provide an increased number of asylum seekers with necessary, and free, legal aid. Through extensive prior actions, the Future Worlds Center aims to extend the provision of free legal assistance by competent and experienced legal professionals. This increased organizational capacity will deliver high quality services to the greatest number of asylum seekers in need. | ||
==Services== | ==Services== | ||
Funded by the ERF Solidarity Funds, and implemented by the Future Worlds Center’s Humanitarian Affairs Unit, [[ | Funded by the ERF Solidarity Funds, and implemented by the Future Worlds Center’s Humanitarian Affairs Unit, [[Provision of Free Legal Assistance to Asylum Seekers]] project will increase it’s current capacity, and provide the following services to asylum seekers: | ||
*'''Information''': | *'''Information''': | ||
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==Who It Serves== | ==Who It Serves== | ||
[[ | [[Provision of Free Legal Assistance to Asylum Seekers]] is dedicated to ensure asylum seekers receive appropriate legal assistance, free of charge. Asylum seekers, as defined by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, are: | ||
“…persons applying for refugee status…as well as other persons seeking complementary, subsidiary, or temporary forms of protection…” | “…persons applying for refugee status…as well as other persons seeking complementary, subsidiary, or temporary forms of protection…” | ||
