Sienos Grupė

strategic litigation

Sienos Grupė engages in strategic litigation to ensure the protection of the rights of asylum seekers who have entered irregularly and of foreign nationals whose applications have been rejected. Particular emphasis is placed on the implementation of the best interests of the child and the principle of family unity.


The organisation also initiates legal proceedings against public authorities with the aim of strengthening institutional accountability and compliance with human rights standards.



Investigation on Child Rights Violations in Forced Deportation of Minor’s Father

The Court Found Border Officials Acted Illegally by Pushback of an Asylum Seeker to Belarus

Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania: a Dublin transfer decision does not in itself deprive an asylum seeker of the right to work

The European Court of Human Rights applied interim measures in respect of seven Iraqi nationals

The Court Annulled the Migration Department’s Decision Refusing to Review Deportation After Childbirth

Investigation in Lithuania Whether Latvian Officers’ Brutality Against Asylum Seekers Amounted to Torture

The Court Annulled the Migration Department’s Decision Refusing to Review a Foreigner’s Deportation After a Child Was Born

Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania: Unlawful restriction of access to an asylum file

VSAT Unlawfully Denied Sienos Grupė Volunteers Access to Foreigners at Pabradė Registration Center

The Court Annulled the Decision of the Migration Department Refusing to Review the Deportation of a Foreigner After a Child Was Born

Case before the European Court of Human Rights concerning fines imposed on Sienos Grupė volunteers

Lithuanian Administrative Disputes Commission upheld two complaints by Sienos Grupė against VSAT for failure to respond

Court annulled the Migration Department’s refusal to accept an application for a residence permit from a foreign national holding international protection in another EU Member State

The Office of the Ombudsperson for Children’s Rights identified violations of the rights of unaccompanied foreign minors

The European Court of Human Rights applied interim measures in respect of six Tajik nationals

The asylum seeker from Syria will not be subject to a pushback to Belarus

Sienos Grupė ensured that the Pakistani nationals were not pushed back to Belarus