What the problem is:

Legal protection for migrants is at a critically low level:

• the services of local lawyers are unaffordably expensive for migrants, especially refugees;
• human rights organizations do not appear in court — at best they will pay for a lawyer, and even then only in high-profile, widely publicized cases;
• local lawyers often approach a case formally, understanding neither the specifics of the country of origin, nor the cultural context, nor what the person seeking help has actually been through;
• Why? Because we are not citizens, and therefore do not hold the civil rights that citizens of European countries have.

Why us, specifically:

• We are Russian lawyers who were stripped of our license to practice law in Russia for political reasons. We know how to fight for human rights and civil liberties — because we did exactly that in Russia, a country of concentrated disenfranchisement.
• We have repeatedly filed applications with the European Court of Human Rights and won cases.
• Despite the legal-profession monopoly in Europe, we are fully entitled to provide consultations and draft legal documents such as a statement of claim or an appeal.

We can do this in Europe too:

• Yes, European countries have a monopoly held by licensed lawyers (advocates) over representation in court. But! In a number of cases this can be overcome, and in others it is enough simply to file a written complaint.
• We already have experience successfully appealing decisions made by migration services and courts.
• And finally — the price. We defend migrants for far less, and in special cases we offer installment payment plans, because we understand very well what it is like to live disenfranchised, having lost everything in your country of origin — your job, your professional titles, your property, your savings.