COBALT successfully represents an asylum seeker in pro bono case with regards to obtaining a refugee status in Latvia

COBALT has ensured provision of pro bono legal assistance to an asylum seeker – a journalist from Belarus, who was forced to leave Belarus due to persecution against her as journalist.

The Office of Migration and Citizenship Affairs agreed with arguments provided in the application drafted by COBALT and has acknowledged that the asylum seeker complies with criteria on granting a refugee status in the Republic of Latvia as set out in the UN Convention on the Status of Refugees and Asylum Law.

Legal assistance within this case was provided by Associate Marija Berdova.