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PRESS RELEASE Event invitation: Children in Greece without documents - children at an impasse? Greece has been a common entry point for people seeking international protection, trying to escape persecution,climate, economic or health crises in their countries of origin, with an increase since…
COMMON STATEMENT BY THE MEMBERS OF THE CHILD'S RIGHTS ADVOCACY NETWORK (CRAN) We, the undersigned, 16 organisations, members of the Child’s Rights Advocacy Network, working to support asylum-seeking and refugee children in Greece, wish to express our concerns about the proposed provisions for…
In view of the mandatory reassessment by Greece of the designation of Türkiye as a “safe third country” in November, 15 civil society organisations have written to the Greek Asylum Service, the Ministers of Migration and Asylum and of Foreign Affairs, and the European Commission.  The latest…
A roundtable meeting entitled "Child Protection and Child Safeguarding in Preschool and Primary Education" was successfully organized today by Terre des hommes Hellas, within the framework of the organization's "Reinforce Educators, Empower Children" (REEC) program. The discussion, which took…
Despite positive efforts by the government in the past year, one-quarter of refugee children did not attend school according to a report published recently by three organizations in Greece. Athens, September 13, 2022 – The government of Greece is still not meeting its obligations to ensure all…
People with diverse sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, and sex characteristics (SOGIESC) seeking asylum in Greece face insecurity, inadequate shelter, lack of appropriate support, and a hostile asylum system. In a joint open letter to the Ministry of Migration and Asylum, today…