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Greek Photographer Wins UNICEF's Best Image Award for 2020

AFP photographer Angelos Tzortzinis has received the UNICEF Photo of the Year Award on the twentieth anniversary of the global Awards. Tzortzinis won the award for his series on the 2020 Moria migrant and refugee camp fire. Having arrived at the...

UNICEF To Open First-Ever Office in Greece

On World Children's Day, UNICEF announced that it was opening an office in Greece, marking what it said was a "major milestone in the ongoing cooperation between the Greek State and the United Nations agency to place children’s rights...

UNICEF Says More than 1,100 Migrant Children in Greece in Urgent Need of Shelter

The number of unaccompanied and separated refugee and migrant children who are living in dangerous and overcrowded reception centers on the Greek islands and detention facilities across the country, now exceeds 1,100. UNICEF said on Thursday that this represents the...

UNICEF: 1,800 Refugee Children in Greece Lack Proper Care

Two-thirds of the nearly 3,000 unaccompanied refugee and migrant children currently in Greece, are not receiving proper shelter and care, UNICEF warns. “Children stranded without families should have proper shelter, care and protection, and there are solutions that could make...

UNICEF: More Refugee Children in Greek Schools than Ever Before

Greek schools are welcoming more refugee and migrant children who have been stranded in Greece since April of last year, according to UNICEF. Major efforts by the Greek Ministry of Education, Research and Religious Affairs supported by UNICEF to get...

UNICEF Report Says Greece Leads In Child Poverty Within EU-14

A report released by UNICEF on Wednesday shows the dramatic downgrade of children's living conditions in Greece, that is by far the leading country in which children are deprived of the basic essentials and services within the EU-14 at...

EU and UNICEF Join Forces to Help and Protect Refugee Children in Greece

The European Commission on Wednesday announced a new UNICEF-EU joint project to help 6,000 refugee and migrant children across Greece, including unaccompanied minors. The action will be financed with 8.5 million euros from the European Union's emergency support instrument, which...

Football Match Fundraiser on Saturday to Raise Money for UNICEF

A football match will be organized on Saturday, June 25, at 5:30 pm, at the municipal stadium of Rafina to raise money for UNICEF. The aim of the match is to promote solidarity and love for children. The revenues will be...

Greek Education Ministry-UNICEF Plan to Educate Refugee Children

The Greek Ministry of Education and UNICEF are working together to help refugee children stranded in Greece complete their education. UNICEF Central and Eastern Europe Regional Director Marie-Pierre Poirier ended her four-day visit to Greece on Saturday. She came to...

UNICEF: 25% of Greek Children Suffer Poverty

Children in Greece have suffered sharply deteriorating conditions over the past twenty years and child poverty rose by 6.3% between 1995 and 2015. In 2014, 25.3% of children were living in poverty in Greece, affecting some 424,000, reported UNICEF in...

UNICEF: Growing Number of Asylum Seeking Children Make Sea Journey to Greece

Children now make up more than one third of asylum seekers crossing the perilous Aegean waters from Turkey to Greece, according to UNICEF. "Children currently account for 36 percent of those risking the treacherous sea crossing between Greece and Turkey,"...

UNICEF Awards Greek Coast Guard for Rescue Work in the Aegean

Amidst warm applause and in a highly emotional ceremony, UNICEF Greece on Thursday presented the Lambros Kanellopoulos award to Greece's coast guard for its search-and-rescue efforts in the Aegean, especially its work for the protection of refugee and migrant...

Lambros Kanellopoulos Dies at 67 – Honorable President of UNICEF Greece

Lambros Kanellopoulos, the president of Unicef’s national committee in Greece passed away on Wednesday, September 9. Kanellopoulos had also served as the General Confederation of Greek Workers (GSEE) president, a member of Parliament with PASOK and Deputy Minister of...

UNICEF: One Third of Refugees in Greece Are Women and Children

UNICEF reported that one third of migrants and refugees arriving in Greece are women and children, noting that their number has tripled in the last three months. The number of women and children who leave their countries to escape violence...

UNICEF Setting Up Children Zone Near Greek-FYROM Border

UNICEF announced that it would set up a child-friendly zone in the area near the Greek-FYROM border for underage refugee and migrant children seeking asylum. Over the last weeks, thousands of asylum seekers have arrived at the border between...