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Tens of Unaccompanied Minor Refugees Leave Greece to Begin New Lives in Germany

A total of fifty unaccompanied refugee children left Greece on Saturday morning to begin a new, hopefully, brighter life in Germany. Greece's Premier Kyriakos Mitsotakis and the country's migration minister George Koumoutsakos went to the Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport of...

Athens and 'Home Project' Agreement on Protection of Unaccompanied Refugee Children

The City of Athens and the non-profit organization The Home Project have signed an agreement to work together to offer high-quality services to unaccompanied refugee children hosted in shelters in Athens. According to a City of Athens announcement, the cooperation...

Over 2,600 Unaccompanied Refugee Children Claimed Asylum in Greece in 2018

More than 2,600 unaccompanied minors sought asylum in Greece in 2018, according to Eurostat figures released on Holy Friday. This figure is slightly higher than in 2017 (2,455) and is the third highest in the EU, after Germany and Italy. In...

'Ascend' Initiative to Aid Refugees and Disadvantaged Greeks

Ascend is a new philanthropic initiative that was announced on Thursday at the Concordia Europe Summit in Athens, aiming at helping refugees and Greeks in need. Radcliffe Foundation, IKEA Foundation, Libra Group and The Coca-Cola Company announced that the will...

Ireland's Child and Family Agency 'Túsla' in Greece to Identify Eligible Refugee Children for Resettlement

Representatives from Ireland's Child and Family Agency, Túsla, are currently in Greece in efforts to help identify 20 refugee children in Greece who are eligible for resettlement in Ireland, Children's Minister, Dr. Katherine Zappone stated. The representatives will be in Greece...

Hundreds of Unaccompanied Children Among Asylum Seekers in Greece

After the completion of the pre-registration process of asylum seekers in Greece, hundreds of unaccompanied children were found among them. The pre-registration process started on June 8 by the Greek Asylum Service and was implemented with the support of the...