George Okoth-Obbo
EU, UNHCR Take Action to Increase Greece's Asylum Reception Capacity
The European Commission and the United Nations refugee agency UNHCR have launched a scheme to provide 20,000 additional reception places for asylum seekers and relocation candidates in Greece, the Commission said on Monday.
The scheme will be funded through rent subsidies in the private sector and host family programmes with the Commission providing EUR 80 M from the 2016 EU budget.
EU Commission and UNHCR launch scheme to provide 20,000 reception places for asylum seekers in Greece
The European Commission and the UNHCR today launched a scheme to provide 20.000 additional reception places for asylum seekers and relocation candidates in Greece through subsidies for housing in the private sector.