Children's rights
Rights group slams Greek migrant camp conditions for minors
Hundreds of unaccompanied children are living in "inhuman and degrading" conditions in a migrant camp on the Greek island of Lesbos, putting their mental and physical well-being at risk, an international human rights organization said Wednesday.
Mitsotakis heralds support program for unaccompanied minors among refugees
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has outlined a program to support some 4,000 unaccompanied minors among refugees and migrants living in Greece.
One in four unaccompanied child-migrants live on the street
Shocking data have emerged from a recent study of unaccompanied child migrants entitled "Children as prey: Exclusion and exploitation of unaccompanied child-migrants in Greece, Italy, and Spain".
CEO of The HOME Project Greece receives 2020 Child 10 Award for protection of refugee children
Sofia Kouvelaki, CEO of The HOME Project Greece, an initiative that provides accommodation and integration prospects for hundreds of refugee children, has received one of 10 annual awards bestowed by Child 10 for her work in "implementing a groundbreaking holistic child protection model."
Greece Transferred 570 Migrants From Lesbos to Thessaloniki
Greek authorities have transferred about 570 migrants from an overcrowded camp to the island of Lesbos, officials said. A regular ferry left Lesbos on Sunday night, transporting migrants living at Camp Moria, Kathimerini reports.
Authorities say it is part of a plan to reduce overcrowding at the camp, where about 13,000 people live in a space designed for 3,000.
570 migrants transferred out of Moria camp
Greek authorities were transferring around 570 migrants from an overcrowded camp on the island of Lesvos on Sunday, officials said.
A regularly scheduled ferry left Lesvos Sunday evening carrying the migrants, who used to live in the migrant camp of Moria.
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Ministry seeks to improve conditions for unaccompanied refugee children
The Labor and Social Affairs Ministry is seeking ways to improve living conditions for thousands of refugee children staying in Greece without a parent or guardian as they wait to either be granted asylum or reunited with family in other parts of Europe.
Urgent child protection gap for unaccompanied minors
Zahra is a 10-year-old girl from Syria who arrived in Greece alone. She suffers from chronic nephropathy. Although she is currently living in a shelter for unaccompanied minors, her official registration by the Asylum Service is still pending.
A Backpack Graveyard Appeared at the UN Headquarters
Мore than 3,700 backpacks, arranged in rows as gravestones in a cemetery, were on display yesterday at the UN headquarters in New York. With this, UNICEF wants to draw attention to children victims of conflict, DPA reported.
Each of the 3758 UNICEF project backpacks symbolizes the loss of one child's life in conflict zones in 2018, the organization said in a statement.
Greece Тransfers Мigrants From Lesbos to the Interior of the Country
Authorities in Greece transfer migrants from the island of Lesbos to the midland of the country.
Police are looking for those who have been denied refugee status to be repatriated.