Unaccompanied minor
Monasteries to take in refugees amid some local resistance
The Bishopric of Ilia, in the western Peloponnese, yesterday announced an initiative to host several single-parent families of asylum seekers as well as unaccompanied minors at two monasteries in the region.
Tougher Greek Asylum Law Criticised by Rights Groups
It increases the number of people who will have to undergo border admissibility procedures before they can submit a proper asylum request. Even unaccompanied children and other vulnerable asylum seekers could be examined in future under accelerated procedures; PTSD is scrapped from the list of conditions that entitle applicants to obtain vulnerable status.
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.
UNHCR calls for EU solidarity after Lesvos migrant clashes
Philippe Leclerc, the representative of the United Nations Refugee Agency in Greece, urged European Union member-states to accept asylum seekers from countries burdened by migration, following violent clashes on Wednesday between migrants at the Moria Reception and Identification Center on the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos.
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.
Gov't council decides on seven measures to respond to migration crisis
Responding to a spike in migrant arrivals from neighboring Turkey, the government's Council for Foreign Affairs and Defense (KYSEA) has decided on seven measures to ease the pressure on the Aegean islands and curb the influx.
Rising pressure on migrant centers a concern for government
Authorities are concerned about rising pressure on reception centers for migrants on the islands and on the mainland amid an uptick in arrivals from Turkey.