Refugees/Migrants Emergency Response - Mediterranean

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UNHCR deplores loss of life in the Aegean Sea, amidst worsening weather conditions
UNHCR, 22 Jan 2016
UNHCR deeply deplores the loss of life for the umpteenth time in two tragedies in the early hours of today when at least 42 people from Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq, including 18 women, 17 children and 7 men have been reported dead off Farmakonissi and Kalolimnos islets near Leros and Kalymnos island...
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Programme seeks 20,000 places for asylum seekers in Greece
UNHCR, 14 Dec 2015
ATHENS, Greece, Dec 14 (UNHCR) – The UN Refugee Agency and the European Commission have launched a programme to provide 20,000 additional reception places for asylum seekers in Greece through subsidies for private sector housing. The Commission is providing 80 million euros from the 2016 EU bud...
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UNHCR says most of Syrians arriving in Greece are students
UNHCR, 08 Dec 2015
GENEVA, Dec 8, (UNHCR) – The Mediterranean crossing is treacherous, the risk of drowning is constant. But still they come, day after day, in a fleet of dinghies spilling them onto the shores of Greek Islands near Turkey, almost 800,000 so far in 2015 alone. Most are fleeing the conflict in Syri...
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UNHCR concerned by violence at Greek border, calls for improved security
UNHCR, 03 Dec 2015
UNHCR is deeply concerned about the tension and violence at the border between Greece and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and calls on the authorities of both countries to manage the border in a manner consistent with human rights and refugee-protection principles. As a result of restri...
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Ramping Up Refugee Reception - Lesvos
UNHCR, 30 Nov 2015
UNHCR staff are working with Government authorities, NGOs and volunteers on the beaches of the Greek island of Lesvos, to receive cold, wet and fearful asylum seekers making landfall around the clock. They wrap them in thermal blankets and take them to warm, safe emergency accommodation at transit s...
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  Highlights

 UNHCR and the European Commission have launched a programme to provide 20,000 additional reception places for asylum seekers in Greece. (UNHCR)
14 Dec 2015
UNHCR will support Greece in developing its asylum reception capacity through European Union-funded rent subsidies and host family programmes. (UNHCR)
14 Dec 2015
UNHCR and partners increased accommodation capacities at Eidomeni to provide more dignified waiting conditions to refugees and migrants. (UNHCR)
27 Nov 2015
UNHCR is working with the Hellenic Coast Guard to facilitate the deployment of experienced life guards and equipment to support rescue efforts at sea. (UNHCR)
13 Nov 2015
First group of thirty Syrian and Iraqi asylum-seekers relocated from Greece to Luxembourg. (UNHCR)
06 Nov 2015
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