Refugees/Migrants Emergency Response - Mediterranean

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 GREECE: UNHCR concerned at conditions in new refugee sites and urges that alternatives be found
27 May 2016
UN Refugee Agency kicked off a series of training workshops this week in Greece to provide additional tools on how to strengthen coordination
16 May 2016
Greek Asylum Service will start soon registration of asylum seekers residing in open reception facilities in the mainland with support by UNHCR and EASO
14 May 2016
Syrian refugee carries Olympic flame through Athens to show solidarity with the world's refugees at a time when millions are fleeing war and persecution
26 Apr 2016
Cooperation Ministry of Interior and Administrative Reconstruction (Alternate Minister for Migration Policy) and UNHCR for provision of assistance to refugees
23 Apr 2016
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  Media Covering Refugee Crisis

Joint Press Release: The pre-registration of asylum seekers in the Greek mainland is starting today
UNHCR / Greek Asylum Service / EASO, 08 Jun 2016
Athens, 08/06/2016 The Asylum Service is launching today a large scale operation to pre-register applications for international protection, offering the possibility to third country nationals in mainland Greece to ask for asylum in the country, for family reunification or relocation to another EU m...
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GREECE: UNHCR concerned at conditions in new refugee sites and urges that alternatives be found
UNHCR, 27 May 2016
UNHCR is seriously concerned about sub-standard conditions at several sites in northern Greece where refugees and migrants were evacuated this week from the makeshift site at Idomeni, and urges the Greek authorities, with the financial support provided by the European Union, to find better alternati...
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UN Refugee Agency training to strengthen coordination in Greece response
UNHCR, 16 May 2016
The UN Refugee Agency kicked off a series of training workshops this week in Greece to provide additional tools on how to strengthen coordination among many partners. This will help ensure their collective efforts in support of national and local authorities deliver improved living conditions for th...
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Joint press release: The registration of asylum seekers residing in open reception facilities in the mainland will begin in the next few weeks
UNHCR / Greek Asylum Service / EASO, 14 May 2016
Athens, 14/05/2016 The Asylum Service will conduct a pre-registration exercise for international protection in the mainland from end of May to end of July with the financial support of the European Commission (DG Home). The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the European As...
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Horrified shipwreck survivors watched as hundreds drowned
UNHCR, 02 May 2016
ATHENS, Greece, May 2 (UNHCR) – All Yasin Osman Ibrahim and his three-year-old son Abdulrahman could do was watch in horror as more than 500 migrants and refugees drowned two weeks ago, in one of the Mediterranean's worst shipwrecks in modern history. Clutching Abdulrahman to his chest, Yasin s...
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  Sectorial Working Groups

Cash Working Group (CWG)
The role of the Greece Cash Working Group (CWG) is to provide a platform for discussion and establishing standards/recommendations on market based responses (inclusive of vouchers,...
Food Security Working Group (FSWG)
Inter-Agency Coordination Forum
The Inter-Agency Coordination unit is based in Athens to enhance and strengthen coordination, provide technical support and oversight in all coordination related issues, promote co...
Protection Working Group (PWG)
In line with the Refugee Coordination Model (RCM) and the RRMRP, the Protection Working Group provides technical guidance and oversight to ensure effective, coherent and predictabl...
[Protection] Child Protection Sub Working Group (CPWG)
The Child Protection sub-Working Group (CP SWG) strives to ensure a) the prioritisation of children’s protection in the refugee and migrant response (“child protection in human...
Communications with Communities Working Group (CWC)
The working group will coordinate and facilitate the CWC work of agencies working with affected men, women and children and improve the sharing of information that informs response...
Shelter and NFI Working Group
The objectives of the Shelter and NFI working group is to ensure all People of Concern, PoC’s, in Greece receive adequate shelter solutions and appropriate Non Food Items, NFIâ€...
Site Management Support Sector Working Group (SMS SWG)
In line with the Refugee Coordination Model (RCM) and the RRMRP, and in support of the Government, the objective of the Site Management Support Sector Working Group (SMS SWG) is to...
WASH Working Group
The objective of the WASH Sector Inter-Agency NATIONAL LEVEL Working Group in Greece is to strengthen humanitarian response by demanding high standards of predictability, accountab...

  Upcoming Events


Wednesday, 22nd June 2016
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Food WG - CHIOS
Location: NRC Office in Chios
Description: Sub-National WG
Chaired By: NRC - Sebastian Daridan
Contact: Eliza Kavalaraki (kavalara@unhcr.org)


9:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Child Protection Sub-Working Group - ATHENS
Location: UNHCR Office (91 Michalakopoulou Street, 115 28 Athens)
Description: National Level WG
Chaired By: UNHCR
Contact: Marie Hesselholdt (hesselho@unhcr.org)

9:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Hygiene Promotion Meeting for Attica and Central Greece
Location: Apostoli's Office in Neos Kosmos
Chaired By: Apostoli & Norwegian Church Aid
Contact: Ioannis Georgiadis - Norwegian Church Aid (iog@nca.no)


10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Oreokastro General Coordination Meeting
Location: Oreokastro Site - UNHCR office space
Description: Site Level meeting
Chaired By: UNHCR
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Protection Working Group - CHERSO
Location: Cherso Camp
Description: Sub-National WG
Chaired By: UNHCR
Contact: Sabrina Ruigui (rouigui@unhcr.org)

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Health Working Group - Mental Health & Psychological Support (MHPSS)
Location: UNHCR Office
Description: Sub-national WG
Chaired By: UNHCR
Contact: Konstantina Tzetza (tzetza@unhcr.org)


11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

General Coordination Meeting
Location: Cherso Camp
Description: Site level meeting
Chaired By: UNHCR
Contact: Sabrina Ruigui (rouigui@unhcr.org)

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

WASH Working Group - LESVOS
Location: Deyal Office (Water & Wastewater) in Mytilini
Description: Sub-national WG
Chaired By: DEYAL/ Mr.Akriotis
Contact: Nikos Skondras (nikos.skondras@rescue.org)



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