UNHCR is replacing tents with prefabricated houses on eight refugee sites across Greece to accommodate people in winter, with support from the European Commission – Humanitarian Aid. UNHCR’s work to…
Zahra had never heard before of United Nations’ International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, commemorated every year on November 25th. But she knows first-hand what violence is….
Winter preparations on the sites, where thousands of asylum-seekers stay in Greece, are moving forward. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, steps up its assistance to replace tents with prefabricated houses,…
Volos’ residents know what it means to be a refugee. About a century ago this city welcomed thousands of persecuted Greeks arriving from Izmir and Asia Minor. Nowadays, in a…
The UN Refugee Agency-UNHCR has started to roll out the delivery of winter clothes, sleeping bags and thermal blankets to 38,000 asylum-seekers on Greek mainland and the islands. This is…
Under the shadow of the trees a group of children is making garlands, flowers and animal figures out of cardboard in the open accommodation site of Schisto, located in the…
