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Helping Refugee Children on Lesvos: The Smile of the Child Launches Campaign for ‘The House of Canada and the Americas’

In efforts help refugee children who are currently stuck living in migrant reception centers in Greece, NPO The Smile of the Child, which helps children in need and at risk in Greece, has been overwhelmed trying to help these...

The Plan for Refugee Reception Classes at Greek Schools

    The ministries of education and migration presented the education plan for refugee children. The program is based on the suggestions of a team of scientists who gathered their findings together in May 2016. The plan is as follows: Primary and secondary education reception...

Penal Action Against Oraiokastro's Racist School Parents and Mayor

  Prosecutor Syrmo Kakali of Thessaloniki's Court of First Instance intervened following a decision by the Parents and Guardians Association of the elementary school of Oraiokastro to stage a sit-in at the school. The parents decided to stage the occupation...

Refugee Children to Start Attending School Classes September in Greece

According to ANA-MPA, the Education Ministry of Greece is about to implement its educational plan to teach thousands of refugee children stranded in the country. The program is set to start in September and with the support of UNICEF as well...

Sexual Assaults on Children at Refugee Camps in Greece, says British Report

Refugee children as young as seven years old have been sexually assaulted in official European refugee camps in Greece, an Observer report says. Human rights groups and charities cite testimonies from certain camps according to which youngsters are too terrified...

Greece Hiring Spree for Hundreds of Teachers to Teach Refugee Children

The average amount of time that refugee children have been out of school is a year and a half, according to Save the Children NPO. The fact of the matter is that even before that year and a half time period,...

Human Rights Group Tells Greece to Stop Jailing Refugee Children

  Human Rights Watch, a rights group concerned with the refugee crisis, called on Greece to stop holding unaccompanied migrant children in police station cells. Greece is urged to find facilities to hold minors entering the country and offer them...

Doctors Without Borders to Inoculate Thousands of Refugee Children at Elliniko Camp

As refugee children have been caught in the middle of war-torn events over the last several years, one vital health concern has developed. Children have not had access to inoculations for some time now, and Doctors Without Borders and the...

Olympic Run in Athens with the Participation of Refugee Children

The Hellenic Olympic Academy invites Greek and refugee children to an Olive Wreath Run on Wednesday, June 22 at 6:00 pm at Zappeion in Athens. The event takes place on the occasion of Olympic Day (June 23) and the World...

Arrivals of Unaccompanied Refugee Children Rising, Greek Coast Guard Staff Report

The number of unaccompanied refugee children arriving in Greece from the shores of Turkey spiked in the first quarter of 2016, according to figures presented on Tuesday by the head of the Hellenic Coast Guard's personnel union federation (POEPLS)...