UNHCR

A bleak winter beckons for many refugees and migrants trapped in Greece, with thousands left vulnerable to the elements. Although the Greek government has largely succeeded in shifting most people from ad-hoc sites into state-run camps, conditions in the camps...

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, urged for action to be taken to address the humanitarian needs of refugees and migrants on Samos island following the severe deterioration of their living conditions. The overcrowding at the Vathy Reception and Identification Centre...

The most vulnerable victims of conflict zones are being shunned by members of the Visigrad Group, Greece's Migration Minister, Yannis Mouzalas says. Refugee children, many of whom arrived in Greece and Italy unaccompanied by adults, are a top priority for the...

On Monday, Greek volunteers Efi Latsoudi and Konstantinos Mitragas on behalf of the Hellenic Rescue Team (HRT) became the latest in a long line of distinguished everyday heroes to receive UNHCR’s prestigious annual Nansen Refugee Award. Both winners of the...

UNHCR European Director Vincent Cochetel, speaking with British newspaper The Guardian on Wednesday, said that the withdrawal of Turkish liaison officers from Greek islands following the failed coup on July 15 has brought the EU-Turkey refugee pact to a...

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said that more policing is needed in Greece's refugee camps and that the relocation process for those who qualify should be expedited. After his meetings with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and...

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, met with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in Athens on Wednesday to discuss the refugee flow and administration of the crisis in Greece. Grandi called for the EU scheme to relocate...

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...

It was estimated that 57,034 identified refugees and migrants were on the Greek territory on Wednesday while 119 new arrivals were reported in the last 24 hours. According to the Refugee Crisis Management Coordination Body's figures, 22,250 of the refugees...

After the completion of the pre-registration process of asylum seekers in Greece, hundreds of unaccompanied children were found among them. The pre-registration process started on June 8 by the Greek Asylum Service and was implemented with the support of the...