InfoMigrants By Benjamin Bathke Published on : 2021/04/01
After the final relocation flight with refugees from Greek camps landed in Germany this week, German aid organizations criticized the end to resettlement from Lesbos and demanded an extension. Since April 2020, Germany has taken in a total of 2,662 people from the Greek Aegean Islands. It s a order of humanity to keep taking in those seeking protection, Catholic charity Caritas President Peter Neher said on Wednesday (March 31) on the occasion of the last charter flight bringing selected refugees from the Greek Aegean island of Lesbos to Germany.
According to the German interior ministry, a flight from Lesbos with 120 people on board arrived Wednesday afternoon at Hanover airport. The group consisted of 30 families with 59 adults and 61 minors, the ministry said in a press release.
InfoMigrants By ANSA Published on : 2021/03/11
Refugee children in Greece have long lacked access to public education, and the coronavirus pandemic has made things even worse, according to a letter published by 33 organizations. They are demanding immediate action from Greek und EU authorities.
33 organizations in Greece published an appeal on March 9, expressing concern that asylum seekers and refugee children do not have sufficient access to public education in Greece. We call upon the Greek government to take immediate action to guarantee equal, substantive, and quality education to children of all ages and nationalities residing both on the islands and on the mainland, they wrote.
Regional Bureau for Europe: Greece Update # 12 Lesvos (18 December 2020)
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UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is supporting the government-led response after a series of fires destroyed the Reception and Identification Centre in Moria (Lesvos) on 8-10 September.
UNHCR has scaled up its support for all asylum-seekers affected and urges for comprehensive and humane solutions to address overcrowding on Greek islands.
BACKGROUND
More than three months after fires swept through the Moria Reception and Identification Centre, nearly 7,400 asylum-seekers and refugees are sheltered in the Mavrovouni site, which was set up to host those affected. The fires had left some 12,000 people homeless, of which many were transferred to other accommodations.