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Municipality of Ioannina Responds to COVID -19 Ensuring the Protection of Human Rights Municipality of Ioannina responds to COVID -19 ensuring the protection of human rights. Dionysia Ampatzidi Advisor to the Mayor of Ioannina on social and migration policy The city of Ioannina • Capital of the Epirus region • 112.486 inhabitants • Diverse economy focused mainly on food production, tourism and education • General Hospital and University Hospital • University • Prison Photo by: ManisGeo Location of Ioannina Response to COVID-19 Create a management mechanism Create a helpline Enhance the mobile units of the Help at Home programme Ensuring the protection of the most vulnerable population ❖ Provide shelter and psychosocial support to homeless people who do not fulfil the criteria of homeless dormitory such as addicted to alcohol, drugs, and people with active mental illness ❖ Provide personal protective equipment and food assistance to the local prison ❖ Support the distribution, door to door, of food and basic materials to beneficiaries of the Greek Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived programme Roma ➢ Raise awareness about prevention and response to COVID-19 to Roma ➢ record and cover their needs ➢ provide personal protective equipment, hygiene items and food items ➢ disinfection Migrants/ refugees /asylum seekers 1/2 TOTAL POPULATION BREAKDOWN SITE / TOTAL NUMBER OF PoCs ACCOMMODATED Source: SMS, NATIONALITY ACCOMODATION PARTNER AP 35.0% KATSIKAS 1173 (incl. 18 unregistered) 28.8% 28.1% DOLIANA 144 30.0% FILIPPIADA 654 25.0% 21.9% 21.1% INTERSOS ACCOMMODATION 552 20.0% AGIA ELENI 328 SN ACCOMMODATION 262 15.0% AGIA ELENI safe zone (ARSIS) 27 10.0% ILIACHTIDA (PERAMA) 38 ICSD (PERAMA) 35 UAMs HOTELS ARSIS (PERAMA) 25 ICSD (IGOUMENITSA) 36 5.0% LYGIA 139 KANALI 86 0.0% IOM FILOXENIA HOTELS KONITSA 131 KASTROSYKIA 24 Syrian Arab Afghanistan Other (38) Iraq SELF-ACCOMMODATED 252 Republic TOTAL: 3906 LEGAL STATUS Asylum Seeker, 81% Refugee, 19% Migrants/ refugees /asylum seekers 2/2 • Raised awareness about prevention and response to COVID-19 to migrants, refugees and asylum seekers in urban settings and in camp. • The local radio provided information to migrants in native languages. • NGOs distributed hygiene items and personal protective equipment • Distributed information materials to employers of migrants. THANK YOU.
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