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www.w2eu.info AN INFO-GUIDE FOR REFUGEES AND MIGRANTS 2 We are a group of people of whom some live in Greece and some others come from and (usually) live in different Euro - pean countries. We support refugees in the places we live and elsewhere as activists, because for us all human beings are equal. We believe in the freedom of movement as every - body’s right and a world without borders. In order to sup - port you we would like to give you some useful information about your rights in Greece and the overall situation here. We don’t ask for money, we don’t take money and we don’t ask for any reward. We just wish you a safe journey to a bet - ter place and tell you from our side:
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Last update: July 2015
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WHAT IS THE CURRENT der for some months now, while SITUATION IN they seemingly continue at the ?THE AEGEAN land border. NEW GOVERNMENT: In February ATTENTION: If you have been 2015 Greece elected a new go - pushed back from Greek territory vernment which is much more (sea or land) to Turkey, specifi - friendly to refugees and migrants cally in the period after February than the governments before. 2015, it is important to report The implementation of the an - this incident(s) to an indepen - nounced new migration policies dent organisation as this might which should introduce some help in halting these kinds of hu - improvements has turned out for man rights violations in the futu - the moment to be difficult, as re. You can directly contact us there is not enough funding and also for that purpose via email: as the deeper state structures are 8 CONTACT @W2EU .INFO or you can more or less the same like before contact organizations named be - (i.e. civil servants and officers low in the contact list. It will not have not changed). change what happened to you but it might improve conditions What has improved is that the for the ones following. It is also detention duration of persons la - important to report this during cking documents has been redu - your asylum application as well ced from 18 months and more, to as all other human rights violati - maximal six months (and under ons that occurred to you in your specific conditions for another 1- home country and during your 3 months). Additionally, the go - journey out. A push-back took vernment also announced to place when you reached Greek fight against the illegal push- territory, clearly crossing the backs (“immediate deportations” border line, and the Greek autho - upon arrest on Greek territory) of rities sent you directly back to refugees at the sea and land bor - Turkey – most of the times wit - ders to Turkey. Push-backs have hout registering your name, age in fact gone down at the sea bor - and nationality, without hearing
4 INFO-GUIDE FOR REFUGEES AND MIGRANTS N O I T your claim for asylum / pro - first arrest and held until their A M tection and your wish to stay in registration is completed. The - R O Greece. At sea this usually hap - se detention centres are cur - F N I
pens directly while refugee bo - rently all overcrowded. Usually L A R
ats are in Greek waters. On the the completion of registration E N land border it might happen doesn’t last more than one E that you are kept for a few month, but things can change G
hours or a few days before if the number of arrivals conti -
being illegally returned. nues to increase in summer.
All the other islands in the Ae -
HUMANITARIAN CRISIS: You gean have no special places S N E
should know that numbers of where refugees are held for re - H T refugees arriving in Greece are gistration. Therefore, you A
currently (May 2015) six times might stay in very different
higher than last year. The go - places, for different periods of
vernment is not able to res - time and under very different
pond to the growing numbers conditions depending on the
of refugees arriving. There are place of arrival. There is also a
no adequate places where you big problem with transportati - S E S will be hosted until registrati - on, as most people are left to S E on is completed. There is not walk from the place where they R D A sufficient staff paid to offer arrived to the capital city of the / E C
medical and legal support and island. N A to do registration procedures. T S I
Upon arrest you will be trans - SOLIDARITY AND SUPPORT: On S S ferred to provisional detention the islands of the Aegean you A
facilities, such as fenced areas might sometimes encounter
inside the port, container people who are not nice to you,
rooms, police stations or tent but there are many activists
camps. On the islands Lesvos and volunteers who will try to S
(Mytilene), Samos and Chios help you and who are friendly E S A
there are detention centres people, who live there or stay R H P
(“camps”), where the ones arri - there as tourists. On some is - K ving are transferred to after lands there are even self-orga - E E R
5 G WELCOME TO GREECE! nised solidarity groups who try fights, especially in any place of to help arrange provisory accom - self-organised housing and soli - modation, food, clothes, infor - darity. Sexist and racist behavio - mation provision, or transport urs are not welcomed as well as people with their private cars or any form of exploitation of ot - otherwise. Be aware that many of hers, for example by persons in - these people are helping on a dai - volved in selling overpriced fer - ly basis by investing their time, ry-tickets and SIM-cards. energy and often also their mo - ney to help many hundreds or even thousands of people who ar - WHAT HAPPENS UPON MY rived and will be arriving this ARREST AT THE SEA OR year on the Greek islands. They LAND BORDER? even might risk conflicts with ? the authorities in order to sup - Upon arrest you will be brought port you. Try to be co-operative to a coastguard, borderguard or and patient with all people try - police station for a first registra - ing to help you. Please under - tion of your name, family name, stand that help is limited to the age and nationality. In some ca - persons who are available and ses the European Border Police their time. We understand that Frontex might make an additio - you might want to leave the pla - nal estimation of your nationali - ce you arrived as fast as possible, ty and age in an interview that is but you will be soon enough in usually conducted by a bordergu - Athens anyways. So try to be ard from another EU-member supportive, too and help out in state in English, together with a organising, fair distribution of translator. If they don’t believe any goods and food provided, that you say the truth about your cleaning the areas you are tem - nationality, they might ask you porarily staying at and be re - different questions about your spectful to each other. Please stated home country (flag, geo - don’t use any drugs or alcohol in graphy, culture, history, politics, order to avoid any form of point - etc.). Sometimes they also con - less aggressions, conflicts and duct more detailed interviews in 6 INFO-GUIDE FOR REFUGEES AND MIGRANTS N O I T order to learn something about Georgians, can be deported A M smuggling networks. After the back to their countries of ori - R O first registration in certain pla - F gin from Athens. Also persons N I
ces of arrival you will be L
who can prove that they were A R brought to a detention centre asylum seekers or recognized E N
(if you arrived in Evros, Lesvos, E
refugees in Turkey are in dan - G Samos or Chios) and there you ger of deportation to Turkey, if
might be registered a second
they present documents!
time (by the First Reception
The only ones who cannot be
Service (FRS)).
deported for sure are the ones S
who seek asylum. If you are not N E H
released from the detention T WHY AM I IN PRISON / centre / first reception centre A
CLOSED CAMP / “FIRST and you are brought to a prison
RECEPTION CENTRE”? in Athens and if the police
?
transfers you to your country’s
You are detained for having en -
embassy, you might be in risk
tered the country without pa - of deportation. S pers – which, according to the E S S law is illegal. You are detained ATTENTION: Greece does not E R with the aim to be deported D
deport refugees from Afgha - A
! / back to your country of origin. E
nistan, Syria, Somalia, Sudan, C N
Eritrea and Palestine as well as A T
ATTENTION: But most of the S I
people from other war torn S
nationalities cannot be de - S ! countries. There have been A ported or sent back to Turkey.
only some very few reported
Iranians, Iraqis and Turks are
cases of deportation to these
in danger of being deported
countries. Currently people ar -
back to Turkey directly from
rested at the Greek-Turkish the detention centres along the S E
borders are usually only detai - S
Greek-Turkish border. Some A ned until registration procedu - R other nationalities, such as Ni - H P res are completed.
K
gerians, Santo Dominicans, E E R
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FOR HOW LONG you are detained for reason 1 and AM I GOING TO BE 2 then the duration of your de - ?DETAINED? tention cannot exceed the 12 months. It can be extended only ACCORDING TO THE LAW, you can after a new individually justified be detained from a few hours up detention decision issued by the to six months. Your detention competent authorities. can be extended twice, for a ma - ximum of 12 months in total. If IN PRACTICE the detention that happens then the competent duration upon first arrest varies authorities will issue a new de - a lot, according to the place you tention decision. Nowadays, if arrive and different factors that someone is detained, he/she is in cannot be better described than practice normally released after mere good or bad luck. An impor - 6 months. tant factor one cannot influence If you are an asylum seeker, though is how full the camp you according to the law, you can be arrive is and how many people detained for three reasons: arrive after your arrival. Usually upon arrival people are currently 1. as long as it is necessary for only held until registration pro - the determination of your cedures have been completed. nationality, This can currently last up to one 2. if you are considered a public month on average. If you are threat according to the police from Syria you will be released very soon anyway as you should and normally not be detained at all 3. for the prompt and effective after your registration and iden - completion of the asylum tification as Syrian. If you are de - procedure. tained upon second arrest on the mainland nowadays, you will be If you apply for asylum during normally released after 6 your detention, your detention months. cannot last more than 6 months in total (under 3, see above). If
8 INFO-GUIDE FOR REFUGEES AND MIGRANTS N O I T ATTENTION: In the First Re - WHAT IS WRITTEN ON A M
ception Centre (FRC) Fylakio R ! THE WHITE PAPER THAT O F
(and any other FRC that might N POLICE GAVE ME? I
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open in Lesvos or elsewhere) A R you should not stay longer The “white paper” is an official E N
note issued by the police upon E than 25 days, but it is possible G release from detention in that you will be transferred af -
which you are told to leave
ter that period to a detention
Greece and go back to your
centre.
country, within a period of a
few days up to 30 days. This S N
ATTENTION: Please ask the E
paper is neither a travel docu - H people supporting you upon T ! ment nor a residence permit. It A arrival about the detention du -
just protects you from being
ration at that actual moment arrested for the period specifi -
and place as practices change
cally mentioned in it (on the
all the time. And remember right bottom side), from the
that no one can tell you for day it was issued (date on the
S
sure what will happen the next upper right side). Once it expi - E S day but you can only get an ori - res, you are at risk of being ar - S E R entation based on the experi - rested and detained again. This D A time detention will most pro - / ence of the near past. E C
bably last up to six months N A
(and under specific conditions T S
ATTENTION: If you are an I S
unaccompanied minor, you an additional 1-3 months). S ! A should not be detained but you
ATTENTION: IF you are from
might still be held longer than
Syria you will be given a
the others (see section on !
“Suspension of the deporta -
unaccompanied minors).
tion” note. This document is S E
usually issued for 6 months S A R
instead of 30 days and can be H P
renewed. K E E R
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ATTENTION: Make a copy of you entered. In practice, Greece !your paper as soon as possible is the first European country and keep it somewhere safe, in where you are being registered and fingerprinted upon arrival. If case you lose the original. you manage to reach another Eu - ropean country and apply for asylum, that country can send CAN I you back to Greece, as your fin - RENEW THE gerprints are kept in a common ?WHITE PAPER? European database, called “Eurodac” if you are an adult No.This order cannot be rene - (over 18 years old). This happens wed. BUT if they arrest you after because of a European law called the expiration of that paper and “Dublin Regulation.” BUT: Since they release you again after an January 2011, most European undefined period of time, you countries have stopped tempora - will most probably receive the rily sending refugees back to same paper again with a new ex - Greece, because they understood piration date. If you are a Syrian that the situation here is not refugee, you can renew the six good. If you have more questions months “Suspension of the Re - check HTTP :// W2EU .INFO . moval” paper. You have to go to 8 the “Aliens Police Directorate” in Athens (Petrou Ralli/ Allodapon) ATTENTION: If you have family members legally residing in and ask for its renewal . ! another European country, you have the right to ask for a family CAN I APPLY FOR ASYLUM reunification, under the Dublin IN ANOTHER EU-COUNTRY Regulation. You have to ask for ?AND NOT IN GREECE? help for the procedure and the necessary documentation that According to the European law, must be submitted from a Greek you have to apply for asylum in organisation, which can explain the first European country that
10 INFO-GUIDE FOR REFUGEES AND MIGRANTS N O I T to you the procedure, the chan - I have the right to be A
M ces and the time frame. R
informed about my rights O F N
and the asylum procedure I
L
ATTENTION: If you are a Sy - in my own language A R
rian refugee, some European E ! I have the right to make N
E
countries have opened a spe - G phone calls cial family reunification proce -
Unaccompanied minors
dure through their embassies.
are usually detained until
But this can only happen from
an available place is found third countries (such as Tur - S
in a reception centre for N
key, Lebanon, Jordan) and not E
unaccompanied minors H from Greece! T A
HOW DO I APPEAL WHAT ARE
BEFORE THE COURT TO
MY RIGHTS
BE RELEASED SOONER? WHILE I AM IN PRISON?
?
? S E
ATTENTION: This procedure S I can lodge an asylum S E
is currently not needed upon R
application ! D A
arrival as all refugees are re - / I have the right to spend E leased after registration. Yet, C N
one hour per day outside A you might need to know this T S I
I have the right to talk to a possibility in case you get ar - S
S lawyer rested again later. In order to A
appeal before the court against
I have the right to ask for
medical treatment your detention, asking for your
release, you need to have a
If I am a minor or a woman I
lawyer. NGO lawyers don’t ask S
should be detained E and don’t take money for this – S separately and not in mixed A R
or for any other procedure. Pri - H
detention cells P
vate lawyers will ask for mo - K E E R
11 G WELCOME TO GREECE! ney, for the court expenses. If important to say why you cannot you hire a private lawyer, make stay longer in prison. Important sure, you get proof/the receipts reasons are, among others: if you that the lawyer submitted an ap - are sick, if you are a torture plication. victim, if you have mental or psy - chological problems, if you have ATTENTION! No lawyer or other already applied for asylum, if third person can apply for asy - you have a family in another Eu - ! ropean country. Remember to lum in your place. Don’t pay mo - say these things to your lawyer. ney to anyone to do this for you. In case your detention is prolon - You personally have to lodge an ged, according to the law, there asylum application before the must be a review of your detenti - competent authorities. on and a justified new decision issued by the authorities. Everybody can appeal before the court to be released sooner – per - sons who apply for asylum and WHO IS also the ones who don’t. If you have a relative or a friend who le - A POLITICAL gally lives in Greece, you will ?REFUGEE? need his address in order to pro - A political refugee is a person ve that you have a place to stay who has left his country, because upon release. Your friend or rela - he was afraid that his life was in tive has to sign a specific docu - danger for the following reasons: ment called “ipefthini dilosi” (Solemn Declaration) where he because of his religion or of states that he is willing to offer his ethnic group you accommodation and submit because of his nationality that to the Court, along with his because of his social group, house/rent contract. The lawyer his gender or sexual will have to submit these papers orientation identity to the court, asking for your re - lease. For this application, it is (homosexual)
12 INFO-GUIDE FOR REFUGEES AND MIGRANTS N O I T because of his political serious and individual A
M R
views threat to a civilian's life or O F N
person by reason of I because in his country or in
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his region, there’s a war indiscriminate violence in A R situations of international E and/or generalized N E
or internal armed conflict. G violence.
If you have left ATTENTION
your country in order to find
WHO IS A PERSON IN
! a job or a better life, you can - S
NEED OF SUBSIDIARY N E
PROTECTION? not be classified as a refugee H T
? A and you cannot receive subsi -
A person eligible for subsidiary diary protection according to
protection is a third-country
international law.
national or a stateless person
who does not qualify as a refu -
gee but for whom substantial
WHEN CAN I S
grounds exist for believing E
APPLY FOR S that, if returned to his / her S E
POLITICAL ASYLUM? R country of origin, or in the case ? D A of a stateless person, to his or / E
There is not a deadline for pre - C
her country of former habitual N
senting an asylum application. A residence, he would face a real T S Nevertheless, according to the I S
risk of suffering serious harm, S
Greek law, if you haven’t ap - A i.e.
plied for asylum shortly after
the death penalty or your arrival or your release, it
execution; or can be considered as not really
torture or inhuman or wanting to do so. It is known
though, also to the Greek aut - S
degrading treatment or E S
punishment in the country horities, that access to the asy - A R
lum procedure is not always H
of origin; or P
easy and sometimes you have K E E R
13 G WELCOME TO GREECE! to wait for days or for months un - WHICH IS THE PROCESS til you get access to the Asylum OF APPLYING FOR Office. ?POLITICAL ASYLUM? Once you manage to have access WHERE CAN I to an Asylum Office, an em - MAKE THIS ployee will register your personal ?APPLICATION? data and ask you some questions about your origin, the journey You have to personally lodge an you undertook, the reasons for asylum application before the leaving your country etc. A white competent authority, which is card, which is called “Internatio - the Asylum Office (in Athens, nal protection seeker’s card” will Lesvos Island, Rhodes Island, be issued, with your personal de - South and North Evros Region, in tails, the day of its issuance and Amygdaleza detention camp, in the day of its expiration (a few Thessaloniki and in Patras). The - years ago it used to be a pink re is no such office in Chios, but card). On that card, also the day occasionally the Lesvos employe - of your interview before the es visit the island and offer the competent committee is written. possibility to apply there. The “white card” according to If you are detained or in a First the Greek law, is valid for 6 Reception Center, the detention months, until the completion of authorities (police) and someti - your asylum procedure (if the mes also the First Reception aut - procedure takes longer it will be horities will register your will to renewed). Sometimes it is issued seek international protection and also for shorter periods. refer you to the competent exa - mination authority. ATTENTION: Be aware that if !you don’t present yourself on the day, fixed for your interview, to the asylum office where you put your claim, the asylum pro -
14 INFO-GUIDE FOR REFUGEES AND MIGRANTS N O I T cedure is concluded. You have cision should be issued within A M to have valid reasons for not 45 days, and for the other na - R O F
presenting yourself (example: tionalities within four months, N I
L
a paper from a public hospital according to a decision publis - A R that you were sick or if the po - hed by the Head of the Asylum E N E
lice stopped you in order to Office. G check the validity of the docu -
ment and you couldn’t be on ATTENTION: If your asylum
time at the fixed appointment claim is rejected in first in -
!
with the authorities). Example: stance, you have the right to S N
If you apply for asylum on the appeal against the rejection. E H island of Lesvos, you should re - Make sure you refer promptly T A
new your card there, you to an NGO in order to get help.
should be interviewed there According to the law, if your
etc. Only a change of address, asylum claim is examined with
which you report to the Asy - the normal procedure, you
lum Service would change the have 30 days to appeal against
S
local responsibilities. the rejection. If it is examined E S
with the accelerated procedure S E R
ATTENTION: When you are (which means that your asy - D A /
given the “white card” and lum is considered unfounded), E
! C you know the day of your inter - you have 15 DAYS to appeal N A T S view, you should go to one of against the rejection. If you are I S the Greek NGOs working with in prison or detained in a de - S A asylum seekers (see below) tention center, you have 10
where you can be properly and DAYS to appeal against the re -
timely prepared for your inter - jection. If you are in a First Re -
view. ception Center, the deadline is
S
3 DAYS . The appeals procedure E S
ATTENTION: For those co - for the ones who applied be - A R H
ming from Pakistan, Bangla - fore the Asylum Service is ge - P ! K desh, Georgia, or Egypt, the de - nerally only possible in written E E R
15 G WELCOME TO GREECE! form. Ask an NGO for support to horities and give them your new formulate it!!! address and/or mobile phone number, so that they can find ATTENTION: If your appeal is you. !also rejected (second instance rejection), you can only appeal before the Appeal Administrative WHAT ARE MY RIGHTS Court and also request a suspen - IF I APPLY FOR sion of your removal, which is a ?POLITICAL ASYLUM? long and expensive procedure. Most probably you’ll have to hire Unfortunately the “white card” a private lawyer, as Greek NGOs does not practically correspond do not have the money or can to any right. It means that while you are in the asylum procedure only partially cover court expen - you cannot be deported until the ses. completion of the administrative procedure and until you get a ne - ATTENTION: The application gative answer. !before the Appeal Administra - You have the right to have access tive Court does not automatically to medical care and treatment at stop the removal decision, issued Greek public hospitals. with the second instance re - Due to the financial crisis, the jection. In order to do so, your Prefecture does not easily issue a lawyer or the NGO has to ask for work permit. In case you have the suspension of your removal, found a job, make sure you get pending the examination of your help from an NGO for the issuan - case by the court. ce of a work permit. Keep in mind that working without a ATTENTION: Be aware that in proper work permit is illegal, ac - case you change your address cording to the Greek law. ! In case you are a torture victim or or your mobile phone after you you have suffered from other have asked for asylum, you have forms of violence, you have to to immediately inform the aut -
16 INFO-GUIDE FOR REFUGEES AND MIGRANTS N O I T tell this to the authorities or tant as you might not get asked A M the NGO, so that you are timely everything. R O referred to “Metadrasis”, a spe - F N I
cialized NGO which can con - L A R firm that you are a torture WHEN DO I HAVE THE E N victim by issuing a certificate E
CHANCE OF BEING G which is important for your RECOGNIZED AS A asylum claim. ?
REFUGEE?
You have the chance to be gran -
S
IF I MAKE AN ted international protection if N E
APPLICATION IS IT your fear of persecution (be - H T CERTAIN THAT I WILL BE cause of your political views, A
? your religion, your race, your RECOGNIZED AS A REFUGEE?
nationality etc.) can be proven
No, it is not. During the asylum and if in your country (or in the
procedure, the committee has region you come from) there is
to examine your personal si - a general situation of instabili -
S tuation and the individual rea - ty due to conflicts. E
S S
sons why you left your country E R of origin, as well as the general D A / situation in your own country. E
IS THERE A SAFE WAY C
Be careful on what you say, try N TO LEGALLY LEAVE A T to be as clear and as precise as S GREECE AND GO TO I S you can. Everyone understands ? S ANOTHER EUROPEAN A that, when you arrive in a
COUNTRY?
country, you need to find a job
in order to survive. But during As an asylum seeker, awaiting
your asylum examination, the
your interview or the decision, priority is to explain why your you cannot travel because you S E life was in danger at home and S
do not have a travel document. A why you had to escape. Be pre - R If you are recognized as a poli - H P pared to say everything impor - tical refugee, you can apply for K E E R
17 G WELCOME TO GREECE! a TDV, a travel document and to bring evidence documenting travel in all countries except the sickness. from your country of origin. If you have been issued subsidiary ATTENTION: Keep in mind that protection, you can apply for a !if you try to leave from Greece TDV in case you cannot get a with a forged or false passport passport by your own embassy and you are arrested, you might (you need to explain the reasons be brought to the Court, senten - for that, e.g. if your country of ced and detained. If you have origin does not have an embassy close family members in another in Greece). You can travel in all countries including your country European country, you can apply of origin. In both cases, you can for a FAMILY REUNIFICATION stay abroad for a maximum pe - UNDER THE DUBLIN REGULA - riod up to three months TION. This application is also made before the Asylum Service. ATTENTION: Currently, some You should seek the help of an !European countries ask for a NGO, in order to find out whet - visa, even for those who are re - her you can take advantage of cognized as political refugees in this regulation. Anyhow, you can another country. Also countries also directly go to the asylum ser - outside of Europe might ask for a vice from the moment your rela - visa. tive has registered himself/her - self in the EU member-state ATTENTION: In some very ex - he/she resides. You need also do - !ceptional cases, when you have cuments that prove your relation a very serious health problem, to the person that legally resides which cannot be treated in in another European country and Greece, you can apply for a travel probably a DNA test will also be document, even while you are needed. still in the asylum procedure. Keep in mind though that this is ATTENTION: Keep in mind that extremely difficult and you need !before applying for asylum in INFO-GUIDE FOR REFUGEES AND MIGRANTS N O I T Greece you need to know if WHAT HAPPENS IF I A M your parents/underage R
GIVE FALSE O F
brothers/sisters are in another N INFORMATION TO THE I
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European country and men - POLICE? A R tion this to the competent aut - E N
In the past it was very common E
horities. If you ask for asylum, G you have only three months to that mistakes were made by
the police officers due to the
state that you want to apply for
massive influx of refugees and
family reunification!
the deficiencies of the Greek
system. Nowadays, before app - S N
ATTENTION: Unfortunately, E
lying for asylum, there’s a H due to the numerous family T ! “screening procedure” and A reunification applications lod -
there are few chances that mis -
ged before the Greek authori -
takes such as the registration
ties, the procedure takes many
of a wrong nationality occur.
months and you need to be pa - In case there have been mista -
tient.
kes, you can ask the authorities
S
to correct them, if you have va - E S
lid documents/certificates S E R
IF I HAVE LEFT MY that can prove who you are. D A /
COUNTRY SO AS TO During the detention in identi - E C
fication centres in Lesvos and N
FIND A JOB, CAN I A
? T
Samos, as well as in the FRC, S OBTAIN A “GREEN CARD” I S
you might change your registe - S
WHEN I AM RELEASED? A red data more easily before
your release.
It’s very difficult to obtain a re -
sidence permit as a migrant.
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go to the “Group of Lawyers for S E the Rights of Migrants and Re - S A fugees” or ask at “Diktyo” (see R H P below). K E E R G European Union/ Dublin III-Area Finland
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CRETE
21 WELCOME TO GREECE!
WHAT HAPPENS IF THERE to the law, they can use medical ARE FAULTS ABOUT MY methods to determine if you are ?AGE, NAME OR younger than 18 or older. In such NATIONALITY ON MY a case, you should be informed in DEPORTATION ORDER? a language you understand, about the possibility to assess the Make sure that you declare them age with a medical examination, correctly (spelling mistakes or ot - the method that will be used, the hers) during the registration of possible consequences of the re - your asylum claim before the sult or of your refusal to underta - “Asylum Office”. The “white pa - ke a medical examination. If per” (removal order) is not a pro - from the medical examination it per identity document, so if you doesn’t result with certainty that apply for asylum, you can care - someone is an adult, he/she has fully examine it and state to the to be treated as a minor. person registering your claim, If you were registered by the First what the correct data is. Reception Services (in the FRC Fylakio and sometimes in Lesvos and Samos detention centres), I AM YOUNGER you can appeal against any form of age-assessment before the THAN 18, WHAT HAPPENS First Reception Service. You can TO ME? ? also appeal before the adminis - A minor is a child from 0-17 ye - trative court against it with the ars. An unaccompanied minor is help of a lawyer. If you have do - a child up to 17 years who is tra - cuments, proving your young age velling alone – meaning not ac - such as your original passport or companied by his/her mother or birth certificates, validated by father. Upon arrival you will usu - your countries’ ministry or em - ally be first registered by the co - bassy, you can hand them to the astguard. You have to declare authorities, the First Reception your name and age. If the autho - Service or (in case you apply for rities doubt your age, according asylum or for family reunificati - on) to the Asylum Service.
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ATTENTION: MINORS SHOULD PUBLIC PROSECUTOR IS YOUR A M
NOT BE DETAINED! Only in TEMPORARY GUARDIAN . R ! O F exceptional cases they can be He/she is responsible for you N I
L
detailed according to the law. in place of your family which is A R
However, in practice, minors currently not with you. In fact, E N E
are routinely detained in unfortunately most minors ne - G
Greece. If you are a registered ver have personal contact to
unaccompanied minor, you their guardians, and the guar -
might be detained until a place dians rarely know each child
is found in a reception centre they are responsible for. S N for unaccompanied minors, E H T
where you will be referred. ATTENTION: MINORS CAN - A
This means practically that NOT BE DEPORTED and only !
you might stay longer in deten - under very strict examination
tion than your adult or accom - of their best interest they can
panied friends. Currently, mi - do the voluntary return.
nors stay up to one month in
S
detention after arrival, awai - ATTENTION: The reception E S S ting an accommodation place !centre for unaccompanied E R in an open care centre. This pe - minors, where you will be D A / riod might decrease or increase transferred, is not a detention E C according to how many minors centre!!! You will be free there. N A T S are waiting for a place in open I S S
reception centres like you, and ATTENTION: If you have close A
according to how many minors family members in another
!
arrive in Greece. EU-country, such as father and
mother, elder brother or sister,
ATTENTION: Minors who are first degree uncle or aunt, you
S
not accompanied have to be can ask for family reunifica - E
! S taken care of by the Greek aut - tion. In order not to delay the A R H horities. If you are a documen - long lasting procedures, report P
K ted unaccompanied minor THE as soon as you arrive in Greece E E R
23 G WELCOME TO GREECE! that you want to be reunited WHAT IF I HAVE ALREADY with your relative. Even if unac - FINGERPRINTS IN A companied minors usually stay ?EUROPEAN COUNTRY longer in detention, it is worth as WHEN I ARRIVE IN GREECE? you will be able to travel with do - cuments and safely to your rela - If you have already given finger - tives. prints in another European coun - try before arriving in Greece and ATTENTION: The documents of if your fingerprints are found, then Greece will make a request unaccompanied minors are va - ! to this other EU-country to see if lid until concluding the 18th year they take you back or not. You of age. BUT as soon as you leave should think before if you want the open care centre, where you to be sent to that country or not. are assigned, the organisation IF not, and IF Greek authorities running the place has to report inform you that they will request you as missing. Practically, this you to go back, you should ask means for you, that during a po - advice of a lawyer to help you lice control you might get arres - stay (see: Bulgaria case below). If ted and the authorities might de - you want to be sent back because tain you again until they find a you have your old «first» finger - place in an open care centre prints in – for example – the UK where they can send you. Unac - or some other better country, companied minors arrested this you can inform the authorities way are usually held in Amygda - yourself about your fingerprints leza special holding centre for there and provide them with pro - ofs. Yet it depends on the way minors in Athens. you left the country (deported, why deported, voluntary re - turn...) and on other factors if they will take you back or not. Ask a lawyer about your indivi - dual case to be sure.
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In general, if you have left this happens, the decision will A M
Greece / or another European be handed to you and you will R O country (by deportation or vo - be asked if you want to return F N I
luntarily) and if your finger - to Bulgaria or not. L A R
prints are found, you will most If you do not want to return E N probably have to explain addi - to Bulgaria, you have to clearly E tionally to your old reason of express that to the Greek aut - G
escape from your home, new horities. You have to explain
reasons of persecution that oc - exactly the reason why you do
curred after your return. You not want to return: explain in
are allowed to make a new detail what happened to you S N E
claim for asylum if there are during detention, after deten - H T new grounds for it, as your old tion and if you have been a A
claim closes after a certain pe - victim of violence of any form
riod of time, when you do not by the authorities in Bulgaria
appear to be in the country. or a victim of racist violence by
Bulgarian citizens. Remember
ATTENTION SPECIAL CASE: that during all of your asylum
procedure no one is allowed to S PEOPLE WHO FIRST ENTERED E
! S
give the information you share S
THE EU VIA BULGARIA E to third persons. When the R D A
Greek authorities take a decisi - /
You are in THESSALONIKI OR E C
NEARBY AND YOU ARRIVED IN on to return you to Bulgaria, N A
you can appeal against it wit - T GREECE VIA BULGARIA . IF you S I
hin 15 days. You have to ask an S aim to apply for asylum in S Greece, you should know that NGO (like GCR or Ecumenical A
Refugee Council) for support. your fingerprints from Bulga -
If your appeal is rejected, ria are very likely to be found.
they will hand you an invitati -
If they are found, Greece will
ask Bulgaria to take you back as on to present yourself to the re - S
sponsible authorities, in order E it was your first country of en - S A try in Europe. Usually Bulgaria that they explain to you the R H P accepts these requests and ta - procedure of return and in or - K
der to receive your ticket. If E kes the persons back there. If E R
25 G WELCOME TO GREECE! you think that your life is in dan - chronic problems. Don’t wait ger in case you return to Bulga - to be asked. ria, you can appeal against the Keep copies of all relevant rejection of your appeal within documents (printed and in 60 days. your email account): For GENERAL ADVICE: example any proofs for your asylum case, the “white Always be sure to whom you paper” (official note) you talk (for whom does he/she receive from the Greek work) and keep names authorities upon release or documented. If you consult a your asylum seekers card, lawyer always ask for a anything you receive from a business card (or hand doctor or hospital etc. written contact details). If you have been hospitalized Be sure to check the data the for psychological reasons or authorities are writing down severe health problems or during registration to be sure injuries that resulted from that everything is written any form of attack or by any correctly. kind of accident during the Don’t sign anything you border crossing, ask the don’t understand. Ask for doctors/hospitals for a paper translation in your language. that documents at least that Report any severe health you were examined or even problem, mental problem, better an attest on what you pregnancy immediately to suffered from. the doctors, the authorities, Try to be well informed and organisations or persons updated by seeking advise helping you. Inform them from organisations and about any medicine you need activists who are there to to take if you have any help you.
26 INFO-GUIDE FOR REFUGEES AND MIGRANTS N O I T Don’t trust people only boat stops, depending on the A
M
route it takes, in Leros and Pat - R
because they come from O mos or Kalimnos Island before F N
the same country like you. I
reaching Piraeus, Athens. L
Everybody is in a difficult A R situation and not all people E N
LEROS: There are currently E turn out to be nice and G ships going to Piraeus, Athens trustworthy.
every Wednesday, Thursday
and Sunday at 22:30. The ti -
ckets for adults cost 38 Euro
HOW DO I TRAVEL TO and 19,50 Euro for children un - S N E
ATHENS AND WHAT DO der 10 years. H T
THE TICKETS COST: A
?
CHIOS: The ferry to Piraeus,
Athens leaves daily at 23:00 CHECK MAP ON PAGE 20/21.
or 9:50 in the morning and
The boat LESVOS/MYTILENE: goes directly. Only Saturdays
takes 9-12 hours (with one stop there are no boats. It takes
in Chios Island after three about six hours. The tickets for S E S hours) and the ticket costs in adults cost 38 Euro with Helle - S E summer 42 Euro for a simple nic Seaways and 39 Euro with R D A ticket if you are an adult or Blue Star. Children under 10 / E C
child (11-18 years old), 21 Euro years pay half price. N A for a child (5-10 year old), and T S I it is free for children younger SAMOS: The ferry from the S S than 5 years. There are ships city Vathi to Piraeus, Athens A
almost every day. leaves Wednesdays at 9:45,
Thursdays at 19:00, Fridays
KOS: The boats depart in at 19:00 and Sundays at
this period at 19:45 or 9:45. The tickets cost 38 - 45 S
20:30 every day, except on Euro, depending on the ship E S A
Saturday and tickets cost 51 company. Children under 12 R H
Euro for adults. Children un - P years pay half price. K der 11 years pay half price. The E E R
27 G WELCOME TO GREECE!
CRETE: Ferries to Piraeus, ATTENTION The timetables of Athens go from the city of Cha - !the ferry departures might nia every day at 21:00 (36 Euro change in different periods and and 18 Euro for children under 16 so do the prices! Ask for actual years) and from the city of Hera - travel dates in a travel agency or klion there are every day two at the ticket sales in the port of ships: at 21:30 Minoan Lines departure. Anyhow prices might (43 Euro for adults and 20 Euro increase or decrease, according for children) and at 21:00 Anek to season, by up to 15 Euro and Lines (36 Euro for adults and 18 not much more. Buy your ticket Euro for children under 16 years) yourself and don’t trust people who want to sell you tickets for AGATHONISI: Usually the poli - ce hold refugees for short pe - double or triple prices. riods until the transfer to Samos Island (see Samos). ATTENTION Usually tickets are !sold only to persons who have EVROS: If you want to go to valid documents. When you Athens you have to either take have a “white paper” from the the train (which is the cheapest police (which you receive after solution) or the bus from Alexan - registration), you can buy your droupoli. The train takes around own ticket in a travel agency and 14 hours to arrive in Athens and leave the island. you might need to change once in Thessaloniki. The tickets cost between 33 and 55 Euro in the WHAT DO I NEED TO second class, depending which KNOW ABOUT ATHENS train you take. There are two BEFORE ARRIVING trains a day to Athens. The bus ? ticket costs 68 Euro. There are 5 THERE? busses a day going to Athens. From Pireaus port you can take The bus station is not far from the train to Athens centre (Omo - the railway station. Ask for the nia or Victoria). The ticket costs KTEL (bus) station. 28 INFO-GUIDE FOR REFUGEES AND MIGRANTS N O I T
1,40 Euro. Usually newcomers red, you have to go to the hos - A M ask people they know for infor - pital. R
O mation and instructions. F N I
L A R
ATTENTION: If you don’t have GEOGRAPHY OF E N
a ticket and they control you, E ! ATHENS: PLACES G you’ll have to pay a fine, up to PEOPLE USUALLY GO TO
?
60 times the price of the ticket.
IN THE FIRST DAY OF
Make sure that the staff who
ARRIVAL IN ATHENS IN
fines you, really belongs to the ORDER TO MEET OTHER S public transport company. As N PEOPLE FROM THEIR E H there have been incidents in T
COUNTRIES A the past, with fake fines. If you
get a fine, always tell this to an VICTORIA SQUARE (the train
arrives there directly from the
NGO immediately, so they ex -
port of Piraeus where your plain to you what you have to
ship will stop if you come from do. If you don’t pay the fine
the island). Mostly Afghans within the period prescribed, S E
hang around here but also S the amount of money you have S people from other countries. It E to pay will be multiplied. R D
is just 1 minute from Aharnon A / E
Street. It’s a relaxed place usu - C
ATTENTION: There have been N
ally, but as everywhere else A T
a lot of registered incidents S ! too there are also on this squa - I S of racist attacks against mi - S
re frequent controls by the po - A grants and refugees. Beware
lice who look for people wit -
that there are some parts of
hout papers or with invalid pa -
the city of Athens were you pers. If your 30-days paper is
should avoid hanging around.
still valid they can only bring
In case you are a victim of a ra - you to the police station for a S E S
cist attack, you have to imme - control. They will not keep you A R diately refer this to the Greek in prison. H P
NGOs and in case you’re inju - K E E R
29 G WELCOME TO GREECE!
AHARNON STREET (get of the It’s one-minute distance. From green metro line in Omonia, there walk another 10-15 minutes Victoria, Aghios Nikolaos or Kato to Amerikis square (in the opposi - Patisia). It is a long street with te direction of Omonia) and anot - shops and coffee bars owned by her 10 minutes from Amerikis to migrants of different nationali - Koliatsou.) Around Amerikis and ties. There are informal hotels Koliatsou square are all Sudane - around. Ask people from your se, Eritrean, Ethiopian meeting countries about more infos. There places and not only. Many Afri - is also the meeting place of Soma - can people live in the area. But li people at Aharnon 42. Attenti - also people from many other on: Avoid sitting at Aghios Pante - countries live around. Find Sabah leimonas Church Square as it Café in Patission Street between used to be a hang out for fascists. Amerikis and Koliatsou Squares if you are from Sudan, Eritrea or Et - OMONIA SQUARE (get of at hiopia. There are also many sha - Omonia Square by the metro). red flats around these places. This is one of the most central squares in Athens. Around you ALEXANDER PARK (REAL will find many cheap shops (of - NAME: PAIDION TOU AREOS ) is 5 ten Chinese), call-centres, ho - minutes walking distance from tels, the big bazaar and some Victoria Square (metro station unofficial mosqs and churches… green line). It is a huge park but it is not a nice place to live or where many migrants (and to sit or go in the night as there is Greeks) hang around during day. also drug dealing and a lot of po - lice. It is 5 minutes walking dis - ATTENTION: It’s usually exactly tance from the beginning of !around these areas where Aharnon Street. many migrants live or own shops that fascists sometimes attack PATISSION STREET / AMERIKIS people. Don’t get scared just be SQUARE / KOLITASOU SQUARE careful, especially when it gets (get off the metro in Victoria and dark. ask your way to Patission Street. 30 INFO-GUIDE FOR REFUGEES AND MIGRANTS N O I T
of charge legal counselling & A M
social assistance. R O F
every morning from N I
Monday to Friday before 9 L A R
am for an appointment E Samiotis N Solomou 25, Exarheia E Kounturioti str. 43, + G + (near Omonia) Prokymaia, Mytilinis
210-38.00.990
)
22510-42.574-5-6
)
www.gcr.gr
8
Zoumboulis S N E
+ Kounturioti str. 69, 2. Ecumenical Refugee H T Prokymaia, Mytilinis Programme A
22510-37.755 Legal assistance to refugees
)
Iridanou 20, first floor +
(close to train station
Megaro Mousikis)
THE FOLLOWING
ORGANIZATIONS ARE IN ) 210-72.95.926 S E
ATHENS AND OFFER Mondays 11 – 16 hrs S S
! E Wed. to Fri. 10 – 14 hrs
SERVICES FREE OF CHARGE! R D
DO NOT BE AFRAID TO GO A / E
AND ASK FOR INFORMATION C 3. Aitimia N A
EVEN IF YOU DON’T HAVE A T
Legal & social support S I
RESIDENCE PERMIT. S Tripou 4-6, corner to S + A Gennaiou Kolokotroni,
(near Singrou Fix metro
station, yellow bus 5 or 15
to Paidiki Chara)
10 – 13 hrs, Tue. and Wed. S
1. Greek Council for Refugees E 210-92.41.677 S GCR is a Greek Non Govern - ) A R mental Organization that sup - [email protected] H 8 P
K
ports refugees in Greece. Free www.aitima.gr/en E E R
31 G WELCOME TO GREECE!
4. Arsis – Legal aid and social 7. Praksis counselling for young people + Peoniou Street 5 & Aharnon + Derigni 28-30, (around the Str. (near by Victoria Square) corner at Victoria Square) ) 210-82.13.704 / 210-88.22.066 ) 210-82.59.880 Monday to Friday 9 – 17 hrs 8 [email protected] 8 [email protected] www.praksis.gr
5. Group of Lawyers for the rights of Migrants and refugees 8. Babel Day Care Center Legal counselling in matters rela - Psychological & psychiatric sup - ting to legal status. For people port for migrants and refugees who have or don’t have papers. with interpreters + Ioulianou 11 & Rethymnou str, daily from 9 am to 5 pm – on Exarheia (near Alexander park) Tuesdays and Thursdays it remains open until 8 pm. Mon. & Wed. 17 –19 h Ioannou Drosopoulou 72 (near 8 www.omadadikigorwnenglish. + blogspot.com Platia Amerikis) ) 210.86.16.280, 210–86.16.102 210-86.16.266 8 babel@ syneirmos.gr
6. Doctors of the World 9. + Sapfous Str. 12 (near Omonia) DIKTIO – Social Support to 210-32.13.485 ) Immigrants and Refugees [email protected] 8 Information on legal/ social needs www.mdmgreece.gr/en (Mo-Fri from 17 – 20 hrs), free cour - ses of Greek language (Mo – Fr 18 – 20 hrs) and computer. For people who have or don’t have papers.
32 INFO-GUIDE FOR REFUGEES AND MIGRANTS N O I T + Tsamadou 13, Exarheia A M R
) 210-38.13.928 O F N
13. Red Cross I 8 http://migrant.diktio.org L
Sector of Social Care A R Lykavittou 1, Athens E + N 10. Metadrasi E ) 210-36.39.538 G
Thesprotias 8, close to the
+
[email protected] 8 railway station Larisis
210.52.01.792, 210.52.01.794
)
14. Caritas
210.51.26.456
Kapodistriou 52, Athens, S
+ N near Vathis Square E H T 11. PYXIDA / Multicultural ) 210-52.47.879 A Centre for the Integration of 8 caritashellas@ caritas.gr Refugees http://www.caritas.gr + Solomou 25, Exarheia (near Omonia)
) 210-38.00.990 S E S S E R
12. Kyriakatiko D A /
Sxoleio Metanason E 15. Red Cross C Argous Street 145, Kolonos N + A
Sector of Tracing People T
(central Athens) S I
3rd September Street 21, S Weekends: 210-5130373 + S ) Athens A Mo. to Fr.: 210-8842151, 210-52.42.194
210-3306286, 694-5237837 )
210-52.30.043
kyriakatiko@ yahoo.gr
8
tracingstaff @redcross.gr
8
S E S A R H P
K E E R
33 G WELCOME TO GREECE!
20. Workers Union of Bangladeshi Immigrants in Greece 16. Afghans United Association Representative: Elias Ahmed + Arahovis 45-47, Exarhia, + Agias Filotheis 5B, Athens Athens ) 210-33.18.812 ) 0030-21.11.83.08.10 210-82-22-509 6947.39.78.64 6938.67.65.23 6944.61.47.20 8 [email protected] & 6947.01.54.66 [email protected] 8 [email protected] 21. Union of Palestinian Workers 17. Afghan Community in Greece in Greece/Athens + Chalkokondyli Str. 16, Athens + 3rd of September Str. 48B, 8 [email protected] ) 210-82.21.124 Representative: 6937.53.74.61 Muhammadi Yonous 6932.47.14.39 ) 210-88.14.900 8 [email protected] 6948.40.89.28 [email protected] or 8 23. Somali Community [email protected] Representative: www.afghangr.com Elias Ali Hassan + Kaningos 27, Athens 18. Egyptian-Greek Union ) 6994.31.67.08; 210-52.40.060, Abdalla Yousef 6999.48.84.41 ) Midou 6995.17.25.13 8 [email protected] 19. Ethiopian Community + Imbrou 16 ) 6944.71.17.81
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22. Greek-Pakistani Association M R O
Representative: Anwar Iqbal F N I
+ Kosma Aitolou 2, Athens L A R
) 6944.95.18.03 E N
[email protected] You can report human rights E 8 G
violations in any country you
are. Human rights violations
24. Sudanese Refugee might be a push back from
Association Greece to Turkey, but also any
Astipalias 2, at the corner to form of violence by the autho - S + N E
Patission street 224 (near rities, inhuman and degrading H T
Amerikis Square), 11256 detention etc.It might make A Athens sense to register the human ) 0211.18.39.13 rights violations you experi - enced with big and known or - ganisation, such as the follo - 25. Kurdish Syrian
wing in order to have some evi -
Educational Association S
dence for your asylum case. E S
Promitheos 71/ Aharnon, The following organisations S
+ E
Athens R
are a selection of independent D A 210-22.83.746 institutions (There are also / ) E C
many other organisations you N A T
can refer to in Athens. See con - S I
26. United African Women S
tact list above!). Your data S Organisation in Greece (name) will not be published if A Representatives: Lauretta you don’t want it to. There are
Macauley; Hawa Sankoh
also possibilities to report hu -
Kosma Aitolou 2, Athens man rights violations that were +
210-36.17.065 done by the Greeks to a natio - ) S E
210-88.30.381 nal court with the help of a S A
lawyer. Please seek legal advise R
8 P
www.africanwomen.gr K E E R
35 G WELCOME TO GREECE! for this in order to get detailed 29. Amnesty International Greece information on procedures, pos - (Athens, Greece) sibilities and limitations. If you + Sina Street 30 lose your case before a Greek 106 72 Athens, Greece court and you have tried all legal national remedies without suc - Mo to Fr 10 – 15 hrs cess, your lawyer can go to the ) 210.36.00.628 European Court of Human Rights Fax: 210.36.38.016 (ECtHR) against the Greek state. 8 [email protected] You can go before this Court also if you have reached another EU- country, but there are deadlines. 30. Multeci Der (Izmir, Turkey) Please seek legal advise soon + Anafartalar Cad. Salepçio lu enough. Vakıf hanı No: 96/511 + Kemeraltı 35250, ZM R 27. United Nations High ) 0232.483.54.21/ 0549.483.54.22 Commissioner for Refugees 8 [email protected] + Tagiapiera Street 12, 115 25 Athens ) 0030-210.67.26.462/3 8 [email protected]
28. PRO ASYL (Germany) + Postfach 16 06 24 60069 Frankfurt/M. ) +49 (0)69.24.23.14.20 Mo to Fr: 10 – 12 hrs and 14 – 16 hrs 8 [email protected]
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IF YOU HAVE RELATIVES AND FRIENDS WHO ARE GOING O F N I
THE DANGEROUS WAY WITH THE BOATS THIS NUMBER L A
CAN BE USEFUL FOR THEM: R
! E N E G
S N E H T A
S E S S E R D A / E C N A T S I S S A
S E S A R H P
K E E R
37 G WELCOME TO GREECE!
ΚΑΛΗΜΕΡΑ ΕΣΥ ΕΙΣΑΙ ESI ISE ΣΤΑΣΗ STASI KALIMERA You are Station Good morning ΑΥΤΟΣ / ΑΥΤΗ / ΠΟΣΟ ΚΑΝΕ I? ΚΑΛΗΣΠΕΡΑ ΑΥΤΟ EI ΝΑΙ POSO KANI? KALISPERA AFTOS /AFTI/ AFTO INE How much does it Good evening He / She / It is cost?
ΚΑΛΗΝΥΧΤΑ ΕΜΕΙΣ ΕΙΜΑΣΤΕ ΕΥΧΑΡΙΣΤΩ KALINIKTA EMIS IMASTE EFHARISTO Good night We are Thank you
ΜΕ ΛΕΝΕ ME LENE ΕΣΕΙΣ ΕΙΣΑΣΤΕ ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΩ My name is … ESIS ISASTE PARAKALO You are Please ΠΩΣ ΣΑΣ ΛΕΝΕ ? POS SAS LENE ΑΥΤΟΙ / ΑΥΤΕΣ ΝΕΡΟ NERO What is your name? ΑΥΤΑ / ΕΙΝΑΙ Water AFTI / AFTES / FAGITO ΧΑΙΡΩ ΠΟΛΥ AFTA / INE ΦΑΓΗΤΟ Food HERO POLI They are Nice to meet you ΦΑΡΜΑΚΕΙΟ ΕΓΩ ΘΕΛΩ FARMAKIO ΤΙ ΚΑΝΕΤΕ TI KANETE? EGO THELO Pharmacy How are you? I’m sick
ΕΙΜΑΙ ΚΑΛ IME KALA I ΝΟΣΟΚΟΜΕΙΟ ΕΙΣ ΤΗΡΙΟ NOSOKOMIO I am fine ISITIRIO Hospital Ticket ΠΛΟΙΟ PLIO GIATROS Ship TRENO ΓΙΑΤΡΟΣ ΤΡΑΙΝΟ Doctor Train ΕΓΩ ΕΙΜΑΙ EGO IME I am ΑΣΤΥΝΟΜΙΑ ΛΕΩΦΟΡΕΙΟ ASTINOMIA LEOFORIO Police Bus 38 INFO-GUIDE FOR REFUGEES AND MIGRANTS N O I T A
ΘΕΛΩ ΕΙΣΙΤΗΡΙΟ ΔΕΝ ΜΙΛΩ ΠΡΟΣΦΥΓΑΣ M THELO ISITIRIO A PROSFIGAS R ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚ O F
I want a ticket DEN MILO ELINIKA Refugee N I
I don’t speak Greek L A
A R
ΘΕΛΩ ΦΑΓΗΤΟ ΛΛΟΔΑΠΟΣ E THELO FAGITO / NE / OHI N ΝΑΙ ΟΧΙ ALODAPOS E I want food Yes / No Foreigner G
? ETISI
ΘΕΛΩ ΝΕΡΟ ΠΟΥ ΕΙΝΑΙ ΑΙΤΗΣΗ
THELO NERO POU EINAI? Application
I want water Where is….? S N
ΠΡΟΣΦΥΓΗ E
/ PROSFIGI H ΘΕΛΩ ΓΙΑΤΡΟ ΣΗΜΕΡΑ ΑYPIO T THELO YIATRO SIMERA / AVRIO Appeal A
I want a doctor Today / Tomorrow
ΕΙΜΑΙ
/
ΘΕΛΩ ΒΟΗΘΕΙΑ ΜΗΤΕΡΑ ΠΑΤΕΡΑΣ ΑΡΡΩΣΤΟΣ
THELO VOITHIA MITERA/PATERAS IMEAROSTOS
I want help Mother/Father
I am sick
S E
/ H S ΘΕΛΩ ΔΟΥΛΕΙΑ ΑΔΕΛΦΟΣ ΑΔΕΛΦ ΤΟ ΕΙΣΙΤΗΡΙΟ ΣΟΥ S E
THELO DOULIA TO ISITIRIO SOU R D A
I need job ADEL FI / ADELFOS Your ticket / E Brother / Sister C N A
ΘΕΛΩ ΝΑ ΔΙΑΒΑΤΗΡΙΟ T S / DIAVATIRIO I ΠΑΩ ΣΤΟ ΓΥΝΑΙΚΑ S S
THELO NA PAO STO ΑΝΔΡΑΣ Passport A
I want to go to … GINEKA / ANDRAS Woman / Man ΤΑΥΤΟΤΗΤΑ ΕΝΤΑΞΕΙ TAFTOTITA
ENTAKSI O.K g Identification card ΟΙΚΟΓΕΝΕΙΑ
IKOGENIA S E
ΔΕΝ ΚΑΤΑΛΑ - Family ΕΙΜΑΙ ΑΠΟ S A
ΒΑΙΝΩ R ΤΟ ΙΡΑΚ H P
DEN KATALAVENO IME APO TO IRAK K
I don’t understand E
I am from Iraq E R
39 G