March 2018

Launching REFRAME Project The International Organization for Migration (IOM) - the UN Migration Agency and KETHEA, the Therapy Center for Dependent Individuals, announced the first expanded, organized and targeted project for addiction prevention and response towards the migrant and refugee population stranded in . Read on

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Nazir : "Our everyday life in Kavala, and our relationship with the Greeks is very good. We EU Relocation Scheme go to the city, buy what we need, see the From the beginning of the programme and until March 2018, IOM Greece has helped Greeks and talk with them. They are very good 22.005 asylum seekers relocate safely from Greece to other EU member states. During people, they like foreigners." March, 181 relocations were implemented, among them 163 to Ireland. Share on Twitter | Facebook Read more on EU Relocation Programme

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MIG-H Training of Trainers in Athens The 4day MIG-H Training of Trainers (ToT) on specific training modules addressing “My name is Khurram. I was born and raised in communicable diseases and mental health problems of migrants and refugees was Lahore, Pakistan . My city had religious and organized in Athens by IOM - the UN Migration Agency. Read on political problems. One day in July 2017, a political conflict broke out and I was almost Share on killed. I decided to go to Greece for a better life. It cost me time & money”. Read on Follow us

Information meeting with migrants’ communities on AVRR

IOM Greece organized an information meeting with migrants’ communities participating in AVRR project, where challenges and achievements were discussed. Read on

AVRR Information Visits on Islands IOM conducted targeted information visits on the islands of Lesvos, Chios and Samos during March 2018, informing migrants on the benefits and the procedure of Assisted Voluntary Returns (AVRR) Project. During this period, IOM office in Greece assisted 324 third country nationals to return to their home country. Amongst them, 142 were from Iraq, 123 from Pakistan, 59 from Georgia and 27 from Algeria and 19 from Iran. Read more on AVRR

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IOM #MigApp responds to the need to help migrants make informed decisions throughout their migration process by providing a platform of relevant and up-to-date information. Read more

Child Protection Training

President of Visits Thiva’s accommodation site The , Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, visited the open accommodation site in Thiva and met with IOM Greece's Chief of Mission, Gianluca Rocco and the Greek of Migration Policy, Dimitris Vitsas. IOM is the official SMS agency in Thiva, with the support of the European Commission - Civil Protection & Humanitarian Aid Operations - ECHO. Read on.

Share on On the island of Lesvos, IOM Greece implemented a Child Protection Training to Reception & Identification First Line Responders under the framework of the project on “Protecting Children in the context of the refugee and migrant crisis in Europe” funded by EU Justice and Consumers. Read on

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