Press & News
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IOM, UNHCR and UNICEF Urge European States to Boost Education for Refugee and Migrant Children
Athens, 11 September 2019
Press Release
BRUSSELS/GENEVA - Three UN agencies are calling on European States to increase resources and practical support for their school systems to ensure all refugee, asylum-seeking and migrant children can access and stay in quality education.
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Nearly 17,000 Migrants Returned Voluntarily from Greece in Past 3 Years
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Joint statement: IOM Director General António Vitorino and UNHCR Filippo Grandi
Geneva, 23 July 2109
Press Release
Today’s discussions in Paris with European States on addressing the situation on the Mediterranean Sea, and preventing loss of life in Libya, are welcome and much needed. The violence in Tripoli in recent weeks has made the situation more desperate than ever, and the need for action critical.
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Joint Libya Statement: IOM Director General António Vitorino and UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi
Athens, 12 July 2019
Press Release
Geneva – On 3 July, more than 50 migrants and refugees lost their lives in an airstrike on the Tajoura Detention Centre in the east of Libya’s capital Tripoli. This week we appealed to the European Union and African Union to prevent such a tragedy from being repeated. The international community should consider the protection of the human rights of migrants and refugees a core element of its engagement in Libya.
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One Child Every Day: Lack of Data Leaves Most Vulnerable Group At Risk
Athens, 28 June 2019
Press Release
Berlin – A new report from the International Organization for Migration’s (IOM) Global Migration Data Analysis Centre (GMDAC) highlights the need for better data on migrant deaths and disappearances, particularly those of missing migrant children.
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Events for World Refugee Day in Athens
Athens, 18 June 2019
Press Release
20 June, Kypseli Municipal Market – 22 June, Serafio City of Athens
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Operation off Lesvos, Greece - 7 Confirmed Drowned, 57 Rescued on Mediterranean’s Busiest Route
Athens, 11 June 2019
Press Release
Christine Nikolaidou of IOM Greece’s Athens office confirmed Tuesday morning these details of a deadly shipwreck off the island of Lesvos in Greece’s Aegean Sea. The location of the tragedy appears to have been approximately 2.5 miles away from the Lesvos’ port of Mytilene, in an area known as Pamfyla.
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Procurement and delivery of 56.650 NFIs on the islands and in Evros
Athens, 14 February 2019
Press Release
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) in collaboration with the Ministry of Migration Policy and the Reception and Identification Service, procured and delivered 56,650 non – food items for the migrants currently hosted in the reception and identification centers (RICs) of Lesvos, Samos, Chios, Leros, Kos and Evros (Fylakio).
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