Press & News
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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
International Approach to Refugees and Migrants in Libya Must Change
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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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Publication: IOM IN THE FIELD
IOM in the Field: Improving the Living Conditions of Migrants and Refugees in Mainland Greece (2016-2018).
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International Migrants Day 2018: Message from IOM's DG António Vitorino
18/12/2018
Migration is the great issue of our era. Migration With Dignity (#WithDignity) is the theme of 2018’s International Migrants Day, which we observe on Tuesday (18 December).
Dignity is at the core of our mission. Treating all migrants with dignity is the fundamental requirement we face before anything else we attempt on migration—a troubling issue coming at a troubling time for the world community—because our future depends on it. So, too, does our present.
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UN Migration Agency Sheltering Over 1,000 Unaccompanied Migrant Children in Greece
Read the Press Release here