Press & News
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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
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Mediterranean Migrant Arrivals Reach 102,611 in 2018; Deaths Reach 2,043
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Access to School Aids Social Inclusion of Migrants, Refugees in Greece, IOM Survey Shows
02/11/2018
Press Release
Athens – Access to regular schooling has enabled migrant and refugee children to make friends with students from other cultures, said 84 per cent of surveyed children in open accommodation centres in Greece.
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‘Light on the Move’: IOM Co-Hosts Migration Photography Exhibition
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UN Migration Agency Houses Over 2,000 Vulnerable Migrants, Refugees Transferred from Aegean Islands
Athens, 09/10/2018
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