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  • 19/12/2018
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School opens doors to a new life for a refugee family in Greece

Ashti and Dilpak Jamal fled Iraq with their two children, Mohamad and Sara. They found safety in Sindos, northern Greece, where they live in an apartment under the ESTIA programme*….

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  • 06/11/2018
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Thessaloniki welcomes “Face Forward …into my home” art project

Following its first successful presentation in Athens and its warm reception in Heraklion, Crete, the interactive art project Face Forward …into my home is hosted in Thessaloniki and is introducing the public…

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  • 07/09/2018
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“Face Forward …into my home” exhibition travels to Heraklion, Crete

The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens (EMST) in collaboration with UNHCR and the support of the European Commission’s department for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO), presented…

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  • 09/06/2018
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#iAmStrong: nine LGBTQI refugees claim their right to self-determination and social inclusion

They fled from fear, painful family stories, abuse, violence and racism. Ahmed, N., Hassan and Baref, Maya and Batis, Hasanin, John and Pinar are refugees and members of the LGBTQI…

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  • 16/05/2018
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Refugees happy for the chance to meet British royalty on Crete

Royal couple learn about UNHCR’s EU-funded ESTIA programme and how it is helping move the most vulnerable into safe and appropriate shelter By Leo Dobbs ARCHANES, Greece – Marven Obett, 36, seems…

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  • 04/05/2018
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Then and now: refugee lives in sharp focus

Refugee women that live in Greece present photographs from home and reflect on the past they left behind — as well as their hopes for a brighter future. Photographs tell a story — the…

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Financial Information

The Emergency Support to Integration & Accommodation – ESTIA programme is funded by the European Union Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid.

In 2018, €155 million is available. This will allow UNHCR to gradually establish 27,000 places in urban accommodation by the end of the year. The majority of the rented apartments will be in cities and towns on the Greek mainland while up to 2,000 places will be located on the Greek islands.

The ESTIA cash assistance scheme aims to reach 45,000 people in 2018. Refugees and asylum-seekers receive a pre-defined monthly cash grant through a dedicated cash card. This allows them to meet their basic needs as they choose, with dignity, while supporting the local economy.

In 2017 a budget of €135.5 million was available in order to provide 22,000 urban accommodation places and pre-defined monthly cash grants through a dedicated card to refugees and asylum-seekers in Greece.

Special thanks

To major donors to the refugee emergency in Europe – the European Union, the United States of America, and the United Kingdom – as well as to all government donors and private donors for their generous contributions. The financial support provided by donors who have contributed with non-earmarked and broadly earmarked funds, as well as for those who have contributed directly to the situation and the Greece operation allows to provide direct assistance and protection, and help find solutions for refugees and asylum-seekers. In this changing operational context, UNHCR is appealing to donors to provide contributions that can be allocated as flexibly as possible.

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