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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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  • 24/03/2018
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Afghan lost boys provide a bridge in Crete between nations

Ali Sher Kashimi arrived in Greece as a young boy. Now, he helps other asylum seekers by interpreting for them. By Leo Dobbs in Heraklion, Greece, for unhcr.org The Karimis are…

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Financial Information

The Emergency Support to Integration & Accommodation – ESTIA programme is co-funded by the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund of the European Union:

In 2020, € 175 million are available. This will allow UNHCR to maintain up to 25,500 places in urban accommodation by the end of the year.

The ESTIA cash assistance scheme aims to exceed 92,000 people in 2020.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 2019 the ESTIA programme was funded by the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund of the European Union:

In 2019, €190 million were available. This allowed UNHCR to maintain up to 25,000 places in urban accommodation. The ESTIA cash assistance scheme reached more than 90,000 people in 2019.

In 2017 and 2018 the ESTIA programme was funded by the European Union Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid:

In 2018, €167.5 million was available. This allowed UNHCR to gradually establish 27,000 places in urban accommodation by the end of the year. The ESTIA cash assistance scheme reached more than 60,000 people in 2018.

In 2017 a budget of €139 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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