Cash card restores dignity for refugees in Greece
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, continues with the roll-out of a harmonized cash card assistance programme in Greece. The programme helps asylum seekers cover their basic needs, enables the dignity…
A home away from home under UNHCR accommodation programme
In Greece, refugees find new homes with UNHCR assistance, putting an end to months of uncertainty. LIVADIA, Greece - Spring is in the air and 30-year-old Haysam is in high…
Tilos: an island of solidarity
Tilos and its 500 inhabitants welcome with open arms several families of Syrian refugees. Τhe small island of Tilos, located only 18 kilometers from the Turkish coast in the Aegean…
More refugees leave warehouse sites for better housing
By Liene Veide in Thessaloniki, Greece Some 120 refugees and migrants that spent months in the old warehouse SK Market in the North of Greece are sleeping in hotel beds…
Four walls to call home, and the boys play again
“Life in the camp was difficult”, says Mohamed Salem, 26 year old shoemaker from Aleppo, Syria as he looks at his wife Khadija. “Some people were screaming and there were…