ESTIA - A new chapter in the lives of refugees in Greece
UNHCR works with the Greek Government, local authorities and NGOs to provide urban accommodation and cash assistance to refugees and asylum-seekers in Greece through ESTIA, the Emergency Support to Integration and Accommodation programme, co-funded by the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund of the European Union.
Urban accommodation provides a normal daily life for refugees and asylum seekers in Greece, facilitates their access to services, including education, and the eventual integration for those who will remain in the country. The host population also benefits from embracing diversity through peaceful coexistence as well as the renting of their apartments.
Cash assistance restores dignity and empowers refugees and asylum-seekers who can now choose how to cover their basic daily needs. It also contributes directly to the economy of the host community through the purchase of services and goods.
Stories
Learn how ESTIA supports the everyday life of refugees and asylum seekers in Greece
Compassion is human nature – New ESTIA campaign
Greek exhibition gives Slovaks a sense of the refugee experience
School opens doors to a new life for a refugee family in Greece
Thessaloniki welcomes “Face Forward …into my home” art project
Statistics
Types of Accommodation
- Apartments (96%)
- Buildings (4%)
Achievements
Accommodation Locations
- Islands (7%)
- Attica region (54%)
- Central Greece (8.2%)
- Northern Greece (20.8%)
- Western Greece (5.8%)
- Crete (4.2%)
As of 31 March 2020
Factsheets
Monthly and weekly updates on the progress of accommodation under ESTIA
ESTIA Accommodation Capacity Weekly Update – 18 May 2020
Greece Accommodation update – April 2020
ESTIA Accommodation Capacity Weekly Update – 11 May 2020
ESTIA Accommodation Capacity Weekly Update – 4 May 2020
Multimedia
Compassion is human nature
This is why the ESTIA programme stands by those who have fled their homes and the people who welcome them.
*ESTIA programme is implemented by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and its partners, with funding by the European Commission.
