The French Institute of Greece co-organized with the Directorate of Secondary Education of Eastern Attica and the Ombudsman for Children’s Rights the event “Education of refugee children in Greece”. An open debate on the issue of the integration of refugee children in Greek schools, which started in September 2016; What are the means available? Which
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After the container. A cross-cultural look at refugee education
The book reflects the recent course of people with refugee background in the Greek educational and social environment, while exploring, at the same time, the prospects for its development and the conditions for a positive outcome. The authors attempt a synthesis of scientific assumptions, methodological directions and educational applications in order to outline the landscape
Semi-Annual Report of the Monitoring Mechanism for the Rights of Children on the Move in Greece
A report by the Ombudsman for Children with data, observations and proposals on the identification and registration of the population of children on the move from third countries, access to international protection procedures, living conditions and access to basic goods and services, and in particular issues relating to unaccompanied children. This is the first biannual
Rights of refugee
A short animated information video by UNHCR on the basic rights of refugees enshrined in the 1951 Geneva Convention, such as the principle of non-refoulement, freedom of thought and movement, the right to work, education and access to health services.
The Geneva Convention on Refugees and the EU
A research article analysing the challenges faced by refugees and migrants who enter the European Union without the required documents, focusing on the conditions in which they live, the inadequacy of their reception system, and serious violations of their rights, such as the suspension of the registration of asylum applications, their criminalisation, etc. At the
A day for the whole world June 20: World Refugee Day
How does a refugee integrate into Greek society once he or she decides to settle permanently in the country? How much depends on him, and how much on us to be accepted? Refugees, who have sought refuge in Greece, share their thoughts, their concerns, their dreams and their actions.
If refugees were a problem, there would have been a solution
This book approaches the refugee issue not as a problem to be “solved,” but as a continuous socio-political phenomenon that demands institutional vigilance and democratic reflection. Through political and legal analysis, it examines the ambiguities of European and Greek migration policies, while advocating for refugee rights as a cornerstone of a humanitarian rule of law.
The Coordinator of the Refugee Education Office for the education of children and the Ombudsman for Children on ERT1
Interview with G. Moschos, Ombudsman for Children, and P. Georgopoulos, Coordinator of the Refugee Education Office at the Ministry of Education, on the integration of refugee children in Greek public schools.
On Sunday we celebrated TOGETHER in Elaionas – A big celebration at the Open Refugee camp of Elaionas
Video of the celebration organized on Sunday 20 May at the Open Refugee Accommodation Facility of Elaionas, with the main slogan ‘We meet – We celebrate together in Elaionas’. Hundreds of Greek, refugee and immigrant children, parents and teachers from 15 schools in Athens took part in the celebration.
Radio message “TOGETHER WE CAN” from Lesvos
Radio message created by two groups of teenagers in Lesvos, a group of students of the Experimental Lyceum of Mytilene and a group of unaccompanied minors hosted in shelters of the non-governmental organizations METAdrasi and PRAKSIS. This action was placed under the auspices of the Ombudsman for Children and was promoted as a good practice