The shipwrecks in Kythira and Lesvos have come to remind us of the harsh reality faced by a person who is forced to flee his homeland. How many dead, how many missing, how many fellow […]
Who wishes to be a refugee?
NO to “instrumentalisation”, YES to a Common European Asylum System
The Greek Forum of Refugees along with civil society organisations across Europe co – signs a text expressing its great opposition to the European Commission’s proposal regarding the creation of a regulation addressing instrumentalisation in […]
Banking services for refugees and migrants!
Good news for the English-speaking, French-speaking and Arabic-speaking population in Greece! The Cooperative Bank of Karditsa in collaboration with the Share Sira project “Strengthening and Expanding Social Orientation & Integration for Newcomers in Rural Areas”, […]
Afghanistan: A year after the return of Taliban and the Exodus and Suffering of Afghan people
On Monday, 11th of July at Serafeio City of Athens Conference Center, the Greek Forum of Refugees along with the European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) and the Afghan Community of Migrants and Refugees […]
You’d better hear the voice of refugee – women in Thessaloniki!
The Greek Forum of Refugees had both the pleasure an the honor to be present in the City of Thessaloniki (23 – 24 June) where it held a series of informative sessions with the city’s […]
The issue of Afghanistan and the violations of the fundamental human rights in the Hellenic Parliament
On Tuesday, 5 July the Hellenic Parliament welcomed former members of the Afghan Parliament and members of the judiciary who found themselves in Greece and Europe as refugees and asylum seekers, one year after the […]
The establishment of the Integration Council for Migrants and Refugees in the City of Karditsa
On Wednesday, 15th of June, the Greek Forum of Refugees inaugurated the start of the Integration Council for Migrants and Refugees together with the Municipality of Karditsa, a few days before the World Refugee Day […]
We support the valuable work of the Ukrainian communities
From the first day of the war in Ukraine (February 24) and having the experience of Afghanistan and Syria, we decided to support the Ukrainian communities, formal and non-formal, in order to help create a […]
AFGHANISTAN: A year after the return of the Taliban. The exodus and the suffering of the Afghan people.
Central photo: Marcus Yam – Los Angeles Times / Getty Images August 23, 2021 A year after the dramatic events that followed the western forces’ withdrawal from Afghanistan and the violent seizure of power by […]
Invitation – Presentation of the H2020 project “SO – CLOSE”
Dear friends, We are pleased to invite you to the presentation of the 3 – year Horizon 2020 European project SO – CLOSE, Enhancing social cohesion through sharing the cultural heritage of forced migration, on […]