According to a joint statement by the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF and the United Nations (UN), the term “female genital mutilation” (also called “female genital cutting” and “female genital mutilation/cutting”) refers to all procedures involving partial or total removal of the external female genitalia or other injury to the female genital organs for non-medical...
On Saturday, the 25th of January, at the Ivorian community office in Athens, an informative session was held regarding the new Law on International Protection that came into force on 1.1.2020, as well as the context of the Statelessness issue. Among other participants, refugees and migrants from the Ivorian, the Congolese, the Somalian and the...
The 27th of January has been established by the United Nations General Assembly Resolution as the International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The date is related to the liberation of Auschwitz Birkenau concentration and death camp by the “Red Army”, on January 27. The “Holocaust” was the systematic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of six million Jews by...
Mr Yonous Muhammadi, President and Founder of the Greek Forum of Refugees, was awarded from the Child 10 organization on Tuesday, 21st of January for his work on child protection, in an honoring ceremony that took place in Malmo, Sweden . Along with Ms Sofia Kouvelaki, representing the HOME Project and Ms Nantina Tsekeri, representing...
Day by day the problem of people who are left out of the protection system, a system far from complete, intensifies. As a result of this reality, even more individuals lack legal documents, are homeless and have no access to services. These people remain “invisible” while at the same time they are exposed to countless...
The Greek Forum of Refugees welcomes the re – establishment of the Ministry for Immigration Policy and Asylum that was announced by the Government’s spokesperson, Mr Stelios Petsas. However, the demand for a unified and coherent immigration policy, combined with a holistic strategy for the inclusion of refugees, migrants, stateless people and asylum seekers, remains...
The Greek Forum of Refugees, as a founding member of the Racist Violence Recording Network, is also signing the following Press Release following closely the development of the Golden Dawn Trial, preserving the hope that justice will be served and the Rule of Law will be prevailed, defending the social peace against any forms of...
Μέρα με τη μέρα γιγαντώνεται το πρόβλημα των ανθρώπων που μένουν έξω από το σύστημα προστασίας, το οποίο είναι κι ελλειπές, με αποτέλεσμα να στερούνται νομιμοποιητικών εγγράφων, να είναι άστεγοι και να μην έχουν καμία πρόσβαση σε υπηρεσίες. Οι άνθρωποι αυτοί παραμένουν “αόρατοι”, ενώ, την ίδια ώρα είναι εκτεθειμένοι σε πολλούς κινδύνους και φαίνεται ότι...
This is the story of Salim Noah (Jason), a 29 years – old gifted artist who fled with his family from ISIS persecution in Iraq. Listen to him: “My name is Salim Noah and I’m 29 years old. I’m from Iraq and I am a Yazidi. I used to live with my family in Northern...
18 year – old Zahra from Syria speaks fro the World Children’s Day, which is celebrated every year at 20th of November in the memory of 1989 anniversary of the United Nations’ Convention on Children’s Rights. This Convention is the most widely accepted text on human rights worldwide. All member States of the UN have...
