One last dance for our campaign! During this difficult period of the pandemic lockdown your contribution to our efforts for the people in need has been extremely vital. At this moment our campaign efforts remain at the 64% of our ultimate goal which will expire in 11 days. Every donation counts as the needs of...
An open letter to the MPs of the Greek Parliament The Greek Forum of Refugees along with 19 civil society organizations sent an open letter regarding the new legislation, before the voting process, during last week. The letter was addressed to MPs of the Greek Parliament. The content of that letter refers to the impact that certain...
We raise money for the people in need Dear friends, We have entered the Give & Fund platform to raise some funding for the people facing the crisis of the COVID – 19 lockdown. Many of us, refugees and migrants, lost their job and cannot resume it because of the lockdown in many cases....
We, the Greek Forum of Refugees, are sending this call to action in order to support the most vulnerable people of our society amidst the lockdown caused by the COVID-19 outbreak. We are calling out to all relevant authorities, organizations, businesses and individuals in the hope for them to join our efforts, by providing the...
”Restore legality to protect refugees and the society at large amidst the pandemic” To The President of Greece, Katerina Sakellaropoulou The President of the Hellenic Parliament, Constantine An. Tassoulas The Prime Minister of Greece, Kyriakos Mitsotakis The President of the European Parliament, David Sassoli The President of the European Council, Charles Michel The President of...
Ms Reine Linda Nyongo opens the International Women’s Day event The Greek Forum of Refugees organized an event for the International Women’s Day; an event dedicated on the inclusion and empowerment of refugee, migrant and local women in the Greek society. On Sunday the 8th of March, the Greek Forum of Refugees celebrated the International...
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...
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 Transatlantic Migrant Democracy Dialogue (TMDD) is a network that connects migrant and refugee community leaders in Europe and the United States. The European migrant leadership team includes leaders from Finland, Germany, Greece, Ireland and the United Kingdom, with the support of the Migration Policy Group (MPG), the National Partnership for New Americans (NPNA) and...
