The Greek Forum of Refugees, known by its acronym GFR, hosted on the 13th of January the first G100 Conference ‘New Voices for Europe’ in Athens. The GFR, a refugee-led organization founded in 2012, has […]
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The story of the Greek Forum of Refugees: An interview with Yonous Muhammadi
What is the Greek Forum of Refugees? How and why did it start? What is its mission and what ideas does it serve? Royeen Muhammadi, Volunteer and member of the Greek Forum of Refugees’ youths […]
Think of one last act of solidarity …
As you think of one last act of solidarity at the end of the year, we invite you to consider to make your End-of-Year Giving by contributing to the preparation of prescriptions, or food boxes […]
Who wishes to be a refugee?
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 […]
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”, […]
The Pearl Project and the Greek Forum of Refugees
We are proud and glad to be part of the Pear Project. The Pearl Project is a project that seeks to promote the participation of young migrants and refugees in the decision making process and […]
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 […]