Network for Children’s Rights along with other 65 NGOs, have send a letter to the European Union’s Governments, in which there is a jointly call to proceed immediately with the emergency relocation of unaccompanied children from the Reception and Identification Centres (RICs) on the Greek islands, on the meantime the situation might deteriorate due to […]
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Coronavirus lockdown information (ENG, AR, FR, FA, BE, UR)
Coronavirus lockdown information below in: English, Arabic, French, Farsi, Bengali, Urdu (For more information available only in Greek for now: forma.gov.gr) Travel ban from Monday 23/3 to 6/4. You can go out only for the following reasons: 6 reasons: 1. visit to pharmacy or doctor 2. going to a supermarket 3. bank 4. going to help someone in […]
Open letter signed by 132 Organizations | Protect the most vulnerable to ensure protection for everyone!
Protect the most vulnerable to ensure protection for everyone! ‘Restore legality to protect refugees and the society at large amidst the pandemic’ Open letter signed by 132 Organizations 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 […]
Press Release | Greece: Move Asylum Seekers, Migrants to Safety Immediate Hotspot Decongestion Needed to Address COVID-19
Greece: Move Asylum Seekers, Migrants to Safety Immediate Hotspot Decongestion Needed to Address COVID-19 Thousands of people, including older people, those with chronic diseases, children – including very young and unaccompanied children –, pregnant women, new mothers, and people with disabilities, are trapped in dangerously overcrowded, deplorable conditions on the islands amid the COVID-19 pandemic. […]
Press Release | “CHILDREN REMAIN INVISIBLE”
The Network for Children’s Rights, despite the transposition of current affairs from the refugees situation to the pandemia of Covid-19, continue to observe the recent developments at the country’s borders. With an open letter together with other 23 organisations is deeply concerned regarding the fortune of people who were residing in a military naval ship at the […]
Open Letter | “Protect our laws and humanity!”
The Network for Children’s Rights with the undersigned organisations are deeply concerned about recent developments at the Evros border and the Aegean islands where people are stranded at the borders of Europe, instrumentalized for political purposes, and subject to violations of their rights. We are also deeply concerned about the way the authorities of Greece […]
Joint Statement: The new Pact on Asylum and Migration
Network for Children’s Rights co-signed along with other European NGOs and published a statement on the proposed Asylum and Migration Pact, under development at EU level. After years of treating asylum and migration in crisis mode, we believe the proposed Pact on Asylum and Migration is an opportunity for the EU and its Member States to […]
The Centre for the Child – Sarantaporou among the 28 best practices of the programme FEAD
The Network for Children’s Rights, as a partner, and the Municipality of Athens, as coordinator of the Social Partnership “Athens Capital of Solidarity”, have designed and are implementing actions to provide psychosocial services to the citizens of Athens who are beneficiaries of the European Assistance Fund (FEAD). The services are provided by a specialized Scientific […]
Press Release | Active citizens fund in Greece announces the first grantees of the programme
2 projects will be funded across Greece, in support of vulnerable groups, advocacy and the watchdog role of civil society Bodossaki Foundation and SolidarityNow, under their capacity as the Fund Operator of the EEA Grants Active citizens fund programme in Greece, are pleased to announce the names of the civil society organisations that have been […]
15 years Network!
The Network for Children’s Rights is celebrating its 15th anniversary since its founding as a non-profit association. Our 15th anniversary coincides with an even more important celebration: the 30th anniversary of the adoption of the International Covenant on the Rights of the Child (ICCPR) by the UN General Assembly. Since the first day of its […]