UNICEF’s platform allows adolescents and youth 14-25 years old to share their views on social and political issues that matter to them and affect them and their communities. ATHENS, 31ST MARCH 2022 UNICEF Greece Country Office and the Network for Children’s Rights (NCR) are delighted to announce the launch of U-Report Greece, a platform aiming […]
On the occasion of the incident at the Music School of Ilion
Any act that marginalizes a child, any act of bullying on school premises is completely and utterly unacceptable. Even more so when such actions seem to be perpetrated by a teacher, it comes in contrast with professional and pedagogical competence and the need to thoroughly investigate the incident and take appropriate measures is pressing. When […]
We sang them! Children’s rights became songs!
The event “If we sing them to you? | Our rights become songs” was marked by great success! The event was organized by the Network for Children’s Rights (NCR) and Mikri Arktos on Sunday 21 November, in the context of the homonymous campaign of NCR, aiming to raise awareness around children’s rights. On the occasion […]
Are you eligible to eat?
The Greek government should immediately disburse belated payments of cash assistance and ensure food provision to people living in facilities (e.g. camps and ESTIA apartments), irrespective of their legal status. Depriving them of this basic human right is shameful and a violation of fundamental human rights. Athens, October 18, 2021 – In a new bleak […]
One year after the Moria fire: Few lessons learned as Greece expands barriers to refugees’ protection
Forty five (45) NGOs and civil society groups have today released a report urging the European Union and Greek government to abandon plans to dramatically restrict the movement of people in refugee camps in Greece. With financial and technical support from the European Commission, authorities in Greece are constructing fences and concrete walls around dozens […]
PR | Greece deems Turkey “safe”, but refugees are not
The substantive examination of asylum applications is the only safe solution for refugees. Athens, 14 June 2021: With a new Joint Ministerial Decision (JMD) issued on 7 June, the Greek State designates Turkey as a “safe third country” for families, men, women and children of five nationalities2 seeking international protection in Greece. It is noted […]
For a Europe that truly protects: Joint NGO policy brief on the screening regulation proposal
In September 2020, the European Commission presented its proposal on a new Pact on Migration and Asylum, promising a ‘fresh start’ to Europe’s approach to migration. The Pact introduced a number of legislative proposals that are currently being examined in the European Parliament and the Council, including the Regulation introducing a screening of third country […]
Greece launches national tracing and protection mechanism for unaccompanied children in precarious conditions
Tuesday, 6th April 2021 Joint Press Release The Special Secretary for the Protection of Unaccompanied Minors of the Ministry of Migration and Asylum and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, in collaboration with the International Organization for Migration (IOM), Arsis, METAdrasi and the Network for Children’s Rights, have today launched a Mechanism to rapidly identify unaccompanied children […]
Children’s Homes: Three organizations ask, three experts explain
A child in Greece is called to testify up to 14 times to the appropriate state bodies about a traumatic experience of abuse, either it is physical or sexual, in the context of a report and its subsequent judicial investigation. As a result of this practice, children endure immense hardship trying to report their traumatic […]
Open letter about the Greek Recovery and Resilience Plan
To Deputy Minister of Finance, Theodoros Skylakakis CC: Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis Minister of Finance, Christos Staikouras The European Commission Recovery and Resilience Task Force (RECOVER) Athens, Tuesday 23rd March 2021 Open letter about the Greek Recovery and Resilience Plan: opacity and lack of participation Dear Mr. Minister, The signatory Civil Society Organisations would like […]