Athens, 8 September 2020: The first COVID-19 case was identified last week in Moria, spiraling concerns about the health and safety of the overcrowded Reception Center’s population. According to media reports,[i] the 40-year old refugee left Lesvos on 17 July, after being requested to exit the Center, and as per his right to move went […]
Press Release | The digital media training phase of EFIVOS project
Athens, 02/09/2020 PRESS RELEASE EFIVOS is a European Erasmus+ co-funded programme promoting inclusive education and common values among young people by raising awareness and enhancing their digital skills in media literacy. The project involves organizations from six EU countries (Greece, Italy, Germany, Cyprus, Sweden, Spain) led by the Network for Children’s Rights, with the main […]
Make child poverty history
EU leaders urged to tackle child poverty in EU recovery plan and budget When EU leaders meet on 17-18 July to discuss the EU Recovery Plan and the future long-term EU budget, their decisions will greatly impact the lives of our children – today and in the future. Eurochild urges EU leaders to put the best interests of children at […]
Press Release | EU receives one-third of global asylum applications in 2019
In 2019, applications for asylum in EU+ countries1 rose by 11% to 738 425, followed by a 16% increase recorded in the first two months of 2020.2 While the COVID-19 emergency has led to a recent 87% drop in applications, EASO expects the overall increasing trend to resume. On 25 June 2020, the European Asylum […]
Οpen letter 61 NGOs about the upcoming exits of recognized refugees from accommodation and cash assistance schemes
With an open letter 61 NGOs, among them the Network for Children’s Rights, are expressing their grave concern about the upcoming exits of at least 8,300 recognized refugees from accommodation and cash assistance schemes in Greece by the end of May 2020. A considerable number of these people, of which a large proportion are families […]
Open Letter to European Union Member States for the relocation of unaccompanied minors
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 […]
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 […]