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 […]
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 […]
Press Release | Visit of the UN High Commissioner to Greece
On Thursday, November 28, 2019, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Mr. Philippe Grandi, visited the Reception and Identification Center in Moria, Lesvos, to see firsthand the human cost of immigration policies that have stuck to more than 39,000 people and dangerous camps. On the occasion of Mr Granti’s visit, 17 organizations* active […]
CiSoTRA | Facilitating the Transition of Unaccompanied Minor Refugees to Successful Adulthood
Action Synergy and the Network for Children’s Rights invite you to a three-day seminar aimed at developing the skills of professionals working with adolescent immigrants and refugees and sharing experiences and ways of working. The seminar is organized in the framework of the European program CISOTRA. Attendance at the seminar is free and will be […]