Donald Trump names former Fox News host Kimberly Guilfoyle as next US Ambassador to Greece
Dec 11, 2024, at 10:20 am
US President-elect Donald Trump has named former Fox News host Kimberly Guilfoyle as the country's new Ambassador to Greece.
UNICEF warns 1,800 unaccompanied refugee children in Greece need proper shelter, care
Oct 31, 2017, at 04:23 am
New York, Oct 30(Just Earth News): Two-thirds of the nearly 3,000 unaccompanied refugee and migrant children currently in Greece are not receiving proper shelter and care, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has warned.
Migrants helped to return from Greece, reintegrate, start businesses back home – UN agency
Oct 26, 2017, at 04:36 am
New York, Oct 25(Just Earth News): Over the past 15 months, more than 2,000 migrants who have voluntarily returned home from Greece have successfully reintegrated back into their countries of origin, according to the United Nations migration agency. New York, Oct 25(Just Earth News): Over the past 15 months, more than 2,000 migrants who have voluntarily returned home from Greece have successfully reintegrated back into their countries of origin, according to the United Nations migration agency.
More than 14,000 asylum-seekers relocated from Greece and Italy, says UN migration agency
Mar 18, 2017, at 01:56 pm
New York, Mar 18 (Just Earth News): European Union countries have welcomed more than 14,000 asylum-seekers from Greece and Italy since October 2015, the United Nations migration agency on Friday announced, encouraging EU member states to follow through on their commitments.
Greece: UN agency cites struggle to provide shelter for asylum-seekers as winter arrives
Dec 10, 2016, at 01:13 pm
New York, Dec 10 (Just Earth News): As winter closes in on Greece, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said on Friday that improving living conditions for asylum-seekers and migrants is the ‘number one priority’ for humanitarian actors in the country and urged the European Union to speed up its relocation efforts.
UN warns of imminent humanitarian crisis in Greece amid disarry in Europe over asylum
Mar 02, 2016, at 02:36 pm
New York, Mar 2 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Europe faces an imminent humanitarian crisis, largely of its own making, following a rapid build-up of people in already over-stretched Greece, the United Nations refugee agency warned on Tuesday.
Ban holds first joint meeting with Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders
Jan 22, 2016, at 01:45 pm
New York, Jan 22 (Just Earth News/IBNS): In his first joint meeting with the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders on Thursday, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged them to "capitalize on the current positive momentum" to reunite the island under a federal government.
UN refugee agency concerned by violence at Greek border, calls for improved security
Dec 04, 2015, at 02:48 pm
New York, Dec 4 (Just Earth News/IBNS): As a result of restrictions imposed by the authorities along the Western Balkans route, tensions have been rising at the border between Greece and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, prompting the United Nations refugee agency to call on the authorities of both countries to manage the border in a manner consistent with human rights and refugee-protection principles.
Flow of refugee and migrant children into Greece doubles: UN agencies report
Dec 02, 2015, at 03:00 pm
New York, Dec 2 (Just Earth News/IBNS): About a third of the refugees and migrants who have drowned in the Aegean Sea this year were children, while the number of children applying for asylum in the European Union has doubled compared to 2014, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reported on Tuesday, warning of the increasing perils facing youngsters as winter takes hold.
Worsening weather off coast of Lesvos leads to tragedy for refugees and migrants
Oct 30, 2015, at 02:30 pm
New York, Oct 30 (IBNS): At least 15 people have died and some 38 others are missing in five incidents involving smuggler boats carrying hundreds of refugees and migrants by sea between Turkey and the Greek islands, according to the United Nations refugee agency.
UN official thanks Greece and frontline islands for response to continued arrivals
Oct 13, 2015, at 02:25 pm
New York, Oct 13 (IBNS): During a two-day mission to Greece – the main European Union entry point for nearly 450,000 refugees and migrants so far this year – the United Nations' most senior refugee official said he had witnessed the improved humanitarian response mounted by Greek local authorities and civil society while lamenting the continued lack of a large-scale and effective European response.
UN refugee agency concerned by violence at border of Macedonia and Greece
Aug 22, 2015, at 04:09 pm
New York, Aug 22 (IBNS): The United Nations refugee agency is concerned about the increasingly precarious situation at the border between Greece and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), where force was used earlier on Friday to prevent people from crossing.
UN urges bold action to tackle deepening refugee crisis in Greece
Aug 08, 2015, at 02:05 pm
New York, Aug 8 (IBNS): The United Nations on Thursday called for bold and urgent action to address a deepening crisis in Greece, where some 124,000 refugees and migrants have arrived by sea this year – a staggering increase of over 750 per cent compared to the same period in 2014.
Greece pledges to enact reforms next week
Jul 09, 2015, at 01:33 am
Athens, July 8 (IBNS) Greece on Wednesday said the country will implement pension and tax reforms next week.