Supporting the integration of refugees has become an issue of priority for Greece. The International Rescue Committee (IRC), with longstanding experience in supporting refugees and asylum-seekers in many countries around the world, believes that integration is a pathway that, in order to be successful, should begin as soon as possible and should also be supported in a way that takes into account the strengths and needs of refugee women in particular. In this briefing, the IRC recommends that Greece seizes the opportunity of the ongoing negotiations on the next European Union (EU) Multi Annual Financial Framework6 to devise a pragmatic long-term integration strategy and an accompanying action plan to evaluate its progress, through measurable indicators.

Time is running out to plan for the social inclusion of refugees and migrants in Greece, according to a new report from IRC and Common Ground.

The IRC collaborated with illustrator Paul Blow to depict the journeys of people making it along the Central Mediterranean Route.

Along with hundreds of other refugees, Audrey, Baimba and Hassan have received mental health support from the IRC whilst living in Greece’s overcrowded camps. They’ve confronted the traumas of the past whilst living in conditions that no one should have to endure. The pandemic has only made things tougher for refugees living in camps with lockdowns trapping people in intolerable conditions.

A 16-year-old Afghan boy in Greece hopes to be reunited with his brother in Germany. Illustrator Ada Jusic brings Ali's story to life.

Sami is 18, 'football-crazy' and on a mission to make it.

17-year-old Bahar dreams of going to England. After spending the majority of his teenage years alone, moving around in search of sanctuary, his hope is to be united with his uncle’s family who’ve lived in the UK for over 20 years. Although he followed all the steps to apply for family reunification with his uncle in the UK, his application was rejected, leaving him stuck in Greece. Bahar’s future is again uncertain.

Refugees in Moria, Greece are crammed together in conditions that make it impossible to self-isolate

A recipe book created by refugee and Greek women living on the island of Lesvos in Greece.