Solidarity Now together with other organizations sends a letter of concern to the competent Greek and European authorities in response to the racist attack on a Romani neighborhood in the city of Menidi. A full criminal investigation on these events which started on 10 June 2017 has not been conducted yet. Τo: Nikolaos Toskas Alternate […]
IDC Members and partners, including SolidarityNow, write to express our collective concern that, “A Fundamentally Different Approach is Needed” to the immigration detention of migrants in Europe. In advance of a consultation with key civil society stakeholders from 22-23 June 2017 at the Council of Europe Headquarters in Strasbourg, over 30 national, regional and international civil society organisations […]
World Refugee Day: SolidarityNow underlines the needs on the ground for refugees living in Greece. The celebration of the World Refugee Day finds our country at a crucial moment. At present, there are no more than 40,000 refugees in the Greek mainland; nevertheless, an unreasonably large number of them still live in camps under conditions […]
On 7 June 2017, the Racist Violence Recording presented its Annual Report to the Special Permanent Commission on Equality, Youth and Human Rights, following the invitation of its President, Aphrodite Stambouli. The Network considers this event an important initiative that has provided the opportunity for a fruitful and meaningful dialogue with representatives of the parties […]
By Eirini Vlachou, lawyer, Head of Legal Service at the Athens Solidarity Center of Solidarity Now The most important issue one thinks of when dealing theoretically or practically with the so-called refugee crisis in Greece and the EU, is the integration of recognized refugees into the labour market and the Greek and European society […]
With its announcement on June 9 2017, the for Racist Violence Recording Network welcomes the legislative initiative on legal recognition of gender identity as an important step in fulfilling the state’s commitment to drastically curb discrimination based on gender identity. As the Network has already argued, legal recognition of gender identity will solve many of […]
The Children on the Move Network, coordinated by the Deputy Ombudsman for Children’s Rights, conducted an assessment in April – May 2017 with the aim to examine the access to school of unaccompanied children accommodated in Unaccompanied and Separated Children (UASC) shelters. The assessment has been supported by members of Children on the Move Network, […]
On 11 May 2017, the Greek Ombudsman in the framework of his institutional mission for the protection and promotion of children’s rights, addressed in a letter to the Central Asylum Service a series of findings and proposals on family reunification and resettlement procedures for accompanied and unaccompanied minors. These are based on cases that have […]
