
Greece
Since the EU-Turkey deal in March 2016, migrants and refugees previously in transit through the Greek islands have been trapped for an indeterminate time in Reception and Identification Centres and Closed Controlled Access Centres.
Our teams provides medical and mental healthcare to migrants in Athens and on the Greek islands of Lesvos and Samos. Our activities include sexual and reproductive healthcare, treating chronic diseases and providing care for survivors of sexual violence, psychological support and health promotion activities. On the islands of Lesvos and Samos we also provide emergency medical assistance to people in distress once they arrive by boat from Türkiye.
Our teams on Lesvos and Samos have reported overwhelming numbers of people suffering from serious mental health conditions while being contained on the islands. We have made repeated calls on the European Union and the Greek authorities to completely change their approach to migration, which is causing avoidable harm to the health and wellbeing of asylum seekers, refugees and migrants.
Our activities in 2021 in Greece
Data and information from the International Activity Report 2021.
274
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€10.4 M
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Voices from the field
I am overwhelmed by the severity of each referral that arrives in my inbox…Dr Liz Clark, working in Moria, on the Greek island of Lesbos

Overcoming taboos to ensure women's sexual health

Closed centres for refugees on Greek islands exacerbate psychological trauma

People found handcuffed and injured on the Greek island of Lesvos

Fear, beatings and forced returns for people seeking safety on Greek island of Samos

A revolution in safe abortion care

“We can only help our patients to survive” new camp on Samos

One year on from Moria fire, EU denies dignity to migrants trapped on Greek islands

Greece and EU must change approach to migration as scale of people’s suffering revealed

Constructing Crisis at Europe’s Border
Contact us

15 Xenias St.
115 27 Athens
Greece