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 2022 in Greece
Data and information from the International Activity Report 2022.
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21
€9 M
9M
1991
1991
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22,500
22,5
7,460
7,46
820
82
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45
45
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Testimonies from Syrian refugees and MSF staff
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EU and Greece turn their backs on refugees arriving at Greek islands
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MSF denounces Greek authorities’ decision to detain migrants indefinitely
![Komotini Detention Centre, Northern Greece Komotini Detention Centre, Northern Greece](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/vsqp45575f7j33d28e033n136c51l327.jpg)
Invisible Suffering
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Greece must end systematic and prolonged detention of migrants, says MSF
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Syrian Exodus: The Syrian exodus reaches Athens
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MSF runs a malaria project
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Migrants suffer in border police stations amid recent extreme weather conditions
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Two accounts from detained migrants
Contact us
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15 Xenias St.
115 27 Athens
Greece