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
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9M
1991
1991
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7,460
7,46
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45
45
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Death, despair and destitution: The human costs of the EU’s migration policies
![Emergency Medical Aid (EMA) for new arrivals in Samos, Greece Emergency Medical Aid (EMA) for new arrivals in Samos, Greece](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/j4l3c485n2c124p46ocg57lkklf010ug.jpg)
In plain sight: the human cost of migration policies and violent practices at Greek sea borders
![Emergency Medical Aid in Samos Emergency Medical Aid in Samos](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/l2ow731am884137023fa67rh23va505q.jpg)
Asylum seekers in Greece report being beaten, strip-searched and sent back to sea
![Rotation 32 - Rescue 1 Rotation 32 - Rescue 1](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/e4864sjlelm53ot78v7076866y5pphfq.jpg)
EU migration policies are once again killing people as they search for safety
![Three people found handcuffed, four injured on the Aegean island of Lesvos (MSF) Three people found handcuffed, four injured on the Aegean island of Lesvos (MSF)](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/8bidkyv0k03sk66147mg1w67q4f83r2d.jpg)
Pushbacks, detention and violence towards migrants on Lesbos
![Rotation 20 Rescue 1 Rotation 20 Rescue 1](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/5i0504b0do24p0twr803mvf37m0dcg8m.jpg)
EU leaders continue to push through deadly policies for migrants
![Marvellous Nzenza with her mother Jacqueline and MSF social worker Relative Chitungo Marvellous Nzenza with her mother Jacqueline and MSF social worker Relative Chitungo](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/7t28jp3a2jp6j0565eb4fju2j21mo1u0.jpg)
Overcoming taboos to ensure women's sexual health
![MSF mobile clinic in the Closed Control Access Centre in Zervou, Samos. MSF mobile clinic in the Closed Control Access Centre in Zervou, Samos.](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/wv3cl35nj150dqu5atxk4ql13uo4una0.jpg)
Closed centres for refugees on Greek islands exacerbate psychological trauma
![Three people found handcuffed, four injured on the Aegean island of Lesvos (MSF) Three people found handcuffed, four injured on the Aegean island of Lesvos (MSF)](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/8bidkyv0k03sk66147mg1w67q4f83r2d.jpg)
People found handcuffed and injured on the Greek island of Lesvos
Contact us
![Lesbos Mobile Clinic - Moria Camp Lesbos Mobile Clinic - Moria Camp](https://img.msf.org/Docs/MSF/Media/CMS3/b/f/f/a/MSF220754.jpg)
15 Xenias St.
115 27 Athens
Greece