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.
210
21
€9 M
9M
1991
1991
![Greece IAR map 2022 Greece IAR map 2022](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/34g762u02f6sm81e8vvu7535jg1i2vo8.jpg)
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22,500
22,5
7,460
7,46
820
82
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45
45
![Trapani Italy - refugee reception and mental health Trapani Italy - refugee reception and mental health](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/21m002nh672d05viywhy6ubd20yx2wk4.jpg)
European policies dramatically worsened the so-called 2015 “refugee crisis”
![Life in Idomeni , Greece Life in Idomeni , Greece](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/f4bjtfoheip37np82vdet8cd6o51710b.jpg)
Photo Story: Caught in limbo
![Assistance at sea to refugee boats in distress Assistance at sea to refugee boats in distress](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/6s7h37px73163414bag078mo2ye73008.jpg)
MSF and Greenpeace launch life-saving operations in the Aegean Sea
![Syrian refugees in Serbia Syrian refugees in Serbia](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/7f08w11u6dijjdp56m1nh7v5g85m7ko3.jpg)
Hundreds stranded without aid as new border control measures come into force
![Family At The Sid-Tovarnik Border, Serbia Family At The Sid-Tovarnik Border, Serbia](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/hwd0e7n135e75f8ineqisd2g1666tw7u.jpg)
Testimonies from Syrian refugees at the border between Croatia and Serbia
![Refugees In Bapska, Serbia Refugees In Bapska, Serbia](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/qk03r7bsbqehj6l73j50255s261sfwo0.jpg)
“The determination of the refugees to reach their destination is shocking.”
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MSF teams help create a transit camp for refugees arriving to Idomeni
![Refugee children of Kos Refugee children of Kos](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/22eg8uh0jwk3mane28e047501h47s075.jpg)
“When the war is over, I want to return to my Syria – it was the best life ever”
![Adnan Adnan](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/a2475iqh6h6p7e07x3dvyy370f0055ek.jpg)
"There was no other choice but to leave Syria."
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