
Greece
Since the EU-Turkey deal in March 2016, migrants and refugees previously in transit through the Greek islands have been trapped there for an indeterminate time in overcrowded, unsafe and unhygienic conditions, without access to basic services, adequate shelter or information on their legal status.
We provide medical and mental healthcare to migrants on the Greek islands of Lesbos and Samos, as well as in Athens. Our activities include vaccinating migrant children against common childhood diseases, providing sexual and reproductive healthcare, treating chronic diseases and providing care for survivors of torture and sexual violence.
Our teams in Lesbos 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 to completely change its 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
274
€10.4 M
10.4M
1991
1991


19,100
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10,300
10,3
640
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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

MSF ends emergency intervention in Lesvos island, Greece

Migrants face ongoing humanitarian crisis in Mytilini, Greece

MSF calls on all participants to improve the conditions for migrants arriving on the southern shores of Europe

MSF starts emergency intervention programs for undocumented migrants in Greece

MSF sends emergency team to assist victims of fires in Peloponnesus, Greece

MSF Greece reintegrated into the MSF international movement
Contact us

15 Xenias St.
115 27 Athens
Greece