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Greece's infrastructure struggles to cope with mixed migration flow
19 Jan 2009 Greek police arrested some 13,000 irregular migrants and asylum seekers on Lesvos last year, straining the island's detention and asylum infrastructure. -
Dozens dead or missing in Gulf of Aden; boat people figures rise
4 Nov 2008 Amid a fresh Gulf of Aden tragedy, UNHCR says its estimates show a rise in irregular crossings of the Gulf and Mediterranean this year compared to 2007. -
Boat people risk all to reach Greece
22 Oct 2007 A five-year-old Somali girl drowns off the coast of Greece. There has been a steep rise this year in the number of deaths recorded among people trying to make irregular sea crossings from Turkey to Greece. -
Q&A: The son of a refugee, Goodwill Ambassador Dalaras helps today's displaced
9 Mar 2007 Acclaimed Greek musician and singer George Dalaras was appointed a UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador last October after a long and fruitful relationship with the refugee agency. His empathy for uprooted people from around the world comes from his own mother's experience as a refugee. -
Goodwill Ambassador Dalaras gives voice to the refugee children of Africa
31 Jan 2007 UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador George Dalaras has highlighted the plight of refugee children in Africa by playing two sold-out benefit concerts in Athens earlier this week. The famous musician and singer will be visiting refugees in Liberia and Sierra Leone in February. -
UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Dalaras learns more about refugee issues
10 Jan 2007 Goodwill Ambassador George Dalaras has been busy in recent weeks finding out about refugee issues in Greece and will soon visit Africa to see UNHCR field operations at first hand. -
UNHCR and Greek Orthodox Church discuss cooperation on refugee issues
30 May 2006 Greece's Archbishop, His Beatitude Christodoulos, and High Commissioner António Guterres met on Tuesday at UNHCR's Geneva headquarters to discuss increased cooperation on refugee issues and ways of combating the rising trend of intolerance. -
New campaign highlights the difficulties of being an asylum seeker in Greece
16 Mar 2006 UNHCR is launching a campaign in Greece to educate both the public and decision-makers about the severe problems facing people claiming asylum in the country. -
How a man from Darfur cannot get his asylum claim heard in Europe today
6 Dec 2005 The UN refugee agency is growing increasingly concerned about the effect of ever more restrictive law and practice in individual European countries as well as at the EU level. The result, as one current case illustrates all too clearly, is that even the most deserving of refugees may be denied asylum in Europe today.