Attack in Thessaloniki: yet another violent incident targeting people because of their identity
Athens 15.03.2024 – The Racist Violence Recording Network strongly condemns the violent incident against two LGBTQI+ individuals in Thessaloniki by a large group on Saturday 9 March 2024 and expresses its deep concern about the escalating homophobic and transphobic...
Announcement – Hybrid Conference
Babel Day Centre (www.babeldc.gr) is organizing a hybrid conference titled: Refugee Experiences of Violence and Torture: From Suffering to Relief. Thursday 28 March 2024 at 09:00-18:00, Akadimias 20, Athens, Greece (1st floor) Invited speakers include refugees with...
Seminar: Organising and providing support to war displaced persons – the psychosocial dimension
Babel Day Centre invites you to a 12-hour seminar under the title "Psychosocial support of people displaced due to war – the psychosocial dimension" to be held on the 8th, 15th and 19th December 2022 between 09.30-13.30 at the premises of the Greek Council for...
UNDOCUMENTED CHILDREN, CHILDREN IN DANGER. UNTIL WHEN…?
Forty-four CSOs, among which Babel Day Centre, express their concern for the lack of a coherent, long-term and comprehensive policy for the protection and support of unaccompanied minors in Greece, a policy that guarantees their free access to all their rights. CSOs...
For refugees and asylum seekers residing on Lesvos, mental health remains an invisible vulnerability
Lesvos, May 24, 2022 POLICY NOTE For refugees and asylum seekers residing on Lesvos, mental health remains an invisible vulnerability Since 2015, several reports[1] have shed light on the shortcomings of mental health support offered to asylum seekers and refugees...
Press Release: As thousands go hungry in refugee camps on the Greek mainland, 28 organisations echo EU Commissioner’s calls on Greek authorities to ensure that all people have full access to their rights and receive basic means of subsistence
As thousands go hungry in refugee camps on the Greek mainland, 28 organisations echo EU Commissioner’s calls on Greek authorities to ensure that all people have full access to their rights and receive basic means of subsistence EU Commissioner also calls for the...
NGOs raise alarm at growing hunger amongst refugees and asylum seekers in Greece
25 November 2021 – A halt to cash assistance for asylum seekers, and the denial of food support to recognised refugees and rejected asylum seekers is creating a hunger crisis in Greece, 27 NGOs and civil society organisations warn today. See full statement below: NGOs...
Press Statement: Are you eligible to eat?
Babel DC jointly with NGOs released the following press statement: Athens, October 18, 2021 - In a new bleak turn of events, people that seek or have received international protection in Greece, are now deprived of food or their cash allowance, due to the policies...
Health is a fundamental right Immediate access to the vaccination process for undocumented people
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