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Refugee Info
On the Refugee.Info website, you can find info on topics such as the asylum process, legal rights, healthcare, education, work and many more, including services available in Greece by organizations that offer assistance and support. The goal is to address the information gap that often exists for refugees, provide support, help people access services, and exercise their rights.
On the Refugee.Info website, you can find:
- Information in English, Arabic, Urdu, French, Farsi, Somali and Ukrainian.
- Information that is Accurate | Up-to-date | Time sensitive | Useful
Visit the Refugee.Info website at https://greece.refugee.info/
How to use the site
Information: Click “INFORMATION” on the menu to see a complete list of topics.
Services: Click the word “SERVICES” to see all categories of public and NGO services in your area in Greece.
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Please note that the Refugee.Info team respects and maintains the security and confidentiality of the information, you will share.
Guides for Asylum-seekers & Refugees
These two Guides list service providers for asylum seekers and refugees staying respectively in Athens and Thessaloniki, and are the product of a cooperation between UNHCR, Refugee.Info and, for Athens, ACCMR. The organizations listed in this guide offer free assistance. Services include medical care, social counselling, psychological support, care and hygiene services, legal aid, meals, shelter, material aid, education, services for people living with ΗΙV/AIDS, as well as services for people discriminated against due to their gender identity/expression and/or sexual preference.
Athens guide
The Athens guide can be found here: City Guide – Athens
Thessaloniki guide
The Thessaloniki guide can be found here: City Guide – Thessaloniki
Leaflets
1. Useful Helplines and Services in Greece
- Helpful helplines and service leaflets are available in English here.
- Helpful helplines and service leaflets are available in Ukrainian here.
- Helpful helplines and service leaflets are available in Arabic here.
- Helpful helplines and service leaflets are available in French here.
- Helpful helplines and service leaflets are available in Somali here.
- Helpful helplines and service leaflets are available in Farsi here.
2. Basic information for Employment in Greece
- An employment-related leaflet in English is right here.
- An employment-related leaflet in Ukrainian is right here.
- An employment-related leaflet in Urdu is right here.
- An employment-related leaflet in French is right here.
- An employment-related leaflet in Kurdish is right here.
- An employment-related leaflet in Farsi is right here.
- An employment-related leaflet in Arabic is right here.
3. Shelters and Distribution of Food and Basic Items in Athens
- Distribution of food and basic items leaflet in English is right here.
- Distribution of food and basic items in Ukrainian is right here.
- Distribution of food and basic items in Arabic is right here.
- Distribution of food and basic items in Turkish is right here.
- Distribution of food and basic items in Somali is right here.
- Distribution of food and basic items in French is right here.
- Distribution of food and basic items in Farsi is right here.
Last update: 30/01/2025