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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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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
- Explore helpful helplines and service leaflets available in Greek here.
- Explore helpful helplines and service leaflets available in Ukrainian here.
- Explore helpful helplines and service leaflets available in Arabic here.
- Explore helpful helplines and service leaflets available in French here.
- Explore helpful helplines and service leaflets available in Somali here.
- Explore helpful helplines and service leaflets available in Farsi here.
2. Basic information for Employment in Greece
- Discover an employment-related leaflet in Ukrainian right here.
- Discover an employment-related leaflet in Urdu right here.
- Discover an employment-related leaflet in French right here.
- Discover an employment-related leaflet in Kurdish right here.
- Discover an employment-related leaflet in Farsi right here.
- Discover an employment-related leaflet in Arabic right here.
3. Shelters and Distribution of Food and Basic Items in Athens
- Discover a leaflet on the distribution of food and basic items in Ukrainian right here.
- Discover a leaflet on the distribution of food and basic items in Arabic right here.
- Discover a leaflet on the distribution of food and basic items in Turkish right here.
- Discover a leaflet on the distribution of food and basic items in Somali right here.
- Discover a leaflet on the distribution of food and basic items in French right here.
- Discover a leaflet on the distribution of food and basic items in Farsi right here.
This HELP partner website “other services” section may contain links and references to third-party web sites. The linked sites are not under the control of UNHCR, and UNHCR is not responsible for the content of any linked site. UNHCR provides these links only for research and information provision purposes, and the inclusion of a link or reference does not imply the endorsement of the linked site by UNHCR.
Last update: 23/01/2024