MEDSF Greece https://www.medsf.org/rss/greece en MEDSF closes day care centre in Athens after nine years of providing care https://www.medsf.org/msf-closes-day-care-centre-athens-after-nine-years-providing-care On 30 May 2025, Médecins Sans Frontières (MEDSF) closed our day care centre in Athens, Greece. Fri, 30 May 2025 10:40:08 +0000 2c5901a0-1d64-434a-8b1b-5a36403ac77b Children diagnosed with malnutrition on Samos island Greece https://www.medsf.org/children-diagnosed-malnutrition-samos-island-greece Our medical team has reported six cases of malnutrition among children at the closed controlled access centre on Samos island, Greece. Mon, 07 Apr 2025 15:17:11 +0000 94ef853d-476a-4128-9967-1605b7373f4e MEDSF responds to tragic shipwreck off Samos coast in Greece https://www.medsf.org/msf-responds-tragic-shipwreck-samos-coast-greece On 28 November 2024, an MEDSF emergency team responded to a shipwreck off the coast of Samos island, Greece. Thu, 28 Nov 2024 14:47:41 +0000 1a53acdb-a0b0-4ed1-a23d-b15d7f52aaa1 Mental health crisis among refugees and migrants in Greece https://www.medsf.org/mental-health-crisis-among-refugees-and-migrants-greece On International Mental Health Day, an MEDSF psychologist in Athens highlights the mental health crisis among refugees facing trauma, dangerous journeys, and uncertain asylum processes. Thu, 10 Oct 2024 10:34:24 +0000 d79e4015-17c0-4929-a830-39f7c2346920 Death, despair and destitution: The human costs of the EU’s migration policies https://www.medsf.org/death-despair-and-destitution-human-costs-eu-migration-policies Our latest report on the migration crisis unfolding across Europe illustrates a shocking embrace of violent tactics, sanctioned by EU policies and EU member states. Tue, 20 Feb 2024 10:48:03 +0000 be5fb73f-8a5c-4a74-a9cf-9d3e5ff18c75 In plain sight: migration policies at Greek sea borders https://www.medsf.org/plain-sight-migration-policies-greek-sea-borders Accounts of violence at Greece’s borders have proliferated in recent years, against a landscape in which medical and humanitarian assistance for people crossing into Greece by land and sea is limited or absent. Thu, 02 Nov 2023 09:57:15 +0000 f1ad48d0-f1ba-4c3a-bd99-0348cc06eb92 Asylum seekers in Greece report being beaten and sent back to sea https://www.medsf.org/asylum-seekers-greece-report-being-beaten-and-sent-back-sea Refugees and asylum seekers arriving at islands in northern Greece tell of being subjected to violence, degrading treatment, and even illegally pushed back to sea. Thu, 02 Nov 2023 09:55:47 +0000 a3ec3396-76a1-49fc-a526-a097986c2538 EU migration policies are killing people at sea | Greece https://www.medsf.org/eu-migration-policies-are-killing-people-sea-greece On June 14, a shipwreck off the coast of Greece left up to 500 people dead or missing in the Mediterranean sea, marking the deadliest tragedy at sea in years. Fri, 30 Jun 2023 09:41:37 +0000 1b1990e5-c18c-4478-b1d0-6cd3ab626373 Greece: Pushbacks, detention and violence towards migrants on Lesbos https://www.medsf.org/greece-pushbacks-detention-and-violence-towards-migrants-lesbos We call on the Greek authorities to investigate reports of hundreds of missing migrants on the island of Lesbos, Greece, and to end the arbitrary detention of unregistered new arrivals. Thu, 25 May 2023 11:12:24 +0000 889789fc-3fc3-4aea-92bd-1473af720805 EU leaders continue to push through deadly policies for migrants https://www.medsf.org/eu-leaders-continue-push-through-deadly-policies-migrants We call on the EU to put the protection of human lives first and to provide humane and dignified treatment to people seeking safety. Fri, 12 May 2023 12:19:53 +0000 d3514075-045c-43de-b9e1-2018497def95