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PROJECTS AND ACTIONS - NEW CITIZEN
New guide about GENDER-BASED Violence in 10 languages
Workshops and the new guide TALKING ABOUT GENDER VIOLENCE have been completed. Read more below:
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PROJECTS AND ACTIONS - EQUAL RIGHTS
JOINT STATEMENT – APPEAL: Children war victims
Read below the joint statement -appeal co-signed by CSOs for the children war victims in Gaza:
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PRESS ROOM
#CeasefireNow: Open Call for an Immediate Ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and Israel
Please sign the petition organised by more than 370 organisation worldwide that demand to cease fire in Gaza Strip and Israel:
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PROJECTS AND ACTIONS - AGAINST DISCRIMINATION
#MakeRacismHistory Festival 2023
We celebrate the 25 years of the ENAR - European Network Against Racism with participation to the events of Make Racism History Festival 2023:
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PROJECTS AND ACTIONS - NEW CITIZEN
FREE Legal Consultation
Read below about the new programme implemented by the Greek Forum of Migrants with CHOOSE LOVE regarding legal consultation:
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PROJECTS AND ACTIONS - EQUAL RIGHTS
JOINT STATEMENT: Unlawful detention practices in Samos and Lesvos CCACs
Read below the Joint Statement signed by 22 NGOs about the unlawful detention and worsening conditions of refugees detained on Samos and Lesvos:
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PROJECTS AND ACTIONS - NEW CITIZEN
SUMMER GUIDE in Athens 2023
Find below services available in Athens during the summer period of August 2023 for migrants and refugees:
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PRESS ROOM
Press Conference Food for All
Read below the Press Release regarding the Press Conference FOOD FOR ALL:
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PROJECTS AND ACTIONS - AGAINST DISCRIMINATION
Walk Against Discrimination 2023
For a 9th year we organize the Walk Against Discrimination 2023 on 21 March International Day against Racism:
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PROJECTS AND ACTIONS - NEW CITIZEN
Project DIGITS has officially started!
The DIGITS Erasmus+ project-“Soft DIGITal Skills building for TCN women”-has officially started! Read below the press release:
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PROJECTS AND ACTIONS - EQUAL RIGHTS
20 years Greek Forum of Migrants - 18 Dec 2022
On the International Migrants Day 2022, the Greek Forum of Migrants celebrates its 20 year celebration. This year we will discuss about the GFM`s history at the Multicultural library We need Books, on the 18th of December 2022. Read full press release below:
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PRESS ROOM
Publish the full investigation regarding pushbacks
Read our common demand to the National Transparency Authority to publish the full investigation regarding pushbacks:
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PROJECTS AND ACTIONS - EQUAL RIGHTS
Exclusive citizenship - Part II
Read below the announcement of the Greek Forum of Migrants regarding the recent Ministerial Decision about the presumptions of economic and social integration of foreigners that want to acquire the Greek citizenship:
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WELCOME
AIM AND ACTION
NEW CITIZEN:
Empowerment of migrants and their organizations for promoting their integration with individual and collective responsibility.
OUR PEOPLE IN GENERAL
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Ahmed Moawia
Ahmed Moawia is from Sudan and he has been living in Greece for over 30 years. He is a journalist and an activist in the field of human rights and in the fight against racism and xenophobia.
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Samsideen Iddrisu
Samsideen Iddrisu is from Ghana and has been living in Greece for over 30 years. He is the founder and former president of the Pan-African Union of Greece. He has been an activist for many years on human rights and discrimination issues.
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Ermal Sulaj
Ermal Sulaj was born in Durres, Republic of Albania. At an early age he came to Greece along with his family, as economic migrants. From 2013, after graduating from International Relations & Political Sciences University, he is active...
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Rita Ige Lawani
Rita Ige Lawani is of Nigerian descent. She lives in Greece for over 26 years. She had her own business but now she works as a private employee.
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Salome Ghoulaqsidu
Salome is a student of the Department of International and European Studies at the University of Piraeus. She is an active member of the Georgian community and the "Second Generation" group of the Greek Forum of Migrants.
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Dr. Avtantil Mikaberitze
Dr. Avtantil Mikaberitze is from Zestafoni of Georgia. He studied Classical Literature in Tbilisi and Germany and was trained at the National University of Athens in Modern Greek Literature, Theology and History of Byzantine Culture.
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Dimitra Maliou
Dimitra Maliou is from Albania and has been working on issues concerning the rights of migrant women for many years. She is a philologist and founding member of the Women Migrant Network and the Migrant women from the Balkans Network.
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Anwar Iqbal
Anwar Iqbal is from Pakistan and has been living in Greece for over 22 years. He is vice-president of the Greek-Pakistan Association in Greece, and he has been an immigration mediator and activist for human rights, fight against racism and discriminations
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Assefa Debele
Assefa Debelle is from Ethiopia and lives in Greece 30 years now. He has a degree in Mechanical Engineering of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, and has been president for African Students of Thessaloniki and N. Greece. He has served as secretary general and legal representative of the Ethiopian Community in Greece, and his action continues today
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Donald Okwawere
Donald Okwawere is from Nigeria. He is an activist in migrant rights and has been dealing with the problems faced by his compatriots for years. He has studied finance, he works as a private employee on another subject, and he is the President of the Nigerian Community in Greece.
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Adla Shashati
Adla Shashati originates both from Khartoum and Serres. She is a journalist with a degree in Media and Cultural Studies and a postgraduate diploma at the Kapodistrian University of Athens in New Media Technologies.
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Rosa Salis
Rosa is from Sardinia, an island in Italy, she studied in the Department of International Relations and Governance of the University of Cagliari. She was a volunteer, has done her internship in our Organization and now she is working as a Project Officer responsible for Fundraising.
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Antonio Cardia
Antonio is from Sardinia, Italy. He studied Political Science and International Relations at the University of Cagliari. Antonio is in the office of the Greek Migrants Forum since May 2016.
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Anna Maria Filiou
Anna Maria is a graduate of the Department of Sociology at Panteion University. She is actively involved in the Greek Forum of Migrants and she has done her internship in the organization of GFM.
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Enri Hysenbelli
Enri is a student in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. He has been a volunteer of the Greek Forum of Migrants.
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Vasiliki Patsia
Vasiliki is a graduate of the Department of Sociology of Panteion University. She is an active member of the Greek Migrants Forum and she has done her internship in the organization of GFM.
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Afrodite Riga
Afrodite is an agriculturalist, but also a journalist, a musician and an activist for environmental and human rights issues. She is back to school for an MBA in Business Administration and, since June 2017, she is working in GFM as a communication, media and advocacy officer.