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PROJECTS AND ACTIONS - SOCIAL COHESION
Civil society calls for AI red lines in the EUs proposal
The Greek Forum of Migrants together with 60 organisations demand red lines for the applications of Artificial Intelligence that threaten fundamental Human Rights in an open letter to the European Commission.
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Refugees in Greece: risk of homelessness...
Read below the joint statement of 73 organisations of the Greek Civil Society.
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PROJECTS AND ACTIONS - EQUAL RIGHTS
In the era of Covid-19
It ιs time to honor another International Migrants Day on December 18, 2020. But this year under difficult conditions of the coronavirus pandemic:
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PROJECTS AND ACTIONS - NEW CITIZEN
Fight hate crime together
On the International Day for the Elimination of violence against women, the 25th of November, an online discussion took place:
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PROJECTS AND ACTIONS - EQUAL RIGHTS
Meeting with the Ministry of Migration Policy - Memorandum 2020
Responding to the call of Migration Policy Ministry, an online meeting took place on Wednesday 11 November 2020 among the representatives of the migrant communities and the Ministry:
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Joint Statement SAVE PIKPA
Read the joint statement of organisations considering the evacuation of PIKPA Solidarity Center in Lesvos:
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PROJECTS AND ACTIONS - AGAINST DISCRIMINATION
We all love football FARE 2020
Watch our video dedicated to the #FootballPeople weeks against racism and discrimination organised by the FARE Network 2020:
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PROJECTS AND ACTIONS - EQUAL RIGHTS
Legal, but without a residence permit
Read the joint press release regarding the major problems ocurred for the resedence pemits:
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PROJECTS AND ACTIONS - AGAINST DISCRIMINATION
A historic decision
Read the joint announcement of organizations co-signed by the Greek Forum of Migrants regarding the historic court decision to condemn the neo-Nazi group Golden Dawn as a criminal organization, after 5 and a half years of court battle:
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They are not innocent. Nazis in jail
The Greek Forum of Migrants supports the Δεν είναι αθώοι campaign and the antifascist protest:
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PROJECTS AND ACTIONS - EQUAL RIGHTS
Decision on Citizenship without the participation of migrants
Read below the press release of the Greek Forum of migrants about the exclusion of migrants from the decision making process of the Citizenship:
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PRESS ROOM
Joint Announcement regarding EU Migration Pact
Read below the Join Announcement by Civil Society Organisations regarding the European Pact on Migration and Asylum:
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New measures for Covid-19 in 8 languages
Read below, in 8 languages, the key points of the new measures announced by the Greek Government, that will be in force from Monday, May 4, 2020:
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PROJECTS AND ACTIONS - EQUAL RIGHTS
Do it like Portugal
Read below the announcement of the Greek Forum of Migrants regarding the state of migrants and refugees in Greece, during the coronavirus epidemic crisis:
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PRESS ROOM
URGENT: Read below the travel ban
Find below in several languages, instructions that we are obliged to follow - travel ban, that is taking in to effect by Monday 23 March 2020, at 06:00 am in Greece:
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Send a message against Discrimination - WAD2020
Read below the Press Release of the 6th Walk Against Discrimination - WAD2020, from home:
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Joint Statement of 120 Organizations - Protect our laws and humanity!
Read below the Joint Statement / Open Letter of 120 Organizations from Greece and Europe, concerning the current situation at the Greek borders as far as it concerns the asylum procedure and the targeting of NGOs and Communities of Civil Society in Greece:
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PROJECTS AND ACTIONS - AGAINST DISCRIMINATION
Walk against Discrimination 2020
For a sixth year in a row, the Greek Forum of Migrants calls for participation to the Walk Against Discrimination 2020, on the occassion of the International Day against Racism:
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PROJECTS AND ACTIONS - AGAINST DISCRIMINATION
A Guide for reporting hate crime
Find below & download for free, a simple Guide on how to report hate & racist crime, published in 11 different languages:
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PROJECTS AND ACTIONS - EQUAL RIGHTS
Migration: A problem of management or lack of an integration plan?
Highlights of the debate "Migration: A problem of management or lack of an integration plan?" held on December 18th, 2019.
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PRESS ROOM
Announcement for the International Migrant Day 2019
Read below the announcement of the Greek Forum of Migrants on international Migrants Day, December 18th, 2019:
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PRESS ROOM
New Board of Directors elected for the period 2019-2022
The Greek Forum of Migrants implemented the 4th elections for the Board of Directors, which will be active for the period 2019 - 2022.
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PROJECTS AND ACTIONS - AGAINST DISCRIMINATION
A Ball Against Discrimination
Moments from the event "A ball against discrimination" organised in the occasion of the #FootballPeople weeks of the FARE Network, that was held at Serafio City of Athens on Saturday 19 October 2019.
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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.
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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.