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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Helena Smith in Athens

Greece facing refugee ‘children’s emergency’ as arrivals double in 2024

Women and children gather at a refugee camp, standing before a line of tents
Save the Children says EU and Greek authorities have a moral and legal obligation to ‘act urgently’ to alleviate the refugee crisis. Photograph: Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images

Greece is facing a refugee “children’s emergency” as the number of unaccompanied minors reaching the country rises and concern grows over a lack of “safe zones” to host them.

Large numbers of children arrived in 2024 along a new trafficking route from Libya to Crete, prompting NGOs to urge Greek authorities to take emergency measures that would allow children to be transferred to protected shelters or other EU member states

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