Europe, don't let us down: Voices of refugees and migrants in Greece

Publication language
English
Pages
16pp
Date published
20 Jun 2016
Type
Research, reports and studies
Keywords
Needs assessment, Protection, human rights & security, Forced displacement and migration
Countries
Greece
Organisations
Oxfam

Since the beginning of 2015 more than one million migrants, including refugees, fleeing war, persecution, natural disasters and poverty, have travelled through Turkey to Greece in search of safety and a dignified life in Europe. Lacking safe and legal alternatives, they put their lives in the hands of smugglers and risk everything during perilous sea and land crossings.

Oxfam and Action Aid have listened to hundreds of refugee and migrant women and men on Lesvos island, in Athens and in the Epirus region of northwest Greece to understand why they fled their countries, what their immediate needs are, and what they plan to do next. Their situation is desperate, but also avoidable.