What is GCR

The Greek Council for Refugees (GCR) is a Greek, Non Governmental Organization, founded in 1989 to support refugees and asylum seekers in Greece. Through various psychosocial and legal services, it helps them integrate harmoniously in Greece.

 

 

 

 

It is

  • The only Greek non-governmental, non profit organization that deals exclusively with people seeking asylum in Greece and are considered refugees,
  • registered in the records of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as well as the Ministry of Health and Social Solidarity as an Organization recognized as especially Charitable,
  • one of the six Non Governmental Organizations protecting human rights in Greece that are members of the National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR) according to the law regarding the National Commission for Human Rights 2667/98. The President of the Board of Directors of GCR has been voted  vice-chairman of such commission,
  • an implementing partner of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), as well as
  • a member of the European Council for Refugees and Exiles (ECRE),

It has

  • Special Advisory Status in the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), and has been
  • awarded by the President of the Republic, Mr. Karolos Papoulias as an “island of quality” for its longstanding social work.

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