Athens, December 2, 2021: Thirty-six civil society organizations have sent a letter to Pope Francis regarding the refugee situation in view of his upcoming visit to Greece.
In a letter released at an online press conference on Thursday, December 2, the NGOs asked, among other things, to meet with the leader of the Roman Catholic Church and inform him about the living conditions of refugees in Greece, as well as the need to support refugees quest for access to asylum with a message of solidarity towards our persecuted fellow humans.
Attached the letter to Pope Francisgreek, english, italian)
Signatories:
Lesvos Solidarity
ARSIS – Association for the Social Support of Youth
Médecins du Monde - Greece
Network for Children’s Rights
Hellenic League for Human Rights
Greek Council for Refugees (GCR)
Greek Forum of Migrants
Greek Forum of Refugees
ELIX
Irida Women's Center
Centre Diotima
Babel Day Center
Community Pope John XXIII
Symbiosis-School of Political Studies in Greece, Council of Europe
Refugee Support Aegean (RSA)
A Drop in the Ocean
Actionaid Hellas
Caritas Hellas
Changemakers Lab
Danish Refugee Council (DRC)
ECHO100PLUS
Equal Rights Beyond Borders
Europe Must Act
Fenix – Humanitarian Legal Aid
HIAS Greece
Humanrights360
INTERSOS
INTERSOS Hellas
Jesuit Refugee Service Greece (JRS Greece)
Mobile Info Team (MIT)
Odyssea
Refugee Legal Support
Samos Advocacy Collective
Samos Volunteers
SolidarityNow
Still I Rise
