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<title><![CDATA[A Syrian in Greece: remembering better days, hoping to return one day]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Several thousand Syrian civilians have reached Greece in search of safety. They have been regarded as irregular entrants, but that's changing. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Dozens queue every week in Athens to apply for asylum]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR and other humanitarian groups urge Greece to give foreigners unhindered access to the asylum procedure. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Urban attractions: returnee youth, mobility and the search for a future in South Sudan's regional towns. Leonie Newhouse
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<title><![CDATA[Mediterranean takes record as most deadly stretch of water for refugees and migrants in 2011]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[According to UNHCR estimates, more than 1,500 people drowned or went missing while attempting to cross the Mediterranean to reach Europe in 2011. This makes 2011 the deadliest year for this region since...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[More than 1,500 drown or go missing trying to cross the Mediterranean in 2011 

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<description><![CDATA[UNHCR figures also show that a record 58,000 irregular migrants, asylum-seekers and refugees managed to make it to Europe by sea last year. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Putting solidarity to the test: assessing Europe's response to the asylum crisis in Greece. Paul McDonough]]></title> 
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Boat tragedy off Moroccan coast, 4 dead, several boats rescued off Maltese, Italian and Libyan coasts

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<description><![CDATA[UNHCR received news late last week of a rescue by the Moroccan Royal Navy of a vessel with more than 60 people. 53 people on board were rescued while four were found to have died. The boat was found a...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 6 Dec 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Ecumenical Refugee Program (KSPM) of the Church of Greece]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[ 		Address:<br> 		4a Iridanou Street<br> 		Athens 11528<br> 		Greece 		Tel: +30 210 729 5926 or 27<br> 		Fax: +30 210 729 5928<br> 		Email: ecrp@acn.gr 		  ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[METAction, Migration and Development / METAdrasi]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[ 		Address:<br> 		Marni 19<br> 		Athenes 10433<br> 		Greece 		Tel: +30 210 5201792<br> 		Email: metadrasi@gmail.com<br> 		Web: www.sites.google.com/site/metadrasi 		  ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Greek Council for Refugees]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[ 		Address:<br> 		26 Solomou Street , Exarhia<br> 		Athens 10682<br> 		Greece 		Tel: +30 210 3320 000<br> 		Fax: +30 210 3803 774<br> 		Email: gcr1@gcr.gr<br> 		Web: www.gcr.gr 		  ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Hellenic League for Human Rights / Elliniki Enosi Gia Ta Dikaiomata Toy Anthropou]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[ 		Address:<br> 		12 Valaoritou Street<br> 		10671 Athens<br> 		Greece 		Tel: +30 210 361 8966<br> 		Fax: +30 210 363 4437<br> 		Email: info@hlhr.gr<br> 		Web: www.hlhr.gr 		  ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[PRAKSIS, Projects of Development Social Support and Medical Cooperation]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[ 		Address:<br> 		Stournari 57<br> 		10432 Athens<br> 		Greece 		Tel: +30 210 520 5200<br> 		Fax: +30 210 520 5201<br> 		Web: www.praksis.gr 		  ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Three face justice in Athens for attacks on foreigners]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[A rare court trial brings charges for the stabbing of an Afghan asylum-seeker after a wave of racist attacks.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[As states increase border controls, UNHCR calls for sensitivity for those fleeing persecution]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[We are concerned whenever states propose measures that aim at preventing irregular migrants from entering their territory without simultaneously putting concrete guarantees in place for those seeking international...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 7 Jan 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR urges EU investment in asylum support for Greece]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[It was announced yesterday (Monday) by the European Commission that the Greek Government has requested the deployment of Rapid Border Intervention Teams from FRONTEX, the EU's Border Management Agency,...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR says asylum situation in Greece is 'a humanitarian crisis']]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR is today calling on Greece to urgently accelerate implementation of its planned asylum reform. This is in light of the continued absence in Greece of a functioning asylum system, an issue with important...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR urges Greece to step up implementation of asylum reform]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR calls on Greece to accelerate implementation of its planned asylum reform. This is in light of the absence of a functioning asylum system.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR's oral intervention at the European Court of Human Rights Hearing of the case M.S.S. v. Belgium and Greece, Strasbourg, September 1, 2010]]></title> 
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<pubDate>Tue, 0 Sep 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Sixteen people drowned attempting to cross the Evros river border between Turkey and Greece
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<description><![CDATA[Athens, 1 July - The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has heard from the Police Chief in Orestiada in northern Greece that sixteen people drowned while trying to cross the Evros River on 29 June. Eleven of the...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 1 Jul 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Submission by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in the case of M.S.S. v. Belgium and Greece]]></title> 
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