https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKmo2zndCRc
Hundreds of demonstrators have rallied in the Greek capital, calling on the government to do more for Afghans.They are demanding rapid asylum approvals for t

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/afghan-refugee-greece-canada-1.6849658
Afghan-Canadian says she's losing hope of reuniting her family in Toronto. More than 300 Afghans arrive in Canada as Ottawa inches closer to 40,000 resettlement goal. Greece had offered them

https://www.dw.com/en/afghan-refugees-in-greece-still-stuck-in-limbo/a-59000284
Priyanka Shankar Thessaloniki. 08/28/2021. Afghan refugees in Greece are increasingly worried about their status. The EU's differing and uncertain asylum policies are making it even harder for

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0vv717yvpeo
The Greek government has long been accused of forced returns ... told us they rang the Greek coastguard for help - who loaded them onto a boat, returned them to Turkish waters and put them in life

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/8/26/in-anticipation-of-afghan-migrant-wave-greece-jumps-into-action
Anticipating Afghan migration, Greece moves to fortify borders. Athens is warning against a repeat of the 2015 refugee crisis, employing surveillance tech, and fortifying borders as chaos grips Kabul.

https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/04/07/greece-using-other-migrants-expel-asylum-seekers
Human Rights Watch interviewed 26 Afghan migrants and asylum seekers, 23 of whom were pushed back from Greece to Turkey across the Evros River between September 2021 and February 2022. The 23 men

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/dont-leave-afghan-people-alone-refugee-greece-pleads-2021-08-16/
Elena, an Afghan asylum seeker who lives in a migrant camp on the Greek island of Lesbos, worries about friends and family back home after the Taliban's swift moves to seize control of Afghanistan.

https://greekreporter.com/2021/10/21/greece-residency-dozens-afghan-dissidents/
By Tasos Kokkinidis. October 21, 2021. Dozens of Afghan dissidents and their families will be granted residency in Greece. Credit: AMNA. Greece announced on Thursday it is offering permanent residency in the country to a group of 35 Afghans, including human rights workers and their families, following a short stay in neighboring North Macedonia.

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2022/nov/30/destitution-is-almost-inevitable-afghan-refugees-in-greece-left-homeless-by-failed-system?trk=public_post_main-feed-card_feed-article-content
Catch-22 system leaves people facing eviction upon being granted refugee status - yet unable to claim rent subsidies without accommodation

https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news-feature/2021/10/5/Greece-says-migration-crisis-over-refugees-beg-to-differ
The number of asylum seekers on the Greek islands has fallen to just over 4,500, down from around 40,000 in April 2020. And the first of five new migration reception centres being built on the islands - with 276 million euros in EU funding - to improve living conditions opened on 18 September. Overall, the number of asylum seekers housed in

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230318-refugees-protest-tough-greek-migration-policy
Hundreds of refugees protested against Greece's tough migration policies in Athens on Saturday, accusing the conservative government of "murdering" asylum seekers through illegal pushbacks.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/greece-plans-firm-hand-afghan-migrants-wants-more-eu-help-2021-09-12/
Greece would seek to block a potential wave of Afghan asylum-seekers fleeing Taliban rule and needs more European Union help on migrant issues, the prime minister said on Sunday.

https://www.rescue.org/eu/press-release/despite-spiralling-humanitarian-crisis-their-country-afghans-still-face-huge-barriers
Athens, Greece, 14 September 2022 — A year since the shift in power in Afghanistan, a new report from the International Rescue Committee (IRC) reveals the immense obstacles faced by Afghans seeking protection in Greece. The worsening humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan has driven more than 2 million people to flee to neighbouring countries.

https://ici.radio-canada.ca/rci/en/news/1981465/afghans-left-in-limbo-in-greece-urge-ottawa-to-speed-up-resettlement-process
Canada has welcomed 30,000 Afghan refugees, the majority of whom helped the Canadian Armed Forces, since the Taliban gained control in 2021, but thousands are still waiting in fear for their lives.

https://www.rescue.org/eu/report/afghans-greece-story-strength-resilience-and-survival
The report, Afghans in Greece: A story of strength, resilience, and survival, sheds light on the difficulties Afghan asylum seekers and refugees face in Greece. For more than 40 years, the people of Afghanistan have been forced to flee their homes and country. Despite the evident persecution and dangers they flee from, Afghan refugees in Greece face considerable barriers in accessing full and

https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2021/06/greece-pushbacks-and-violence-against-refugees-and-migrants-are-de-facto-border-policy-2/
Greece: Pushbacks and violence against refugees and migrants are de facto border policy. Greece: P ushbacks and violence against r efugees and migrants are de facto border policy . Amnesty International reveals new evidence of torture, ill-treatment and illegal pushbacks of refugees and migrants to Turkey ; People apprehended and detained up to 7 0 0km away from the border before being

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/greece-says-cannot-become-gateway-eu-fleeing-afghans-2021-08-17/
Greece was on the frontline of Europe's migration crisis in 2015, when nearly a million people fleeing conflict in Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan landed on its islands, and like other EU member

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/12/3/greece-welcomes-refugees-to-camp-hunger
3 Dec 2021. Ritsona, Greece - Restrictive government decisions have cast thousands of refugees out of protective support services and are creating a hunger crisis, aid groups say. Just under

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/24/greek-government-blamed-for-hunger-crisis-in-refugee-camps?ref=lazo-letters
Aid charity says 6,000 people, many of whom are children, believed to have no food allowance due to cuts in service

https://www.dw.com/en/greece-asylum-seekers-moved-back-into-refugee-camps/a-64630101
02/07/2023. Asylum-seekers in Greece have had to leave their apartments and move back into refugee camps. Athens says that standards in the camps are high, but migration experts say it is an

https://www.unhcr.org/news/briefing-notes/unhcr-warns-growing-asylum-crisis-greece-and-western-balkans-amid-arrivals
The number of refugees arriving in the Greek islands continues to rise, averaging 1,000 people daily. Since the beginning of the year, 77,100 people have arrived by sea to Greece (as of 3 July). Almost 60 per cent are refugees from Syria. Others come from Afghanistan, Iraq, Eritrea and Somalia. Greece is now facing an unprecedented refugee emergency.

https://theworld.org/segments/2024/04/04/violence-and-protests-over-greek-refugee-camp-expansions
The World Mar. 2, 2020. Violence has escalated on the small Greek island of Lesbos this week. Residents are protesting the government's plans to expand the island's refugee camps that already house tens of thousands of people. Clashes intensified last week after the Turkish government said they were opening their border with Greece

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/greece-says-will-not-allow-uncontrolled-migrant-flows-afghanistan-2021-10-01/
Greece will not allow a repeat of the 2015 migration crisis to unfold on its borders following the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Friday after