One of the major gaps which ARSIS found at the\nbeginning of the refugee crisis, already from 2015, was the lack of appropriate\nAccommodation Facilities for Unaccompanied Minors. Having in mind that refugee\nflows keep on rising to unprecedented levels, the existing Facilities could\noffer accommodation only to a few hundred minors, when thousands more were waiting\nfor an accommodation or being on homeless status or in \u201cprotective custody\u201d\nwhich in our country means, unfortunately, detention in absolutely inappropriate conditions for\nminors at Police Stations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ARSIS, trying to contribute and respond to this\nsignificant issue, presented, in 2016, a new idea: the creation of \u201cSafe Zone\u201d,\ni.e. special hosting areas for unaccompanied minors within camps. The idea was\naccepted for the first time in 2016 and with the support of the international\norganization Save the Children the first \u201cpilot\u201d implementation of this new model was made by Arsis to Refugees Reception Centre of Diavata,\nThessaloniki. After that, it was established and expanded. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Today, ARSIS, in collaboration with the\nInternational Organization for Migration (IOM Greece) offers 520 accommodation\nopenings for unaccompanied minors,\nthrough:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1. Eight (8) Safe Zones, with a capacity of 30\nchildren each, and<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2. Five (5) Emergency Provisional Accommodation\nFacilities for Unaccompanied Minors in\nhotels that have been hired and properly arranged, with the capacity of 35 children\neach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In every Shelter all the necessary services and\nitems are provided for the normal and natural development of the beneficiaries:\ntotal coverage of their nutritional and material needs (meals, snacks, clothes,\nfootwear, school supplies, activities material, coverage of public\ntransportation costs, telecommunication costs etc.). Also, their medical needs\nare covered, their integration in school is encouraged, as well as their\nparticipation in various educational, recreational and athletic activities,\nwhile minors are psychosocially and legally supported by the scientific ARSIS\nstaff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
3. Mobile Unit for Child Protection for\nUnaccompanied Minors in Thrace (\u0398\u03c1\u03ac\u03ba\u03b7). The aim of this action is to support\nunaccompanied minors who are detained in Reception and Identification Centre in\nFylakio village at Evros and\nin similar places of the wider Region of Thrace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The services provided include a wide information\nabout the Greek and European context, counselling and legal aid, psychological\nsupport, educational, sporting and recreational activities, as well as the\nprovisional hygiene products and clothes, while the referral to appropriate\nAccommodation Facilities for Unaccompanied Minors is initiated.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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