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There are different types of legal advice in Greece.
Legal aid: lawyers that help you and follow you through the whole asylum process. They manage your case and follow every details with you with several appointments. Some organizations offer free legal aid services. You can see them in our map.
Legal support: advice, orientation and explanation of the process, what your possibilities, rights obligation and papers you may need or have. The legal support officer does not follow you specific case but help you understand the context. You can search this services in our map.
To know more about asylum and international protection and how to request it, please click here.
For people applying for asylum and international protection in Greece, it is important to visit the Asylum Service website, which has practical information and more.
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Who can access accommodation?
Everyone can access accommodation at their own costs through the housing market.
UNHCR, trough its partners, is currently running a programme to provide accommodation to vulnerable migrants. Please see information on this programme here.
Information about the housing situation in Greece
Currently availability of housing through supported programmes is very limited. When new housing is available it is assigned on a vulnerability criteria (the most vulnerable have priority).
More housing opportunity are offered on the regular market.
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Please see information with Cash team – content:
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Some organizations offer language courses for free. Please search our map to search for such organizations.
Athens
The Red Cross Multifunctional Centre offers language courses in English and Greek, at different levels.
To register, you can come to our MFC, fill the self-referral form and you will be contacted back. You can also call our Hotline on +30 210 5140 440
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To enrol in Greek schools, you require the same supporting documents that are requested from Greek nationals. Your children may be enrolled even if you do not have a birth or a family status certificate. However the following documents are required:
If you want information on how to vaccine your children, please click here
For information on how to enrol please check the UNHCR website – here you can find information on primary and secondary school (high school). You can also find information on accessing university.
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First please information on the UNHCR help website.
To find a job, you can look for opportunities on this website or this website.
In Athens, we provide a service called ‘CV workshop’ aimed at helping you to write a CV if you don’t have one and also look for job opportunities. To access this service visit the MFC and fill a self-referral form. You may also contact the information Hotline to request an appointment at: +30 210 514 0440 / or Whatsapp and Viber: +30 693 472 4893
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The services offered by the Red Cross in Greece might differ from the services offered by the Red Cross or Red Crescent in your country.
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There are organizations that offer food and non-food items upon availability.
Please see them on out map (under category food)
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