The Greek child protection organization, Terre des hommes Hellas, believes the authorities’ new plans for refugees and migrants put at risk the mental health and well-being of thousands of children and young people.

"You can come to our party, we don't care where you are from, from Syria or Afghanistan, we all came here chased by war, and we don't want any more violence." – was the motto of an event organised by children and Terre des hommes staff at the Nea Kavala Open Facility for Refugees in Greece.

They celebrated the Universal Children’s Day, which is marked on the 20th of November since 1989 – the day the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child was adopted.

Studies point to alarming accounts of sexual and gender-based violence (GBV) affecting refugee and migrant children and youth. What is GBV, who can be affected, what makes refugee and migrant children and youth more vulnerable to GBV, how can we recognize and fight GBV? The answers below will help you to better understand this grave human rights violation.

For the third year in a row, vulnerable asylum seekers – including thousands of children – are trapped on the Greek islands of the eastern Aegean, enduring inhumane conditions in overcrowded hotspots. Although the Greek government is moving many people to the mainland, 12 humanitarian organisations are calling for an end to this vicious cycle. The organisations urge the Greek and EU authorities to move towards sustainable solutions for the reception, protection and integration of refugees.

In Thessaloniki, a different "international" soccer team of minors proves that all you need to cross borders, minds, nationalities, language and age is a black and white ball.

On 16 May 2019, on the occasion of the Roundtable Conference "Child Protection & EU Funding for
migrant populations in Greece: A reality check and the way forward", several child protection experts and migration stakeholders met to discuss the reception system and integration perspectives of children in migration in Greece, from the perspective of EU funding. 

Friendship keeps the world together, they say, and Tdh is showing that by helping migrant children and young people in the resident country connect. In the MINT programme, young volunteer mentors are helping the migrant children integrate by doing activities with them on a regular basis for several months. 

The guide serves as a methodological framework for mentoring activities that will be carried out within the MINT project. The purpose of this Mentoring Methodological Framework is to inform the design of the mentoring component of the programme which is to be designed by project partners of the MINT project. 

Objectives of this call for proposals: To produce a gamified language learning experience that is accessible and engaging for third-country national children (aged 10- 18) in the four targeted countries.

Terre des hommes (Tdh) improves young refugees’ psychosocial well-being by using football as a tool for protection, social inclusion and cohesion. Starting April 2019, Tdh organise weekly football training sessions in and around Thessaloniki, being funded by the European Union. Both locals and refugees over the age of 15 years are invited to play, coach or referee football regularly.