ATHENS – Thirteen unaccompanied refugee and migrant children departed for Portugal on Thursday from the airport “El. Venizelos” in Athens, in the framework of the voluntary relocation programme to member states of the European Union.
They are twelve boys and one girl, who came from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Somalia, Syria and Bangladesh.
According to data from the Greek migration and asylum ministry, since April 2020 when the programme began, Portugal has so far welcomed 226 unaccompanied minors. In total, 1,212 children have been relocated to 13 EU member-states.
The programme is coordinated by the Special Secretariat for the Protection of Unaccompanied Minors of the Migration and Asylum Ministry, with the support of the European Commission and with the participation of the Asylum Service, the UN High Commission for Refugees, the International Organisation for Migration, the European Asylum Support Agency and the NGO ‘Metadrasi’.
TURKIYE- A 50-year-old man and a 6-year-old girl were rescued out of a collapsed building Hatay on Tuesday by a Greek special disaster management unit (EMAK) dispatched to southeastern Türkiye following a disastrous earthquake there and in Syria that has claimed over 5,000 lives.
FALMOUTH, MA – The police in Falmouth have identified the victim in an accident involving a car plunging into the ocean on February 20, NBC10 Boston reported.
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
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