I love this and find it so moving. Thank you Afrodite.
Via Afrodite Al Salech
I met Saliou the day he was born, when his parents called me to help. Since then I observe him grow and not a day goes by that I do not think the kind of life we have condemned this kid to [...]
Via the Athens News
The government last week clarified its position on granting Greek citizenship to the Greece-born children of immigrants after a gaffe by the Greek prime minister.
There had been confusion created by Prime Minister George Papandreou earlier this month when he announced plans to grant citizenship at birth. However, ministry officials later contradicted him.
As [...]
Via Reuters
Greece, long criticised for its handling of immigrants, will grant citizenship to some 250,000 migrant children but will also send thousands of detained illegal immigrants away, a senior official told Reuters.
Human rights groups for years have denounced Greece’s handling of migrants and appalling conditions in migrant detention centres in a country struggling to cope [...]
There seems to be a huge amount of talk about changes that Pasok (the recently elected socialist government in Greece) are keen to bring in. I sincerely hope that this is more than just chatter. There are many thousands of children born here to immigrant parents waiting to be granted citizenship.
I have a friend who [...]
I have been following the progress of this issue of giving birth certificates to children of immigrants who are born here in Greece. Please see here, here (with the heated discussions that follow) and here. Finally, I can report a small ray of hope for the thousands of children who have no legal status in [...]
I thought you might be interested to know that THIS IS NOT MY COUNTRY has been included in the Top 50 Human Rights Blogs on the e-Justice. The list is a good resource for other human rights bloggers and organisations. Just to point out a few that I know and some that are new to [...]
I have written several posts about children who are born here to immigrant parents who cannot get birth certificates and become illegal at the age of eighteen. See Life without Papers and If I didn’t Laugh.
To follow-up, I would like to point out a new blog started by Loretta Macauley, a founder member of the [...]
I have posted on the subject of birth certificates for children of immigrants born in Greece several times and the posts prompted some difficult and long discussions that I do not want to revisit. I am not going to link to them but if you are new or interested, you can use the search facility [...]
From the International Herald Tribune
Greece should improve conditions at an island detention center for scores of children who arrived as illegal immigrants this year, an aid group said Friday.
A total 121 children aged 10 to 16 are being held in cramped conditions on the small eastern Aegean Sea island of Leros, the France-based group Medecins [...]
The fact that there are people like this in the world makes me completely sick to my stomach. As you probably know the kid is the same age as the children he molested. This is one of the nightmares that keeps parents awake at night.
From the Associated Press
A Greek court convicted a British man on [...]
Continue reading about British Child Molester Jailed in Greece
A child is dead
The full article is here at Dying to emigrate
[I have corrected the text in two places (there were no spaces between the words). I have not changed the article in any way]
The Greek port town of Patra is a key route for migrants (mainly Afghanis and Iraqis) dreaming of starting a new [...]
Another horrifying example of the failure of the authorities in protecting children from abuse. There had been several complaints about the sexual abuse of three children over the past four years but no-one did anything. Their mother who was using them as sex slaves was finally taken to court in April and denied custody of [...]
From the Athens News
A University of Athens questionnaire, completed by 2,500 schoolchildren across Greece, not only indicates that three in 20 children have been abused by a member of their family or someone within their immediate family circle, but also shows that others are systematically covering up for this abuse.
As shocking as this result is, [...]
I haven’t forgotten the Roma children I met at Votanikos. At the moment I cannot write about developments because of an impending court case. I will update you as soon as I get the word.
In the meantime, here is part of an article from Earth Times.
Carrying a bag full of lighters, key chains [...]
Via the Athens News
An ambitious initiative has been launched by the Health ministry to make sure that every child in Greece is immunised and receives all the necessary boostershots, regardless of their nationality or residence status, by the year 2010.
The president of the Hellenic Centre for Infectious Disease Control, Yiannis Pierroutsakos, who is heading the [...]
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