With children accounting for 38 per cent of those on the move, the chances of them drowning on the crossing from Turkey to Greece have grown proportionately. An average of two children a day drown, according to UNHCR figures.
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UNHCR does not object to returns of people without protection needs and who have not asked for asylum, providing that human rights are adhered to.
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The U.S. will provide an additional 20 million dollars for protection, shelter, food and other life saving assistance to the most vulnerable refugees and migrants throughout Europe.
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UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi spoke of the conference having achieved “a clear recognition of the need for solidarity and responsibility-sharing for refugees”.
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Kevork, his three sisters and brother-in-law reached Montreal via Lebanon in December, under a Canadian Government programme that has resettled more than 26,000 Syrian refugees in under six months.
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Meanwhile United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday called for global solidarity and the end of war in Syria.
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Finland is prepared to deploy several dozen experts to Greece to assist in the implementation of the agreement between the EU and Turkey.
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President Prokopis Pavlopoulos on Friday called for unity, during the grand minitary parade, that took place to mark the anniversary of the 1821 War of Independence.
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The first shipment of emergency supplies from Sweden will soon be delivered to the General Secretariat for Civil Protection.
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In a conference held by the Harvard Business School-Club Greece and “SolidarityNow” it was stressed that migration and the people on the move can serve as an important lever of economic growth in modern Europe.
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