{"id":17332,"date":"2026-02-02T09:27:52","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T09:27:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solidaritynow.org\/?p=17332"},"modified":"2026-02-02T09:38:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T09:38:27","slug":"joint-press-release-notto-abolish-the-residencepermit-unaccompanied-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solidaritynow.org\/en\/joint-press-release-notto-abolish-the-residencepermit-unaccompanied-children\/","title":{"rendered":"[:el]\u039a\u039f\u0399\u039d\u039f \u0394\u0395\u039b\u03a4\u0399\u039f \u03a4\u03a5\u03a0\u039f\u03a5 | \u0388\u03ba\u03ba\u03bb\u03b7\u03c3\u03b7 17 \u039f\u03c1\u03b3\u03b1\u03bd\u03ce\u03c3\u03b5\u03c9\u03bd: \u039d\u03b1 \u03bc\u03b7\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u03b1\u03c1\u03b3\u03b7\u03b8\u03b5\u03af \u03b7 \u03ac\u03b4\u03b5\u03b9\u03b1 \u03b4\u03b9\u03b1\u03bc\u03bf\u03bd\u03ae\u03c2 \u03b3\u03b9\u03b1 \u03b1\u03c3\u03c5\u03bd\u03cc\u03b4\u03b5\u03c5\u03c4\u03b1 \u03c0\u03b1\u03b9\u03b4\u03b9\u03ac \u03c0\u03bf\u03c5 \u03b5\u03bd\u03b7\u03bb\u03b9\u03ba\u03b9\u03ce\u03b8\u03b7\u03ba\u03b1\u03bd \u03c3\u03c4\u03b7\u03bd \u0395\u03bb\u03bb\u03ac\u03b4\u03b1[:en]JOINT PRESS RELEASE | Call by 17 Organizations: Do Not Abolish the Residence Permit for Unaccompanied Children Who Came of Age in Greece"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\" data-start=\"143\" data-end=\"327\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Greek Parliament Not to Abolish the Residence Permit for Unaccompanied Children Who Came of Age in Greece and Have Successfully Completed Three Years of Greek Schooling<\/span><\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"329\" data-end=\"784\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Through a joint letter, a total of 17 Civil Society Organizations\u2014many of which are members of the Child Rights Advocacy Network\u2014call on the Greek Parliament not to adopt the abolition of the residence permit for unaccompanied children who came of age in Greece and have successfully completed three years of Greek schooling, as provided for in Article 38 of the draft bill currently under discussion in Parliament by the Ministry of Migration and Asylum.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"786\" data-end=\"870\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Among other points, and as emphasized in the letter, this specific residence permit:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"872\" data-end=\"2083\">\n<li data-start=\"872\" data-end=\"1064\">\n<p data-start=\"874\" data-end=\"1064\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Was introduced in 2023, came into force in March 2024, and constituted a commitment made by the Prime Minister himself and the political leadership of the Ministry of Migration and Asylum.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"872\" data-end=\"1064\">\n<p data-start=\"874\" data-end=\"1064\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Is the only provision that offers protection to young people who entered and were registered in Greece as unaccompanied children.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1199\" data-end=\"1472\">\n<p data-start=\"1201\" data-end=\"1472\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Grants a residence permit to a group of third-country nationals who are, by definition, already integrated and productive\u2014namely, young people who arrived in Greece as unaccompanied children and have successfully attended a significant number of years in Greek schools.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1473\" data-end=\"1605\">\n<p data-start=\"1475\" data-end=\"1605\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Keeps children engaged in education while simultaneously reducing the risk of exposure to juvenile delinquency and exploitation.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1606\" data-end=\"2083\">\n<p data-start=\"1608\" data-end=\"2083\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Its potential abolition would constitute a serious regression in child protection and would negate a long-term investment by the Greek state in the social and economic integration of young people who arrived as unaccompanied children. At the same time, it would undermine the coherence of migration policy, given that in recent years an approach has been developed that recognizes the need for special treatment of former unaccompanied children and their gradual integration.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"2085\" data-end=\"2282\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The organizations co-signing the letter call on the Greek Parliament to reject the proposed abolition of the relevant provision and to adopt further measures that ensure effective child protection.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 data-start=\"2284\" data-end=\"2366\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Signatory organizations \u2013 members of the Child Rights Advocacy Network (CRAN):<\/span><\/h4>\n<p data-start=\"2368\" data-end=\"2752\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">ARSIS \u2013 Social Organization for the Support of Youth<\/span><br data-start=\"2420\" data-end=\"2423\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Network for Children\u2019s Rights<\/span><br data-start=\"2452\" data-end=\"2455\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">ELIX<\/span><br data-start=\"2459\" data-end=\"2462\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Greek Council for Refugees<\/span><br data-start=\"2488\" data-end=\"2491\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">METAdrasi<\/span><br data-start=\"2500\" data-end=\"2503\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Shedia \u2013 Center for Pedagogical and Artistic Training<\/span><br data-start=\"2556\" data-end=\"2559\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Better Days Changemakers Lab<\/span><br data-start=\"2587\" data-end=\"2590\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">International Rescue Committee (IRC) Hellas<\/span><br data-start=\"2633\" data-end=\"2636\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">INTERSOS HELLAS<\/span><br data-start=\"2651\" data-end=\"2654\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Safe Passage International \u2013 Greece<\/span><br data-start=\"2689\" data-end=\"2692\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">SolidarityNow<\/span><br data-start=\"2705\" data-end=\"2708\" \/><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Terre des hommes Hellas<\/span><\/em><br data-start=\"2731\" data-end=\"2734\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The HOME Project<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 data-start=\"2754\" data-end=\"2790\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">And the following organizations:<\/span><\/h4>\n<p data-start=\"2792\" data-end=\"2915\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">M\u00e9decins Sans Fronti\u00e8res \/ Doctors Without Borders \u2013 Greek Section<\/span><br data-start=\"2858\" data-end=\"2861\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Greek Forum of Refugees<\/span><br data-start=\"2884\" data-end=\"2887\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Refugee Support Aegean (RSA)<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Greek Parliament Not to Abolish the Residence Permit for Unaccompanied Children Who Came of Age in Greece and Have Successfully Completed Three Years of Greek Schooling Through a joint letter, a total of 17 Civil Society Organizations\u2014many of which are members of the Child Rights Advocacy Network\u2014call on the Greek Parliament not to adopt [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17337,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,1,3,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-homepage","category-uncategorized","category-press-release","category-advocacy"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solidaritynow.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solidaritynow.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solidaritynow.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solidaritynow.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solidaritynow.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17332"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.solidaritynow.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17332\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17336,"href":"https:\/\/www.solidaritynow.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17332\/revisions\/17336"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solidaritynow.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solidaritynow.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solidaritynow.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solidaritynow.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}