This article is the first of a series of blog posts examining viable alternatives to refugee camps on Greece’s Aegean Islands. The focus of this post is on receiving and accommodating unaccompanied and separated children. Unaccompanied and separated children in the Aegean Since 2014 there has been a considerable increase in the number of unaccompanied and separated children arriving to seek asylum in Europe. Children arriving without a parent or caregiver in Greece have large

[27.01.2021, 09:00 CET] For Immediate Release Today the Deputy Director-General in charge of the “Task Force Migration Management” in DG Migration and Home Affairs, Beate Gminder, presented the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the EU and Greece to the EU Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE). The signed MoU as well as the facilities already under construction and in planning, for example on the islands of Lesvos and Samos, do not contribute to