1. Structures of Reception and Protection in Greece Brussels, 29 May University of Durham research ‘Transitory Lives’

2. Dramatis Personae
The hotspot approach (overcrowding, services of identification, vulnerability assess, reception, shelter/minors and asylum under one roof, overall manager lacking until recently in Moria)
EU-Turkey statement implications (NGOs exited, ECHO not funding during admin detention, leaving often problematic NGOs operating inside)
Camps (delays due to lack of clarity on list of sights, large number so as not to create ghettos mean logistics and financial challenges)
Guesthouses and apartments (UNHCR, NGOs, foundations), UASMs
Improvised camps and squats (volunteers/solidarity groups, questions of ownership and services, protection concerns inside)

3. Challenges
Coordination (government oversight, sectors/locations, UNHCR /INGOs/NGOs/volunteers-solidarity groups in neighbourhoods/professions)
Multiple funding channels for different structures (ECHO, AMIF, others)
Legal assistance short (Greek lawyers: Asylum drive welcome/not enough)
Relocation accommodation excludes Afghans and others in need and islands (based on recognition rate nationalities)
Interpretation (70 nationalities, multiplicity of languages)
Different profiles of families, individuals, LGBTQI community, religions/sects
Language barrier to integration
Local communities changing attitude, especially on islands
Individualised assistance vs erosion of humanitarian principles

4. Protection concerns
Adequate appropriate accommodation for unaccompanied minors
Change in vulnerability according to changes in needs of refugees
Vulnerability of single men
Transit accommodation for VoT and SGBV victims
Age determination for UASMs
Appropriate education and pastime options according to gender/age (links to integration)
How can advocacy be effective when there is a unique donour for many NGOs (ECHO)

5. Recommendations
Family reunification taking years, short term integration plan
Despite initial plans, many refugees will remain in Greece, longer term integration plan
Role of second generation migrants in Greece in the integration should be recognised
Plan for initial assistance for newly recognized refugees
Homogenization of different education initiatives
Multiple vulnerabilities based on past trauma, chronic diseases, types of family and sexual orientation to be recognised and assistance given.
Extremely vulnerable cases to be given priority for treatment and accommodation which is delinked from relocation
Safe/Legal pathways for refugees/migrants (registration in consulates, migration quotas)
Preparedness plan to be put in place for increased refugee arrivals
Global implications of European refugee policies recognised, 86% hosted in Global South

6. THANK YOU!
Fotini Rantsiou Independent Humanitarian Adviser fotinirantsiou.wordpress.com Rantsiou Skype: fotinirantsiou