Press Release: European Commission and UNHCR launch scheme to provide 20,000 reception places for asylum seekers in Greece

The European Commission and the UNHCR on 14 December 2015 launched a scheme to provide 20.000 additional reception places for asylum seekers and relocation candidates in Greece through subsidies for housing in the private sector.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Economic and Financial Affairs Council, Brussels, 13 November 2015 / Deal reached on 2016 EU budget http://www.europeansources.info/record/meeting-economic-and-financial-affairs-council-brussels-13-november-2015-deal-reached-on-2016-eu-budget/

ESO: Background information: Meeting on the Western Balkans Migration Route: Leaders Agree on 17-point plan of action http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-meeting-on-the-western-balkans-migration-route-leaders-agree-on-17-point-plan-of-action/

European Commission: DG Communication: RAPID: STATEMENT/15/6309, 14.12.15: Joint Declaration On the Support to Greece for the development of the hotspot/relocation scheme as well as for developing asylum reception capacity http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_STATEMENT-15-6309_en.htm

European Commission: DG Communication: RAPID: SPEECH/15/6323, 14.12.15: Vice-President Kristalina Georgieva in Athens to launch a scheme to provide 20,000 reception places for asylum seekers in Greece http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-15-6323_en.htm

EurActiv, 14.01.16: As refugee exodus to Greece continues, some take Bulgarian route http://www.euractiv.com/sections/global-europe/refugee-exodus-greece-continues-some-take-bulgarian-route-320949

---