Cooperation of the Ombudsmen of Greece and FYROM for the border refugee camps

Cooperation of the Ombudsmen of Greece and FYROM for the border refugee camps

The Ombudsman institutions of Greece and FYROM conducted on Tuesday 17.11.2015 a joint visit to the temporary refugee camps at the borders of the two neighboring countries, in Eidomeni and Vinojug. The joint visit aimed at fact finding on living conditions and protection of the fundamental rights of the refugees. It was an initiative jointly taken after the meeting of the two Ombudsman representatives in October in Thessaloniki facilitated by the Institute for the Study of Human Rights of the University of Columbia and the Municipality of Thessaloniki.

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